JP2004234430A - Automatic scrolling method for screening - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of automatical scrolling for screening, which can efficiently screen information after retrieving the information, and furthermore, can realize a function for automatically scrolling a part of representative texts and a representative image of a document in a document unit, as well as a function for automatically scrolling other images (or other texts) within the document when a document screening is implemented. <P>SOLUTION: The method comprises the function for automatically scrolling the part of representative text data and the representative image of the document in the document unit on a display screen in a mode of automatic document scrolling, and the function for automatically scrolling the other texts (non-representative texts) or non-representative images in a switched mode of the automatic page scrolling. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic turning method for efficiently screening a collection of information in which text data and a plurality of image data are accumulated according to a certain rule on an information terminal screen such as a personal computer screen.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A machine search is usually used to find a document in which a desired item is described from a set of many documents, for example, patent publications. As a machine search method, a keyword search, a concept search, and the like are known, but in each case, the majority of hit documents are not documents in which truly necessary matters are described in many cases. As described above, since the set of hit documents includes a large number of unnecessary documents, after a machine search, it is determined whether or not the document corresponds to a desired document from the set of documents by visual inspection or the like. , That is, a screening operation is required.
[0003]
Screening is a task of visually judging the suitability of each displayed document on an information terminal (personal computer), and thus places a heavy burden on the searcher. In order to alleviate this burden, some applications are provided with a function for automatically turning pages sequentially (automatic page turning function) at appropriate time intervals. Note that automatic page turning is not always performed only for documents obtained by machine search, and can be used when searching for a necessary document from a document set including a relatively small number of documents. .
[0004]
The purpose of the automatic turning function in the prior art is to increase the efficiency of browsing a page by adjusting the speed of the automatic turning, and specifying forward or backward turning. However, in screening in which a large number of document sets are narrowed down through a search by specifying conditions and the contents are further confirmed, it is hard to say that the efficiency of improvement is sufficient only with the function of turning pages in order.
[0005]
For example, when screening for an image, the conventional automatic turning function automatically turns over all images of the document to be screened continuously, and the document is no longer a target document. Even if it turned out, it was not practical because the automatic turning of the entire image was uselessly continued, resulting in an increase in the number of images to be screened, and a large amount of time was eventually spent for that.
[0006]
Further, at present, when specific information (document) is stored as an electronic medium, the information in the document is often constituted by a combination of a text data portion itemized by a tag or the like and a plurality of image data. However, in the conventional automatic turning method, it cannot be said that the features of such a characteristic information storage mode can be fully utilized.
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-11-175549
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2002-182815 A
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has an object to provide an automatic turning method for screening that can perform screening more efficiently. An automatic turning function for displaying, for each document, a portion and a predetermined number of image data constituting the document (preferably, image data determined by the information accumulator to be the most representative for expressing document information) And other items of text data constituting the document being displayed (text data portions other than the above-described predetermined data) or other image data (that is, image data other than representative image data) are sequentially displayed in the document. It has both an automatic turning function to change the automatic turning function during use. As it is, it is an object of the present invention to achieve efficient screening.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The above problem is solved by the following means. That is, the first solution of the present invention is to convert a target document from a set of documents consisting of text data, a representative image and a plurality of non-representative images, and constituted by image data corresponding to the text data. In the automatic turning method for screening at the terminal, while executing the automatic document turning mode of displaying on the screen of the information terminal while sequentially turning the text data and the representative image in document units, In accordance with a page turning mode command signal from the input unit, the screen display of the representative image is switched so as to be executed in an automatic page turning mode in which the plurality of non-representative images are sequentially turned in the document while being turned. This is an automatic turning method for screening.
[0010]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automatic page turning mode for screening according to the first aspect, in the automatic page turning mode, the automatic page turning mode includes a document turning mode command from an input unit of the information terminal. An automatic document turning mode for screening characterized by being switched to the automatic document turning mode by a signal.
[0011]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the automatic turning method for screening according to the first or second aspect, in the automatic page turning mode, the document is turned to the last non-representative image of the document. An automatic turning method for screening is characterized by repeating the turning of a page from the representative image or the first image of the document.
[0012]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic page turning method for screening according to the first or second aspect, in the automatic page turning mode, the page is turned to the end of the non-representative image of the document. Sometimes, the automatic page turning mode is switched to the automatic document turning mode from the next document. This is an automatic turning method for screening.
[0013]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic turning method for screening according to the first to fourth inventions, in the automatic document turning mode or the automatic page turning mode, the automatic turning over from the input unit of the information terminal is performed. This is an automatic turning method for screening characterized by stopping the automatic document turning or automatic page turning being executed at that time by a turning stop command signal.
[0014]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the automatic turning method for screening according to the first to fifth aspects, wherein the text data includes a representative text data portion and a plurality of non-representative characters by tags for each document. In the automatic document turning mode, the representative text data portion of each document is displayed together with the representative image of the document, and in the automatic page turning mode, the non-representative image is displayed in an automatic page turning mode. An automatic turning method for screening is characterized in that the representative text data section is kept displayed during turning.
[0015]
A seventh aspect of the present invention is the automatic page turning mode for screening according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, wherein the automatic page turning mode is replaced with the non-representative text data section instead of the automatic page turning of the non-representative image. Can be switched to automatically turn pages based on the tag.
[0016]
According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic turning method for screening according to the first to seventh aspects, the text data and the representative image or the plurality of non-representative images of the image data are first used. Prior to the display, when the information terminal makes a transmission request to the server, the target document is stored in the storage area of the server, and then is sequentially sent to the information terminal. This is an automatic turning method.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of an information terminal (client) and a server in which the present invention is implemented.
[0018]
* System
The server 1 (server computer) is provided with a database 11, a search program 12, a storage program 13, and a storage area 14. A machine search is performed by operating from the client 2 (client computer, information terminal). A large number of documents to be searched are stored in the database 11, and the search program 12 extracts documents that match conditions such as a query given from the client 2. This machine search may be of any kind in the present invention.
[0019]
When the searcher determines that a reasonable number of documents have been extracted as a result of the search, the searcher transmits a transmission request signal for screening this document set from the client 2, and the server 1 having received the transmission request signal transmits It issues a storage processing operation command to the storage program 13. The storage program 13 stores data of documents obtained by the above search. The client 2 is an information terminal such as a personal computer, and includes, as usual, an input unit 22 such as a mouse and a keyboard, and an output unit 23 for displaying or printing a CRT, an LCD, a printer, and the like. The automatic turning program 21 outputs various data to the output unit 23 and exchanges information with the server 1 via the communication unit 3 based on the signal from the input unit 22.
[0020]
* Overview of automatic turning during screening
Each document in the document set to be automatically turned over in the present invention is composed of text data and image data including a corresponding representative image and a plurality of non-representative images. In the automatic document turning mode, the text data and the representative image are sequentially turned in document units and displayed on the screen of the information terminal. If the page turning mode command signal is transmitted by operating the input unit of the information terminal during the automatic document turning mode, the mode is switched from the automatic document turning mode to the automatic page turning mode. In this automatic page turning mode, the screen display of the representative image is switched to the display of the non-representative image, and a plurality of non-representative images are automatically turned within the range of the document.
[0021]
Further, in the automatic page turning mode, when a document turning mode command signal is input from the input unit of the information terminal, the automatic page turning mode is switched to the automatic document turning mode. Also, in the automatic page turning mode, when the page is turned to the last non-representative image of the document, the page turning from the first page of the document can be repeated. It is possible to switch to the automatic document turning mode from the document. Further, in the automatic document turning mode or the automatic page turning mode, the automatic document turning or the automatic page turning being executed at that time is stopped by the automatic turning stop command signal from the input unit of the information terminal.
[0022]
The text data is divided into a representative text data section and a plurality of non-representative text data sections by tags for each document. In the automatic document turning mode, the representative text data section of each document is replaced with the representative text data section. This representative text data portion is displayed together with the image, and is continuously displayed while the non-representative image is automatically turned in the automatic page turning mode. In the automatic page turning mode, the non-representative text data portion can be switched to automatic page turning based on a tag instead of automatic page turning of a non-representative image.
[0023]
When the information terminal makes a transmission request to the server before displaying the text data and the representative image or the plurality of non-representative images of the image data for the first time, the data of the target document is stored in the storage area of the server. After that, it is sequentially sent to the information terminal.
[0024]
* Data storage format
When the search result document is stored in the storage area 14, if the image data is jpg, it is assumed that the image data is stored in the storage area 14 in the server 1 according to the following rules. That is, this rule specifies that the image data of the document obtained by the machine search is *** / image_m_q. jpg (where m is an integer value representing a document number in which documents retrieved by the retrieval program when creating a retrieval result set are arranged in an appropriate order, q is attached to an image of the document for each document number Integer value indicating the image number, *** / will be described later).
[0025]
Specifically, when the document number is 1 and the image is the third, *** / image_1_3. jpg, and when the document number is 30 and the image is the fifth image *** / image_30_5. jpg. n is the last document number in the subject set to be automatically turned over, and these have a relationship of 1 <= m <= n. Also, r is the last number of each of the plurality of image data which usually exists for each document number, and q has an integer value of 1 to r in order, so that 1 ≦ q ≦ r.
[0026]
* Automatic document turning mode (for images)
When the user instructs the automatic turning program 21 from the information terminal input unit 22 to automatically turn (automatic document turning) the representative image data (q = 1) in document units, the automatic turning program is sent to the search program 12 on the server 1. In response, an instruction of which image data number (q = 1) of which search answer set is to be automatically turned is transmitted.
[0027]
The search program 12 is a storage location of the image data of each document number to be automatically turned with respect to the storage program 13 on the database 11, the document number given to each of them, and is unique for use in the present processing. Deliver the storage area information (*** /). Also, the number (q = 1) of the image data in each document number unit is passed. This storage area can be made unique by combining ID information used for user authentication of the user with information such as the date and time of the search.
[0028]
Based on these information, the storage program 13 stores the image data where n = 1 (the number of documents hit in the search) in the determined location in the storage area 14 based on the above-described rules. .
[0029]
After the storage processing is completed, the storage program 13 notifies the automatic turning program 21 that the storage is completed, and delivers the last document number and the storage area information (*** /) to be automatically turned.
[0030]
The automatic turning program 21 includes *** / image_m_1. The image data of jpg is loaded from the storage area 14 by sequentially substituting integer values of 1 to n into m and displayed on the information terminal output unit 23. As a result, automatic turning of the representative image data in the document unit for the image data portion (automatic document turning) is realized. At this time, by mounting a timer function for controlling the speed at which m is counted up, the speed timing of automatic document turning can be changed.
[0031]
In addition, a function to specify the start position of automatic turning (the user instructs the value of m to the automatic turning program) and a function to loop the automatic turning of the document (after the value of m becomes equal to the value of n, Counting up from 1), a function to specify the range of automatic document turning (providing a range for the value substituted for m), a function to turn automatic document turning from the opposite direction (counting down from n to 1), the next document For example, a function to shift to the automatic document turning mode from the user can be provided on the automatic turning program 21 side so that the automatic document turning motion can be flexibly supported.
[0032]
* Automatic page turning mode (for images)
As described above, in the automatic document turning mode, automatic turning is performed in units of documents displaying only a representative image. In the present invention, however, automatic turning different from this automatic document turning mode, that is, a certain document number is used. Automatic page turning such that all image data constituting the document of the above is displayed. This is realized, for example, as follows.
[0033]
When the user gives an automatic page turning instruction to the automatic page turning program 21 via the input unit 22 of the information terminal, the automatic page turning program 21 instructs the search program 12 to read all the documents displayed at that time. Request image data. The search program 12 stores the document m to be automatically turned over with respect to the storage program 13 and the storage position of all the image data in the database 11 and the storage area information (***) unique for use in the present processing. Hand over /). Incidentally, this storage area information coincides with the storage position in the automatic document turning mode described above.
[0034]
The storage program 13 stores all r image data represented by q = 1 to q = r in a predetermined location of the storage area 14 based on the above information and based on the above rules. After the storing process is completed, the storing program 13 notifies the automatic turning program 21 that the storing is completed, and delivers the final number r of the image data to be automatically turned and the storage area information (*** /). The automatic turning program 21 outputs the *** / image_m_q. The integers from 1 to r are sequentially substituted into q for the image data of jpg, loaded from the storage area 14, and sequentially displayed on the output unit 23 of the information terminal. As a result, an automatic page turning function, that is, an automatic page turning function for all the image data of a certain document is realized. Also, in this automatic page turning mode, as in the automatic document turning mode, a function for looping, a function for designating a turning range, a function for turning in the opposite direction, an automatic document turning mode from the next document are provided. A function to be transferred can be incorporated.
[0035]
* Storage and display of text data
Here, similarly to the case of the image data, when accessing txt by http from the automatic turning program of the information terminal as the client, the URL is made into a rule as follows.
[0036]
*** / text_m. txt
In the text data, tabs are used to signify, for example,
<Title> title </ title>
<Contents_no> information NO </ contents_no>
<Contents1> text information 1 </ contents1>
<Contents2> text information 2 </ contents2>
And
[0037]
* Automatic document turning mode (for text)
When executing the automatic document turning mode, when the user gives an instruction to the automatic turning program 21 via the input unit 22 of the information terminal, the automatic turning program 21 instructs the search program 12 to search the document set of the search result to be screened. Request text data. The search program 12 is unique to the storage program 13 for storing the text data of each document to be automatically turned over in the database 11, the document number given to each, and the document number to be used in the present processing. Deliver the storage area information (*** /). Based on the information, the storage program 13 generates text data meaningful by tags based on the above-described rules and generates n number of documents, and stores the generated text data in a predetermined storage area 14.
[0038]
After the storage process is completed, the storage program 13 notifies the automatic turning program of the client 2 that the storage is completed, and delivers the last document number and the storage area information (*** /) to be automatically turned. It is preferable that the storage area information is the same as when processing image data, but it is also possible to use a rule that can be determined at a relative reference position.
[0039]
The automatic turning program 21 includes *** / text_m. The text data accessible by txt is loaded from the storage area 14 by sequentially substituting an integer value of 1 to n into m, and for example, when displaying two data portions of a <title> tag and a <contents1> tag, A data portion delimited by each tag is arranged in two text display areas held by the turning program and displayed on the output unit 23 of the information terminal (client). As a result, automatic turning over of the text data portion in document units is realized. As in the case of the image data, by making the speed of counting up m adjustable, the speed / timing of the automatic turning can be changed.
[0040]
Also, the start position of the automatic turning is designated (the user instructs the value of m to the automatic turning program), and the loop of the automatic turning (when the value of m becomes equal to the value of n, the count is incremented from 1). ), Designation of a range of automatic turning (a range is set for a value substituted for m), automatic turning from the opposite direction (counting down from n to 1) and the like can be arbitrarily selected.
[0041]
* Automatic page turning (for text)
Since the display part of the text data is displayed using the tag as a key, not only the data part delimited by the tag <contents1> as described above, but also the data part delimited by <contents2> or other tags Can be displayed. Automatic page turning for text is performed by using this tag and sequentially switching the corresponding tag. Unlike the image automatic page turning mode, the text automatic page turning mode has a function for looping, a function for specifying a turning range, a function for turning in the opposite direction, and a function for shifting to an automatic document turning mode from the next document. Etc. are performed based on tags whose order is determined in advance.
[0042]
* Synchronization in automatic document turning
Although not specifically described above, in the automatic document turning mode, the process of automatically turning the representative image and the process of automatically turning the representative portion of the text data are naturally synchronized. That is, a representative image and a text representative portion of a specific document are loaded substantially simultaneously, and these are simultaneously displayed on one display screen. Since the text data has a small amount of information, the process of acquiring the text data of the document can be performed only once, and at this time, all data can be acquired.
[0043]
* Transition of screen display
FIG. 2 shows how the screen display changes. In FIG. 2, the display screen is represented by a dotted line. When the automatic turning program 21 is started in the screening stage, a representative figure (representative image) of Document 1 and a representative portion of text data are first displayed on the output unit 23 (screen) of the information terminal. When a certain period of time elapses without inputting anything from the input unit 22, the automatic turning program 21 deletes this screen, and instead displays a representative image of the next document 2 and a representative portion of text data. The arrows indicate the progress of the display. In this case, the searcher considered that the document 1 did not correspond to the target document only based on the representative diagram of the document 1 and the representative portion of the text.
[0044]
When the document 2 is displayed, the relevance of the document cannot be determined based on the representative diagram alone. Therefore, when it is necessary to look at another diagram, the searcher operates the input unit 22 to switch to the automatic page turning mode. enter. The automatic turning program 21 transmits an automatic page turning signal to the server 1, acquires the next image ("FIG. 1") of the document 2 from the storage area 14, and replaces the representative image (representative figure) with the next image. "FIG. 1" is displayed. At this time, the representative portion of the text is continuously displayed. Once in the automatic page turning mode, if there is no input from the input unit 22, after a predetermined time has elapsed, the following figure ("FIG. 2") is displayed, and "FIG. 3" and "FIG. 4" are displayed as they are. Page turning is performed regularly.
[0045]
For example, as a result of performing the automatic page turning up to “FIG. 4”, when it is determined that the document 2 is inappropriate, when the document turning signal is given from the input unit 22, the mode shifts to the automatic document turning mode from the next document (document 3). Then, the information terminal (client 2) acquires text data and representative image data for displaying Document 3 from the storage area 14 of the server 1, and displays a text representative portion and a representative drawing. On the other hand, in FIG. 4 of Document 2, when this document 2 is found to be the target document, a mark is put on the screen, and a document turning signal is similarly given from the input unit 22 to the next document (Document The mode shifts to the automatic document turning mode from 3). The mark is a mark for printing out or outputting a document at the end of screening.
[0046]
In the document 3, the page is automatically turned up to the last drawing of the document ("FIG. 8" in this example), and the display returns to the display of the first image ("FIG. 1" or the representative image). Automatic page turning is performed until ". In this way, when it reaches the end, it not only makes the automatic turning of the image (drawing) loop, but also the function to specify the turning range, the function to turn in the reverse direction, the automatic document turning mode from the next document The function to be shifted can be appropriately set. Similar display transitions can be made for text as in the above example for images, but this is substantially duplicated and will not be described.
[0047]
* Example of display screen for patent document screening
3 to 6 show examples of display screens in which screening in patent document search is an example. FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 show an example in which automatic page turning related to an image is performed for a document having a title "case A" of the invention. The left half of the figure displays a representative portion of the text data, in this example, the title and abstract of the invention, and the right half displays the drawing. When a page is turned in this automatic page turning mode, a representative figure is first displayed, and "FIG. 1" and "FIG. 2" of this document are automatically turned as the page turning progresses. During this time, the display of the text in the left half has not changed.
[0048]
FIGS. 6 to 8 show examples in which automatic page turning related to text is performed for a document having a title "case C" of the invention. Contrary to the above example, the drawing in the right half does not change, but the display in the frame below the left half changes, and in this frame, “summary” (FIG. 6) and “detailed description 1 of the figure” (FIG. 7) and “Detailed description 2 of the figure” (FIG. 8) are sequentially displayed.
[0049]
In these figures, the buttons "automatic / manual", "previous case / next case", "previous TEXT / next TEXT", and "previous image / next image" indicate whether the automatic turning is performed or not. This is for indicating the next document / previous document, previous image / next image. The mark is checked when this document matches the target document. The "STOP" button switches between interruption of automatic turning and continuation of automatic turning by pressing this button.
[0050]
In the automatic document turning mode, the document is automatically turned in units of documents while displaying the representative place and the representative drawing as shown in FIG. 6 without going through FIGS. 3 to 4 and 5.
[0051]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, for example, screening is performed by automatically turning a representative drawing or a representative text item sequentially in turn, and for information focused on during the screening, automatic turning is switched on the spot, and other documents are referred to. Automatic turning is performed on a drawing or an item, that is, an item other than a drawing other than the representative drawing or a representative text item. This makes it possible to easily determine whether the contents of the document are appropriate or not in the same interface. Further, if the document is judged only by the above-mentioned representative text item and the representative drawing alone or during the automatic turning of the representative drawing / text item as to whether or not the document is appropriate, further visual inspection is not necessary. Since unnecessary automatic turning is not performed, an effect that the screening time is shortened is produced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of an information terminal (client) and a server in which the present invention is implemented.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of transition of a screen display in automatic turning.
FIG. 3 is a first example of a display screen in which screening in patent document search is used as an example.
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[Explanation of symbols]
1 server
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12 Search program
13 Stored program
14 Storage area
2 Client
21 Automatic turning program
22 Input section
23 Output section
3 Communication means

Claims (8)

Text data, and a representative image and a plurality of non-representative images, from a set of documents constituted by the image data corresponding to the text data, in the automatic turning method for screening the target document in the information terminal,
While executing the automatic document turning mode for displaying on the screen of the information terminal while sequentially turning the text data and the representative image in document units, by a page turning mode command signal from the input unit of the information terminal, An automatic page turning method for screening, wherein the screen display of the representative image is switched to be executed in an automatic page turning mode in which the plurality of non-representative images are sequentially turned and displayed in the document. In the automatic turning method for screening according to claim 1,
In the automatic page turning mode, the automatic page turning mode is switched to the automatic document turning mode in response to a document turning mode command signal from an input unit of an information terminal. An automatic turning method for screening according to any one of claims 1 or 2,
In the automatic page turning mode, when the page is turned to the last non-representative image of the document, an automatic turning method for screening characterized by repeating page turning from the representative image or the first image of the document. . An automatic turning method for screening according to any one of claims 1 or 2,
In the automatic page turning mode, when the page is turned to the end of the non-representative image of the document, the automatic page turning mode is switched to the automatic document turning mode from the next document. How to turn. An automatic turning method for screening according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
In the above-mentioned automatic document turning mode or automatic page turning mode, for the screening characterized by stopping the automatic document turning or automatic page turning being executed at that time by the automatic turning stop command signal from the input unit of the information terminal. Automatic turning method. An automatic turning method for screening according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The text data is itemized into a representative text data section and a plurality of non-representative text data sections by tags for each document,
In the automatic document turning mode, the representative text data portion of each document is displayed together with the representative image of the document,
In the automatic page turning mode, while the non-representative image is automatically turned, the representative text data portion is kept displayed, and the automatic turning method for screening is provided. An automatic turning method for screening according to claim 6,
The automatic page turning mode can be switched so that the non-representative text data portion is automatically turned based on the tag, instead of the automatic page turning of the non-representative image. How to turn. An automatic turning method for screening according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Before the text data and the representative image or the plurality of non-representative images of the image data are displayed first, when the information terminal makes a transmission request to the server, the target document is stored in the storage area of the server. An automatic turning method for screening, which is stored and then sequentially sent to the information terminal.

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