JP2002183212A - System and method for processing electronic document and computer-readable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic document processing system and an electronic document processing method capable of processing an electronic document that is easily seen by each user, and to provide a computer-readable recording medium. SOLUTION: This electronic document processing system is a system 1 for processing an electronic document, decides the predictive perception route R of the user on the basis of a plurality of visual line traces of the user on the electronic document and processes the electronic document so that contents are arranged along the predictive perception route R.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an electronic document processing system for processing an electronic document such as a Web page, an electronic document processing method, and a computer-readable recording medium for executing the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the rate of using Web sites as information transmission media has increased rapidly. By using a Web site, users can be quickly notified of the latest company information and product information via the Internet.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, the conventional
The website had the following problems: That is,
Once a Web site has been built, the original Web page was displayed until it was re-created, so providing information to each user on that Web page is not always effective. Was. More specifically, since the order in which a plurality of contents displayed on a Web page is viewed differs depending on the user, the Web page is easy for one user to see, but difficult for another user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and has been made in view of the above circumstances.
It is an object to provide a computer-readable recording medium.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic document processing system according to the present invention is a system for processing an electronic document, wherein the electronic document processing system is based on a plurality of trajectories of a user on the electronic document. It is characterized in that the expected perceived route of the user is determined, and the electronic document is processed so that the contents are arranged along the expected perceived route.

[0006] An electronic document processing method according to the present invention is a method of processing an electronic document, wherein a route determining step of determining an expected perceived route of the user based on a plurality of gaze trajectories of the user on the electronic document. And a processing step of processing the electronic document so that the contents are arranged along the expected perception route.

According to the electronic document processing system and the electronic document processing method according to the present invention, a predicted perceptual route predicted by the user's line of sight based on a plurality of trajectories of the user when viewing the electronic document Is determined. Since the content is arranged along the expected perceptual route reflecting the user's habit, the electronic document has a layout that is easy for the user to see, and the user can smoothly grasp the content of the electronic document. can do.

In the electronic document processing system according to the present invention, a gaze time during which the user gazes at each content in the electronic document is obtained based on the gaze trajectory. It is preferable to process the electronic documents so that the electronic documents are arranged from upstream to downstream.

Similarly, the electronic document processing method of the present invention further includes a step of obtaining, based on the line of sight, a gaze time during which the user gazes at each content on the electronic document. It is preferable that the electronic documents are processed so that the content related to the content is arranged in order from the upstream to the downstream of the predicted perception route.

[0010] The degree of interest in the content by the user can be determined from the time at which the user gazes at the content. That is, if the gaze time is long, the user is interested in the content, and if the gaze time is short, the interest in the content is small. Then, by arranging from the upstream to the downstream of the predicted perception route in order from the content related to the content with a long watching time,
An electronic document that attracts each user's interest can be created.

[0011] The computer-readable recording medium of the present invention further comprises a route determining process for determining an expected perceived route of the user based on the user's line of sight on the electronic document; It is characterized in that a program for causing a computer to execute processing for processing electronic documents so as to be arranged is recorded.

According to the computer-readable recording medium of the present invention, the computer determines, based on the trajectory of the user's line of sight when viewing the electronic document, a predicted perceived route that the user's line of sight is predicted to follow. . Since the contents are arranged along the expected perceptual route reflecting the habit of the user, the electronic document has a layout that is easy to see by the user, and the user can grasp the contents of the electronic document smoothly. can do.

The computer-readable recording medium of the present invention further includes, as a process to be executed by the computer, a process of obtaining a gaze time during which the user gazes at each content on the electronic document based on the line of sight. In the processing, it is preferable to process the electronic documents so that the electronic documents are arranged in order from the upstream to the downstream of the predicted perceptual route from the content related to the content having a long watching time.

When such a configuration is adopted, as described above, the contents are arranged in order from the content of interest to the user, so that an electronic document that attracts the interest of each user can be created. it can.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of an electronic document processing system, an electronic document processing method, and a computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same reference numerals are used for the same elements, and redundant description will be omitted.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
1 is a configuration diagram showing a b-site processing system (electronic document processing system) 1. The Web site processing system 1 is a system that processes a Web site in consideration of a user's line of sight, and is connected to a terminal device 90 via a network such as the Internet. The terminal device 90 includes a known line-of-sight detection device 9 that detects the line of sight of the user with infrared rays or the like.
2 are provided. In the present invention, "electronic document"
Is especially suitable for documents that can be processed in real time. More specifically, the Web on the Internet
Pages correspond.

The Web site processing system 1 includes a Web server 70 that manages the layout and contents of a Web site.
A gaze trajectory data reception analysis unit 20 that receives and analyzes gaze trajectory data detected by the gaze detection device 92 from the terminal device 90, a gaze trajectory data DB (database) 30 that stores the analyzed gaze trajectory data, A predicted perceived route determining unit 40 that determines a user's own predicted perceived route based on a plurality of line-of-sight data, and a content array order determining unit 50 that determines an array order of Web page content based on the line-of-sight data. And a Web site processing unit 60 that processes the Web site of the Web server 70 in consideration of the determined expected perceived route and the content arrangement order. The Web site processing system 1 physically includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device such as a display, a storage device such as a hard disk, a transmission / reception device such as a modem, a memory, a CPU (central processing unit), and the like. It is configured as a computer system having

Referring to FIG. 2, a method of analyzing the user's line-of-sight trajectory data will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a Web page displayed on the display of the terminal device 90. The line-of-sight trajectory data reception analysis unit 20 divides each Web page into a plurality of (16) regions A to P and analyzes how the user's line of sight follows each region. The areas A, E, I and M of the web page shown in FIG. 2 are menu frames,
Area F displays a PC (personal computer), area H displays a memory, area K displays a digital camera, and area N displays a printer. In addition, a curve (solid line) drawn on each area indicates the line of sight of the user X.

According to the line of sight, the user X first looks straight at the menu frame from top to bottom.
It can be seen that the web pages are browsed zigzag in the order of C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, N, O, P. Then, the line-of-sight trajectory data reception analysis unit 20 attaches a point to each of the plurality of regions in the order in which the user browsed. For example,
If there are 16 regions and the user looks at all the regions, the first viewed region is 16 points and the last viewed region is 1 point. In addition, an area that the user does not see at all is set to 0 point. In the example of FIG. 2, the area A first viewed by the user is 16 points, the area E second viewed is 15 points, and the area P last viewed is 1 point. The line-of-sight trajectory data reception analysis unit 20 stores such information on the line-of-sight trajectory in the line-of-sight trajectory data DB 30.

Further, the line-of-sight trajectory data reception / analysis unit 20
Calculates the time at which the user gazes at each content based on the gaze trajectory data for each Web page, and stores information on the gaze time in the gaze trajectory data DB 30. In the Web server 70, a classification is defined for each content. For example, the contents of the PC are classified, the contents of the printer are classified, the contents of the memory are classified, and the contents of the digital camera are classified. For information on the watch time of each content,
The line-of-sight trajectory data DB30 is stored in association with such a classification.

FIG. 3 shows a data file stored in the line-of-sight trajectory data DB 30. This data file relates to the trajectory of the line of sight when the user X views a certain website, and FIG. 3 (a) and FIG.
The gaze trajectory when viewing the top page and the second page of the Web site is shown. From this data, it can be seen that the user X tends to look at the screen zigzag.

FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) show data files relating to the line of sight when another user Y views pages 1 and 2 of a Web site. It can be seen that there is a tendency to look at the screen clockwise. FIGS. 5A and 5B show data files relating to the line of sight when another user Z views pages 1 and 2 of a Web site.
It can be seen that this user Z tends to look at the screen counterclockwise.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another data file stored in the line-of-sight trajectory data DB 30. This data file shows information on the gaze time of each content when the user views the Web page of FIG. The PC (classification) placed in the area F has a fixation time of 300
Seconds, the memory (classification) arranged in the area H is a gaze time of 10 seconds, and the digital camera (classification) arranged in the area K is a gaze time of 270 seconds, and the printer (classification) is arranged in the area N. Has a gaze time of 180 seconds. FIG. 6 shows data when user X views one page of the Web site.
B30 stores information regarding the time of watching the content when viewing each Web page.

The Web site processing unit 60 processes the Web site of the Web server 70 in consideration of the expected perceived route and the content arrangement order as described above. Specifically, for example, taking into account the predicted perceived route obtained based on the gaze trajectory from page 1 to page 2 and the content arrangement order, 3
Determine the content array of the web pages after the first page. Also, when the user reopens the first page or the like,
The arrangement of the contents of the page may be changed.

The above is the configuration of the Web site processing system of the present embodiment. Next, a method of processing a Web site (electronic document) using the system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step 101 (hereinafter, step is abbreviated as “S”), the gaze trajectory data reception analysis unit 20
The gaze track data of the user X obtained by the gaze detection device 92 of the terminal device 90 is received via the network. Next, in S102, the line-of-sight trajectory data reception analysis unit 20 analyzes the line-of-sight trajectory data, and stores information on the line-of-sight trajectory in the line-of-sight trajectory data DB30. Here, the information shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C is stored.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the user X looks at the areas A, E, I, M and the menu frame vertically, and then, the areas B, C, D, F, G, H,. Wet on O, P and zigzag
You are looking at the top page of the b site. Then, 16 points are added to the first area A, and the last area P
1 point. For the second page, as shown in FIG. 3B, the user X is assigned to the areas B, C,
D, F, ..., L, N in this order. The points H, O, and P that are not viewed by the user X are 0 points.

Next, in S103, the line-of-sight trajectory data reception analysis unit 20 analyzes the line-of-sight trajectory data, and stores information on the gaze time of each content shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 6, the gaze time is longer in the order of the classification related to the PC, the classification related to the digital camera, the classification related to the printer, and the classification related to the memory. From this data, it can be seen that the user X is interested in PC-related content, digital camera-related content, printer-related content, and memory-related content in this order. In addition, if data on the user's brain waves is used, the degree of interest in each content can be grasped more accurately. In other words, when the brain wave includes a fun component instead of a stress component, the user is interested in the content that the user has watched, so that the watching time is long. In addition to the brain waves, data on the pupil diameter of the user may be used.

In S104, the predicted perceived route determining unit 40
Determines an expected perceived route that the user X is predicted to follow, based on information on a plurality of gaze trajectories stored in the gaze trajectory data DB 30. This expected perception route is
This is determined by analyzing the habit of viewing the screen of the user X.

With reference to FIGS. 3 and 8, the process of determining the expected perceived route will be described in detail. First, the expected perceived route determination unit 4
0 calculates the average of the points given to each of the areas A to P on the top page and the second page of the Web site. FIG.
It is a figure showing the state where an average point was given to each field AP. For example, looking at the area D, the top page 1
12 of the average value of 0 points and 14 points on the second page
Points are attached. After obtaining such an average point, the expected perceived route determination unit 40 determines a predicted perceived route R by sequentially drawing a line from a region having a high average point to a region having a low average point. At this time, the areas A, E, and
I and M do not draw a line. As shown in the figure, the expected perception route R is zigzag reflecting the habit of the user X.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show the predicted perceived routes R of the users Y and Z created based on the information on the sight trajectories of FIGS. 4 and 5, respectively. As shown in FIG. 9, the expected perceived route R of the user Y is clockwise, and as shown in FIG. 10, the expected perceived route R of the user Z is counterclockwise.

Next, in S105, the content arrangement order determining unit 50 determines the arrangement order of the contents of the third and subsequent pages based on the information on the watching time of the contents stored in the line-of-sight trajectory data DB30. Specifically, the data file shown in FIG. 6 is used to create a data file arranged in order from the content having the longest watching time as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the contents are arranged in the order of the classification relating to the PC, the classification relating to the digital camera, the classification relating to the printer, and the classification relating to the memory. Then, the content arrangement order determination unit 50 determines to arrange the contents along the predicted perception route R in this order.

Next, in S106, the Web site processing unit 6
0 is the expected perceived route determined in S104 and S10
Based on the content arrangement order determined in step 5, the content arrangement of the website managed by the web server 70 is processed. At this time, it is preferable to make the Web site appear to have been processed only to the user corresponding to the predicted perception route R, instead of processing the arrangement of the contents stored in the Web server 70 from the beginning. That is, even in a Web page on which the same content is displayed, the arrangement of the content is different between a certain user and another user. To identify the user, the IP address or the like of the terminal device 90 can be used.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the third page of the Web site processed by the Web site processing unit 60. As shown in the figure, the third page includes PCs belonging to the classification.
Content, memory belonging to the category, and digital camera content belonging to the category. The content related to the classified printer is not included on the third page. Then, the Web site processing unit 60 arranges each content along the expected perception route R. Further, the Web site processing unit 60 starts the predicted perceived route R in order from the content related to the content having the long watch time, that is, the content belonging to the classification having the long watch time.
Are arranged from upstream to downstream. More specifically, the content of the classification with the longest gaze time is arranged in the area B, the content of the classification with the longest gaze time is arranged in the area G downstream of the area B, and the content with the shortest gaze time is arranged. Are arranged in a region J downstream of the region G. If the size of the content on the screen is too large to fit in one area, the content whose gaze time rank is smaller by one than the content is arranged on the Web page so as not to overlap.

Then, the user X views the third page of the Web site processed in this way via the network. In determining the arrangement position of the contents of the fourth page, the gaze trajectory data of the first to third pages is used.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the contents of the Web page are arranged along the predicted perception route R reflecting the habit of the user, so that the Web page has a layout that is easy for the user to see. Thus, the user can smoothly grasp the contents of the Web page.

In general, if the watch time is long, the user is interested in the content, and if the watch time is short, the user is less interested in the content.
In the present embodiment, by utilizing this phenomenon, the website is processed so that the content related to the content having a long watching time is arranged in order from the upstream to the downstream of the predicted perception route R as described above. For this reason, a Web page that can attract the interest of each user can be provided.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment relates to a computer-readable recording medium (hereinafter, simply referred to as a “recording medium”) capable of realizing the Web site processing method of the first embodiment. Here, the recording medium is magnetic, optical,
It is capable of changing the energy of electricity or the like and transmitting the description of the program to a reader provided in the hardware resources of the computer in the form of a signal corresponding to the change. Examples of such a recording medium include a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a CD-ROM, and a memory built in a computer.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of the recording medium 110 of the present embodiment. In the program area of the recording medium 110,
A main module 111 for controlling the processing, a gaze trajectory data reception / analysis module 112 for receiving and analyzing gaze trajectory data, and a gaze trajectory data storage for storing information on the gaze trajectory and information on the gaze time of the content in a memory of the computer. A module 113, a predicted perceived route determination module 114 for determining a predicted perceived route, a content arrangement order determination module 115 for determining a content arrangement order, and a web site processing module 116 for processing a web site of a web server are formed. Have been.

Here, the functions realized by operating the line-of-sight data reception analysis module 112, the predicted perceptual route determination module 114, the content arrangement order determination module 115, and the Web site processing module 116 are the same as the line-of-sight data Reception analysis unit 2
0, the same as the functions of the expected perceived route determination unit 40, the content arrangement order determination unit 50, and the Web site processing unit 60.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a computer 150 for executing a program recorded on the recording medium 110, and FIG.
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a computer 150 for executing a program recorded in the computer 150. As shown in each figure, the computer 150 includes a flexible drive device, a CD-ROM,
A reading device 122 such as a drive device or a magnetic tape drive device, a working memory (RAM) 124 in which an operating system (OS) is resident, a memory 125 for storing gaze trajectory data, and a display 126 as a display means A mouse 128 and a keyboard 130 as input means, a printer 132 for printing out the created Web page, and a C for controlling the execution of the program.
PU134. Although not shown, the computer 150 is a Web site that manages a Web site.
b Connected to server. Here, when the recording medium 110 is inserted into the reading device 122, the information recorded on the recording medium 110 becomes accessible from the reading device 122, and the program recorded in the program area of the recording medium 110 is read by the computer 150. It becomes executable.

According to the recording medium 110 of the present embodiment, since the computer 150 arranges the contents of the Web page along the predicted perception route R reflecting the habit of the user, the Web page has a layout that is easy for the user to see. Thus, the user can smoothly grasp the contents of the Web page. Computer 1
50 is a Web page that attracts the interest of each user in order to process the Web site so that the content related to the content having a long watching time is arranged in order from the upstream to the downstream of the predicted perception route R in order. it can.

As described above, the invention made by the present inventors has been specifically described based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, a web server that manages content information and the like of a web site may be outside the web site processing system. Further, in this case, the Web site processing system may be provided in the terminal device.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the contents are arranged along the expected perception route reflecting the user's habit, it is possible to make the electronic document easy for each user to see.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a Web site processing system (electronic document processing system) according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a Web page and a line of sight displayed on a display of a terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a data file showing information about a line of sight stored in a line of sight line data DB of a certain user;

FIG. 4 is a data file showing information on a line-of-sight track stored in a line-of-sight track data DB of another user.

FIG. 5 is a data file showing information about a line-of-sight track stored in a line-of-sight track data DB of another user.

FIG. 6 is a data file showing information regarding a gaze time of content stored in a line-of-sight trajectory data DB.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a Web site processing method.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a predicted perceived route obtained based on the information on the line of sight shown in FIG. 3;

9 is a diagram showing a predicted perceived route obtained based on the information on the line of sight shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a predicted perceived route obtained based on the information on the line of sight shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 11 is a data file created by a content arrangement order determination unit.

FIG. 12: W processed by the Web site processing system
It is a figure showing an eb page.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a computer-readable recording medium according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer for executing a program recorded on a recording medium.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a computer for executing a program recorded on a recording medium.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Web site processing system (electronic document processing system), 20 ... Gaze trajectory data reception analysis part, 30 ... Gaze trajectory data DB, 40 ... Predicted perceptual route determination part, 50 ... Content arrangement order determination part, 60 ... Web site processing Part, 7
0: Web server, 90: Terminal device, 92: Gaze detection device, R: Predicted perception route.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshitsugu Hirose 430 Green Tech Nakai, Nakaicho, Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Inside Xerox Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor, Hisae Sanpei, 430 Green Tech Nakai, Nakai-cho, Ashigara-kami, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5B075 PQ02 PQ12 PQ16 5B087 AA09 BC01 BC12 DE03 5E501 AA02 AB15 AC18 AC34 BA03 CC08 EB18 FA04 FA05 FA24 FB22 FB44

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A system for processing an electronic document, comprising: determining an expected perceived route of the user based on a plurality of gaze trajectories of the user on the electronic document; and arranging contents along the expected perceived route. An electronic document processing system, wherein the electronic document is processed as described above. 2. A gaze time in which the user gazes at each content on the electronic document based on the gaze trajectory, and the content related to the content with the long gaze time is sequentially from upstream to downstream of the expected perception route. 2. The electronic document processing system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic document is processed so as to be arranged toward the electronic document. 3. A method for processing an electronic document, comprising: a route determining step of determining an expected perceived route of the user based on a plurality of gaze trajectories of the user on the electronic document; A processing step of processing the electronic document so that contents are arranged. An electronic document processing method, comprising: 4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining a gaze time during which the user gazes at each content on the electronic document based on the gaze trajectory. 4. The electronic document processing method according to claim 3, wherein the electronic documents are processed such that the electronic documents are arranged in order from upstream to downstream of the expected perception route. 5. A route determination process for determining a predicted perceived route of a user based on a plurality of gaze trajectories of the user on the electronic document; and the electronic document so that contents are arranged along the predicted perceived route. And a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute is processed. 6. A process for causing the computer to execute further includes a process of obtaining a gaze time during which the user gazes at each content on the electronic document based on the gaze trajectory. 6. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the electronic documents are processed so as to be arranged in order from upstream to downstream of the expected perceptual route from the content related to the content having a long watching time. .