JP2006107358A - Webpage browsing device and webpage browsing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To intuitively grasp the entire information about a webpage and to browse the webpage so as to be easily understood. <P>SOLUTION: A webpage browsing device is provided with a virtual building creating part 11 for constructing a virtual building with electronic data and constructing a plurality of predetermined display spaces including at least walls and desks for the building, a link analyzing part 12 for analyzing a webpage on the Internet to convert the webpage into a tree structure, a page allocating part 13 for allocating each part of the tree structure obtained by the link analyzing part to the plurality of respective display spaces, configuring a display hall, a sticking part 14 for adjusting the size and position of thumbnail images to stick the thumbnail images so as to stick all of the thumbnail images on the page allocated to the display spaces, and a virtual display hall browsing part 15 for allowing a user to browse the webpage as if the user walks through inside the virtual building. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a browsing device and a program for a web page published on the Internet, and more particularly to enable more efficient and easy browsing of digital materials such as archaeological sites, local materials and plant specimens published on a web page. The present invention relates to a web page browsing apparatus and a web page browsing program.

  On the Internet, digital materials such as archaeological sites, local materials, and plant specimens are released in large numbers as web pages. When browsing these digital materials, a method of browsing the contents displayed for each page by following a link is common, similar to the browsing method of the web page.

  The information on the web page has a hyperlink structure and is suitable for information representation of a complex structure, but it is difficult to grasp the whole image of related information. When browsing digital materials, it is necessary not only to browse individual information but also to grasp the entire material, and the conventional web page structure is not suitable. There is a method of using a method other than a web page as a method for publishing digital materials. However, in such a method, there is a problem that a standard structure is not decided, and various forms are scattered, and there is a problem that it is already present as a web page and cost for data conversion is high.

  The present invention automatically analyzes the structure of a web page and maps it to a three-dimensional structure that is familiar to the real world, thereby enabling intuitive grasping of the entire information and easy browsing An object is to provide a device and a web page browsing program.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention is a web page browsing apparatus that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed and can be displayed on a computer display. A virtual building creation unit that constructs a virtual building that can be created by electronic data and constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building, and a tree structure by analyzing web pages on the Internet A link analysis unit for converting to a page, a page allocation unit for allocating each part of the tree structure obtained by the link analysis unit to each of the plurality of exhibition spaces, and an exhibition space allocated to the exhibition space Adjust the size and position of the thumbnail image so that all the thumbnail images on the page are pasted And sticking section give Ri, it is intended and a virtual exhibit space viewing unit to browse the web page to walk through the inside of the virtual buildings.

  In addition, the present invention is a web page browsing device that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed, and is a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display A virtual building creation unit that constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building, and a theme setting unit that sets a theme corresponding to the plurality of exhibition spaces; Get the file name, link information, and contents of the material for the digital material on the web page, and select the themes corresponding to those contents and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting section All the thumbnail images of the digital material corresponding to the theme selected by the theme selecting unit and the theme selected by the theme selecting unit. Walks through the virtual building, and a pasting unit that adjusts the size and position of the thumbnail image so that it can be pasted in the exhibition space corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. As described above, the virtual exhibition hall browsing section for browsing the web page is provided.

  Further, the present invention is a web page browsing apparatus that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed, and is a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display A virtual building creation unit that constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building, and a theme setting for setting a theme to be displayed for browsing web pages Themes corresponding to the contents obtained by acquiring the file name, link information, and the contents of the document for the digital material on the web page and the theme, and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit A theme selection unit for selecting a theme, and digital data for any two themes selected from the themes selected by the theme selection unit. A theme distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between themes by a link relationship between materials and a co-occurrence relationship of keywords related to themes in the material; an exhibition space distance calculation unit that calculates a physical distance between the plurality of exhibition spaces; A theme assignment unit that assigns a theme to be displayed in each exhibition space by associating a distance between the exhibition spaces calculated by the exhibition space distance calculation unit with a distance between themes calculated by the theme distance calculation unit; A pasting part that adjusts the size and position of thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme assigned by the theme assigning part are pasted in the exhibition space to which the theme is assigned. And a web page to walk through the virtual building It is intended and a virtual exhibition hall viewing unit to be browsed.

  The present invention also provides a web page browsing apparatus that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed. A theme setting unit to be set and a theme corresponding to the contents obtained from the file name, link information, and the content of the digital material on the web page, the theme set by the theme setting unit A theme selection unit that selects a theme corresponding to the above, and a link relationship between digital materials and a keyword co-occurrence relationship between the themes in the material for any two themes selected by the theme selection unit The distance between themes calculated by the theme distance calculator that calculates the distance between the themes and the theme distance calculator Therefore, an automatic layout unit that automatically generates an exhibition room combined with an exhibition space, further automatically generates an exhibition hall by combining the exhibition rooms, and an exhibition space of the exhibition hall generated by the automatic layout unit. A pasting unit for pasting all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme, and a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit for browsing web pages so as to walk through the virtual building.

  The present invention is also a web page browsing program for causing a computer to display a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and to browse the web page, and is a virtual page that can be displayed on a computer display. A virtual building creation step of building a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building, and analyzing a web page on the Internet and converting it into a tree structure A tree analysis step, a page allocation step of allocating each part of the tree structure obtained by the tree analysis step to each of the plurality of exhibition spaces to configure an exhibition hall, and thumbnails of pages allocated to the exhibition space Thumbnail image so that all of the image is pasted And pasting step of pasting adjust the size and position of the one in which to execute within the virtual buildings and virtual exhibition browsing step of browsing a web page to walk through the computer.

According to the present invention, the structure and contents of a web page can be utilized as they are, and a three-dimensional walkthrough browsing function can be provided as an added value as a web page expression method.
In addition, according to the present invention, an exhibition hall in which digital materials are arranged in a building similar to the real world is automatically generated from information on a web page on which digital materials are already published, thereby The overall image can be easily grasped, and intuitive and efficient browsing can be performed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 shows a block configuration diagram of the web page browsing apparatus according to the first embodiment. This web page browsing apparatus includes a virtual building creation unit 11, a link analysis unit 12, a page allocation unit 13, an automatic pasting unit 14, and a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit 15.

  The virtual building creation unit 11 creates a virtual three-dimensional building for displaying a web page by electronic data as the operator operates it. The link analysis unit 12 analyzes the link relationship of web pages on the Internet, stratifies the web pages according to the number of links from the top page, and acquires the web page tree structure. The page allocation unit 13 associates the hierarchy or path calculated by the link analysis unit 12 with each display space such as a wall, an exhibition stand, and a desk of the virtual three-dimensional building created by the virtual building creation unit 11.

  The automatic pasting unit 14 automatically pastes the thumbnail image of the page allocated by the page allocation unit 13 to each exhibition space of the virtual three-dimensional building created by the virtual building creation unit 11. At this time, the automatic pasting unit 14 analyzes the size of the exhibition space and the number of thumbnail images displayed in the exhibition space, and determines the position and size for pasting each thumbnail image in a size suitable for the exhibition space. .

  The virtual exhibition hall browsing unit 15 is similar to visiting a real world museum or art museum as if walking through the virtual three-dimensional building created by the virtual building creation unit 11 by an operator's operation. The thumbnail images displayed in each exhibition space in the virtual three-dimensional building are browsed.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the browsing state on the computer screen. Thumbnail images 70 are displayed in the exhibition space such as the wall 50 and the desk 60 of the exhibition hall, and the inside of the exhibition hall (virtual building) is displayed, for example. You can browse web pages while walking through by clicking on the right place.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
First, the operator creates a virtual three-dimensional building for displaying digital materials by the virtual building creation unit 11. The virtual three-dimensional building may be created in advance by the viewer, or may be acquired by the web page manager in advance for browsing the web page. Moreover, you may use what the third party created and made public.

  When the top page of the web page browsed by the viewer is specified, the link analysis unit 12 acquires all the pages in the same site that are linked from the specified top page, and the tree structure is obtained from the links from the top page. Is generated. Generally, a web page has a network structure, but the number of links that follow from the top page to that page is the link distance, and links other than the path from the top page with the smallest distance are deleted. The network structure can be converted into a tree structure rooted at the top page.

  If there are multiple paths with the same number of links, an arbitrary path is selected. When the tree structure is generated, the page allocating unit 13 allocates a tree structure node to be displayed in the display space of the virtual three-dimensional building. The allocation method may be an allocation method for presenting information in a crossing manner, such as a page with a link distance “1” for a certain exhibition space and a page with a link distance “2” for the next exhibition space. An allocation method for presenting information longitudinally so as to follow the page with the link distance “1” and the page with the link distance “2” along the path from the top to the bottom may be used.

  Next, in the automatic pasting unit 14, thumbnail images of the pages allocated by the page allocation unit 13 are arranged in each exhibition space of the virtual three-dimensional building created by the virtual building creation unit 11.

  Thereby, a virtual exhibition hall where web pages are displayed in an appropriate exhibition space is completed, and the virtual exhibition hall browsing unit 15 can walk through the virtual exhibition hall and browse the web pages.

  In order to describe the above operation more specifically, an example of browsing a web page having a network structure as shown in FIG. 10A will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 10B shows a tree structure of the web page.

  The viewer prepares a museum model for displaying web pages in advance (S101). In this case, a museum model is created by displaying a virtual three-dimensional space on the display and assembling parts such as walls and desks created in advance in the space. The model may be created from scratch using a CAD system, a three-dimensional modeling system, or the like, or CAD data of an existing building may be taken in.

  A viewer prepares a museum model in this way, and browses a web page using the museum model. Instead of creating a museum model by itself, the viewer may use a model created and released by a third party. Alternatively, a plurality of museum models may be prepared and a web page may be browsed using a museum model selected according to preference. Furthermore, at the time of browsing a web page, an administrator of a web page to be browsed may obtain what is prepared in advance for browsing the web page and use it.

  First, the viewer designates the top page of the web page to be browsed (S102). Then, the apparatus follows the link from the designated top page and acquires all the pages of the same site as the top page (S103). Thereafter, a tree structure is generated from the pages by a link relationship (S104).

  The number of links that follow from the top page to that page is taken as the link distance, and the link distance of each page is calculated. In general, since a web page has a network structure, there are many link paths that are traced to reach the page. Therefore, by deleting unnecessary links so that only the path with the smallest link distance is left among these paths, the tree structure can be converted into a tree structure with the top page as a root. If there are multiple paths with the same number of links, an arbitrary path is selected. FIG. 10 shows an example in which a web page having a network structure (FIG. 10A) is converted into a tree structure (FIG. 10B).

  Next, which page is displayed in which exhibition space of the museum model is assigned (S105). The allocation method may be an allocation method for presenting information transversely, such as a page with a link distance “1” in a certain exhibition space and a page with a link distance “2” in the next exhibition space (FIG. 11 ( a)), and an allocation method for presenting information longitudinally so as to follow the page with the link distance “1” and the page with the link distance “2” along the path from the top page (FIG. 11). (B)). Alternatively, the tree structure may be divided according to the number of exhibition spaces, and each partial tree may be allocated (FIG. 11C).

  When the layout is determined, thumbnail images of pages are arranged in each exhibition space. First, based on the size of the exhibition space and the number of pages allocated to the exhibition space, it is determined how much and how large one page is arranged (S106). For example, there is a method in which the display space is divided into M × N so that the number of pages X is arranged in M × N, and the size of the thumbnail image of the page is determined from the size of each area. Another possible method is to randomly arrange the exhibition positions in the exhibition space so that a certain interval is opened, and determine the size of the thumbnail image of each page according to the width of the interval.

  When the arrangement position and size are determined, a thumbnail image of the determined size is created (S107), and the thumbnail image is pasted to the designated position (S108). Further, a link to the original URL of the page is created in the thumbnail image (S109).

  In this way, an intuitive and easy-to-understand interface that visits and browses real-world museums by analyzing plant specimen data published as web pages, automatically classifying them into themes, and pasting them on museum models It is possible to easily create a virtual museum with In addition, since the original web page can be accessed from the thumbnail image of the specimen in the virtual museum and you can go back and forth from the 3D exhibition space to the multidimensional connected network space of the web page, the information expression method spreads at a stretch and an easy-to-understand expression method Can be presented.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 3 shows a block configuration diagram of the web page browsing apparatus of the second embodiment. The web page browsing apparatus according to the second embodiment includes a virtual building creation unit 11, an automatic pasting unit 14, a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit 15, a theme setting unit 21, and a theme selection unit 22.
Here, the virtual building creation unit 11, the automatic pasting unit 14, and the virtual exhibition hall browsing unit 15 are the same as or equivalent to the respective units of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and will be described here. Is omitted.

  The theme setting unit 21 is operated by an operator for each exhibition space such as a virtual three-dimensional building created by the virtual building creation unit 11 such as a wall, an exhibition stand, and a desk. Set by.

  The theme selection unit 22 analyzes the file name, link information, and the contents of the material for each digital document on the web page and determines which theme is most suitable among the themes set by the theme setting unit 21. Sort out.

  There are several possible sorting methods, such as those based on the degree of matching of keywords and those based on a common linked page.

  Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described. First, the operator creates a virtual three-dimensional building for displaying digital materials by the virtual building creation unit 11. Next, the theme setting unit 21 designates the theme of the digital material to be displayed for each exhibition space such as a wall, an exhibition stand, and a desk of the created virtual three-dimensional building.

  Next, the theme selection unit 22 searches for the digital material from the designated web page, and extracts related information such as the file name of the material, link information, text text and metadata of the material, and an image. Further, this related information is analyzed, and the most suitable theme is selected from the themes set by the theme selection unit 22.

  Next, in the automatic pasting unit 14, the digital material related to the theme selected by the theme selecting unit 22 is arranged for each display space of the virtual three-dimensional building created by the virtual building creating unit 11. To do.

  Thus, a virtual exhibition hall where digital materials are displayed in an appropriate exhibition space is completed, and the virtual exhibition hall browsing unit 15 can walk through the virtual exhibition hall and browse the digital materials.

  With the above configuration, a virtual three-dimensional building in which digital materials are arranged is automatically created from digital materials on a web page, and digital material browsing can be realized as if visiting a museum or an art museum in real space.

  In order to explain the above operation more specifically, assuming an example of creating a virtual museum that displays materials of plant specimens that are open to the public on a web page, the operation is shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. I will explain.

  First, a museum model for displaying plant specimens is created (S201). A museum model is created by displaying a virtual three-dimensional space on the display and assembling parts such as walls and desks created in advance in the space. The model can be created from scratch using a CAD system or a three-dimensional modeling system, or CAD data of an existing building can be taken in.

  Furthermore, parts such as a wall, a display stand, a desk, etc. for displaying plant specimens are designated for the created museum model (S202). A corresponding exhibition space ID is allocated to each exhibition space (S203).

  Next, a theme name is set for each exhibition space (S204). For example, one wall A is set to display materials related to alpine plants, and the other wall B adjacent to it is set to display data related to moss. At this time, a plurality of keywords related to the theme are input (S205).

  Next, the operator designates the top page of the web page that discloses the plant specimen (S206). Then, the system searches all web pages linked from the top page and collects all data (S207). Further, the system determines whether each data is a plant specimen (S208), and stores an image of the plant specimen data, a text sentence, link information, and a URL (S209).

  Whether or not it is a plant specimen is determined based on whether or not it is described in the format of the plant specimen if the format is determined. If the format has not been determined, it may be performed by including a specific keyword, presence of an image, extraction of a plant name in the plant name list, or the like.

  Next, the text sentence of each plant specimen data is subjected to morphological analysis (S210), and the theme name included in the text sentence and the number of keywords related to the theme are counted (S211). Then, the plant specimen data is assigned to the theme containing the most theme names / keywords (S212).

  Other methods for selecting a theme include using link relationships such as counting the number of linked pages from pages that include the theme name, or using specific data (habitat, size, etc.) of plant specimens. It may be classified.

  When the theme of each plant specimen is determined, the plant specimen is placed in the exhibition space to which the theme is assigned.

  First, based on the size of the exhibition space and the number of plant specimens assigned to the theme, the size and how the one plant specimen is arranged is calculated (S213). For example, there is a method in which the display space is divided into M × N so that the number of samples X is arranged in M × N, and the sample size is determined from the size of each region. In addition, a method may be considered in which the display positions are randomly arranged in the display space so that a certain interval is opened, and the size of each specimen is determined according to the width of the space.

  Further, which plant specimen is displayed at which position is determined (S214). When a link is established from a certain page to each plant specimen, the display position is determined by the order of the links. In addition, the order may be determined by the similarity of the number of keywords in the text sentence, or may be determined by the order of data such as the similarity and size of features such as image colors.

  When the arrangement position and size are determined, a thumbnail image of the determined size is created from the image of the plant specimen data (S215), and the thumbnail image is pasted to the designated position (S216). Further, a link to the web page where the plant specimen has been made public is created in the thumbnail image (S217).

  In this way, an intuitive and easy-to-understand interface that visits and browses real-world museums by analyzing plant specimen data published as web pages, automatically classifying them into themes, and pasting them on museum models It is possible to easily create a virtual museum with In addition, since the original web page can be accessed from the thumbnail image of the specimen in the virtual museum and you can go back and forth from the 3D exhibition space to the multidimensional connected network space of the web page, the information expression method spreads at a stretch and an easy-to-understand expression method Can be presented.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 6 shows a block configuration diagram of the web page browsing apparatus of the third embodiment. The web page browsing apparatus according to the third embodiment further includes a theme distance calculation unit 31, an exhibition space distance calculation unit 32, and a theme assignment unit 33 in addition to the configuration shown in the second embodiment.

  The theme distance calculation unit 31 calculates a distance representing the degree of relationship between the themes based on the content of the material between the digital material groups classified by the theme by the theme selection unit 22 and link information. There are several methods for the distance that represents the degree of relationship. The average link distance between the digital materials of the two themes, the number of keywords used simultaneously between the digital materials of the two themes, and the number of occurrences. There is something to calculate from.

  The exhibition space distance calculation unit 32 calculates the distance between the exhibition spaces such as the walls, the display stand, and the desk of the virtual three-dimensional building created by the virtual building creation unit 11. The distance at this time is not a simple physical distance but a distance determined in accordance with a moving distance when walking through a virtual building such as a room or a floor.

  The theme assignment unit 33 associates the distance between the themes calculated by the theme distance calculation unit 31 with the distance between the exhibition spaces calculated by the exhibition space distance calculation unit 32, and the distance between the themes is reflected. Decide the exhibition space for each theme.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described.
As in the description of the second embodiment, the operator uses the virtual building creation unit 11 and the theme setting unit 21 to create a virtual three-dimensional building and a theme to be displayed. There is no need to assign a theme to.

  When the theme selection unit 22 selects the theme for displaying each digital material, the theme distance calculation unit 31 calculates the distance between the themes. At this time, the distance between the two themes is calculated based on the distance between the digital materials assigned to each theme.

  Further, the display space distance calculation unit 32 calculates the distance between the display spaces of the virtual three-dimensional building created by the virtual building creation unit 11.

  Next, the theme assigning unit 33 calculates which theme material should be assigned to which exhibition space. Finally, by arranging digital materials in the exhibition space as assigned by the automatic pasting unit 14, a virtual exhibition hall can be completed.

  With the above configuration, it is possible to save the trouble of assigning a theme to an exhibition space, and it is possible to efficiently create a virtual exhibition hall for larger digital materials.

  In order to describe the above operation more specifically, an example similar to that of the second embodiment is assumed, and operations of parts different from the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the third embodiment, the display space and the theme are automatically associated with each other. Therefore, as shown in steps S204 and 205 in FIG. 5 in the second embodiment, a theme name and a keyword are input for each display space. Instead of enumerating themes regardless of the exhibition space.

  Further, in order to associate the exhibition space with the theme, the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is executed after the theme assignment to the plant specimen shown in step S212 is completed for all the plant specimens.

  In the operation shown in FIG. 7, the distance between the themes is first calculated for all combinations of the two themes. First, a keyword frequency list that appears in all text sentences of the plant specimen assigned for each theme is created (S301). Each theme is represented by a vector having the appearance keyword as an axis and the number of appearances as the value of the axis, and the distance between the vectors is calculated (S302). Let this distance be the distance between themes.

  At this time, the vector representing the theme may be limited to the top ten most frequently occurring keywords, and the amount of calculation may be reduced. Also, the distance between the themes is not the keyword appearance frequency, but the average of the link destinations and linked sources, and the link distance between the plant specimens of the two themes (the number of links to be accessed from one to the other) It is good.

  It also calculates the distance between the exhibition spaces of the virtual 3D building. The virtual three-dimensional space building is classified into physical clusters such as a room, a floor, and a building (S303). The distances between rooms, floors, and buildings are calculated based on the movement distance (S304), and the distances are calculated for all combinations of the two exhibition spaces (S305).

  Next, if necessary, a part of the correspondence between the exhibition space and the theme is designated (S306). The correspondence specified here is maintained in the subsequent processing. It is not necessary to specify when all associations are performed automatically.

  Finally, the exhibition space is automatically associated with the theme. Themes are categorized in accordance with a hierarchical category structure such as rooms, floors, and halls in the exhibition space (S307). At this time, categorization according to the bias of the vector distribution is performed using the vector created in step S302.

  Then, a theme category to be displayed in each room, floor, or hall is determined according to the distance between the categories (S308). Further, for the exhibition space in the room, the theme to be exhibited in the exhibition space is determined according to the distance between the exhibition spaces (S309).

  The above process automatically assigns themes that have similar contents to each other without assigning themes to each exhibition space of the virtual 3D building. It becomes possible to reduce.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
FIG. 8 shows a block configuration diagram of the web page browsing apparatus of the fourth embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, an automatic layout unit 41 is provided instead of the virtual building creation unit 11, the exhibition space distance calculation unit 32, and the theme allocation unit 33 shown in the third embodiment.

  The automatic layout unit 41 assembles an exhibition space on which the theme is pasted into units such as an exhibition room and a floor according to the distance between the themes calculated by the theme distance calculation unit 31, and automatically creates a virtual three-dimensional building. Generate.

  There are several ways to assemble the exhibition space. Themes are classified into a hierarchical structure, and a method of generating exhibition space groups such as exhibition rooms and floors according to the classification of each hierarchy, or assigning themes to the exhibition rooms, The relationship between themes is expressed by doors between the exhibition rooms.

Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described.
In the fourth embodiment, the operator sets only the theme to be displayed by the theme setting unit 21. There is no need to create a virtual three-dimensional building in advance as in the first to third embodiments.

  When the theme selection unit 22 and the theme distance calculation unit 31 allocate digital materials to each theme and the distance between the themes is determined, a virtual three-dimensional building is constructed according to the distance between the themes by the automatic layout unit 41. The

  A virtual exhibition hall can be completed by arranging digital materials on the building by the automatic pasting unit 14.

  With the above configuration, it is possible to save time and effort for creating a virtual three-dimensional building for display, and it is possible to efficiently create a virtual exhibition hall for digital materials in a shorter period of time.

  In order to describe the above operation more specifically, an example similar to that of the third embodiment is assumed, and operations of parts different from the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the fourth embodiment, the display space and theme association step S306 to step S309 in the third embodiment are replaced with the processing flow shown in FIG. Moreover, since a virtual building is not created, the processing in steps S101 to S103 of the third embodiment is not necessary.

  First, themes are categorized according to the distance (S401). Although the categorization method may be the same as step S307 in FIG. 7, the category is generated according to the structure of the virtual three-dimensional building in step S307, whereas the categorization may be performed only according to the data distribution here.

  Next, a virtual three-dimensional building room corresponding to the generated lowest category is generated (S402). In the room, walls, display stands, and desks are arranged according to the number of themes belonging to the category (S403). Further, a floor corresponding to the upper category is generated (S404), and the rooms are arranged according to the distance (S405). Similarly, a hall is generated (S406), and a floor is arranged (S407).

  Through the above process, a virtual 3D building is automatically generated so that themes with similar contents gather, so there is no need to create a virtual 3D building, and the cost of creating a virtual museum can be reduced. It becomes possible to reduce. Here, an example of a virtual museum of plant specimens has been shown, but in addition, a virtual gallery for displaying photographs and a virtual movie theater for displaying images can be easily created.

The web page browsing program in the present invention can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and causes the computer to execute the steps shown in the flowcharts of the embodiments. Here, the computer-readable medium includes a portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a DVD disk, a magneto-optical disk, and an IC card, a database holding a computer program, another computer, The database and the transmission medium on the line are also included.
(Appendix 1) A web page browsing apparatus that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and allows browsing of the web page,
A virtual building creation unit that constructs a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display by electronic data, and constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A link analysis unit that analyzes web pages on the Internet and converts them into a tree structure;
A page allocation unit that configures an exhibition hall by allocating each part of the tree structure obtained by the link analysis unit to each of the plurality of exhibition spaces;
A pasting unit that adjusts the size and position of the thumbnail image so that all of the thumbnail images of the pages allocated to the exhibition space are pasted; and
A web page browsing device comprising: a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit that browses a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.
(Appendix 2) A web page browsing device that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed.
A virtual building creation unit that constructs a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display by electronic data, and constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A theme setting unit for setting a theme corresponding to the plurality of exhibition spaces;
Acquire file names, link information, and contents of materials for digital materials on a web page, and select themes corresponding to those contents and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. The theme selection section;
Adjust the size and position of thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme selected by the theme selection unit are pasted into the exhibition space corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. And pasting part to paste,
A web page browsing device comprising: a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit that browses a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.
(Appendix 3) A web page browsing device that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and allows browsing of the web page,
A virtual building creation unit that constructs a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display by electronic data, and constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A theme setting section for setting the theme to be displayed for browsing web pages,
Acquire file names, link information, and contents of materials for digital materials on a web page, and select themes corresponding to those contents and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. The theme selection section;
A theme distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between the themes based on the link relationship between digital materials and the co-occurrence relationship of keywords related to the themes in the material for any two themes selected from the themes selected by the theme selection unit; ,
An exhibition space distance calculation unit for calculating a physical distance between the plurality of exhibition spaces;
A theme assignment unit that assigns a theme to be displayed in each exhibition space by associating a distance between exhibition spaces calculated by the exhibition space distance calculation unit with a distance between themes calculated by the theme distance calculation unit;
Pasting by adjusting the size and position of thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme assigned by the theme assigning unit are pasted to the exhibition space to which the theme is assigned. And
A web page browsing device comprising: a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit that browses a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.
(Appendix 4) A web page browsing apparatus that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and allows browsing of the web page,
A theme setting section for setting the theme to be displayed for browsing web pages,
Acquire file names, link information, and contents of materials for digital materials on a web page, and select themes corresponding to those contents and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. The theme selection section;
A theme distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between the themes based on the link relationship between digital materials and the co-occurrence relationship of keywords related to the themes in the material for any two themes selected from the themes selected by the theme selection unit; ,
Based on the distance between the themes calculated by the theme distance calculation unit, an automatic layout unit that automatically generates an exhibition room combined with an exhibition space, and further generates an exhibition hall automatically combined with the exhibition room;
A pasting unit for pasting all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme to the exhibition space of the exhibition hall generated by the automatic layout unit;
A web page browsing device comprising: a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit that browses a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.
(Appendix 5) A web page browsing program for causing a computer to display a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and to browse the web page,
A virtual building creation step of constructing a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display with electronic data and building a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A tree analysis step for analyzing a web page on the Internet and converting it into a tree structure;
A page allocation step of allocating each part of the tree structure obtained by the tree analysis step to each of the plurality of exhibition spaces to configure an exhibition hall;
A pasting step of adjusting and pasting the thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of the pages allocated to the exhibition space are pasted; and
A virtual page browsing program for causing a computer to execute a virtual exhibition hall browsing step for browsing a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.
(Appendix 6) A web page browsing program for causing a computer to display a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and to browse the web page,
A virtual building creation step of constructing a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display with electronic data and building a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A theme setting step for setting a theme corresponding to the plurality of exhibition spaces;
Obtain the file name, link information, and contents of the material for the digital material on the web page, and select the theme corresponding to the content and corresponding to the theme set in the theme setting step. Theme selection step,
Adjust the size and position of thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme selected in the theme selection step are pasted in the exhibition space corresponding to the theme set in the theme setting step. And paste step to paste,
A virtual page browsing program for causing a computer to execute a virtual exhibition hall browsing step for browsing a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.
(Appendix 7) A web page browsing program for causing a computer to display a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and to browse the web page,
A virtual building creation step of constructing a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display with electronic data and building a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A theme setting step for setting the theme to be exhibited for browsing web pages,
Obtain the file name, link information, and contents of the material for the digital material on the web page, and select the theme corresponding to the content and corresponding to the theme set in the theme setting step. Theme selection step,
A theme distance calculating step for calculating a distance between the themes based on a link relationship between digital materials and a co-occurrence relationship of keywords related to the themes in the materials for any two themes selected in the theme selection step; ,
An exhibition space distance calculating step for calculating a physical distance between the plurality of exhibition spaces;
A theme assignment step for assigning a theme to be displayed in each exhibition space by associating a distance between the exhibition spaces calculated in the exhibition space distance calculation step with a distance between the themes calculated in the theme distance calculation step;
Pasting by adjusting the size and position of thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme assigned in the theme assignment step are pasted in the exhibition space to which the theme is assigned. Steps,
A virtual page browsing program for causing a computer to execute a virtual exhibition hall browsing step for browsing a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.
(Appendix 8) A web page browsing program for causing a computer to display a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and to browse the web page,
A theme setting step for setting the theme to be exhibited for browsing web pages,
Acquire file names, link information, and contents of materials for digital materials on a web page, and select themes corresponding to those contents and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. Theme selection step,
A theme distance calculating step for calculating a distance between the themes based on a link relationship between digital materials and a co-occurrence relationship of keywords related to the themes in the materials for any two themes selected in the theme selection step; ,
Based on the distance between themes calculated in the theme distance calculation step, an automatic layout step of automatically generating an exhibition room combining exhibition spaces, and further automatically generating an exhibition hall combining the exhibition rooms;
A pasting step of pasting all thumbnail images of the digital material corresponding to the theme to the exhibition space of the exhibition hall generated by the automatic layout step;
A virtual page browsing program for causing a computer to execute a virtual exhibition hall browsing step for browsing a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.

1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart showing a specific operation of the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment. 3 is a flowchart 1 illustrating a specific operation of the second embodiment. 12 is a flowchart 2 illustrating a specific operation of the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment. 10 is a flowchart showing a specific operation of the third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a fourth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart showing a specific operation of the fourth embodiment. It is a figure which shows conversion from the network structure of a web page to a tree structure. It is a figure which shows the example of page allocation. It is a figure which shows the exhibition hall in the virtual building in a computer screen.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Virtual building creation part, 12 Link analysis part, 13 Page allocation part, 14 Automatic sticking part, 15 Virtual exhibition hall browsing part, 21 Theme setting part, 22 Theme selection part, 31 Theme distance calculation part, 32 Exhibition space distance Calculation part, 33 theme assignment part, 41 automatic layout part.

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A web page browsing device that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed.
A virtual building creation unit that constructs a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display by electronic data, and constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A link analysis unit that analyzes web pages on the Internet and converts them into a tree structure;
A page allocation unit that configures an exhibition hall by allocating each part of the tree structure obtained by the link analysis unit to each of the plurality of exhibition spaces;
A pasting unit that adjusts the size and position of the thumbnail image so that all of the thumbnail images of the pages allocated to the exhibition space are pasted; and
A web page browsing device comprising: a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit that browses a web page so as to walk through the virtual building. A web page browsing device that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed.
A virtual building creation unit that constructs a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display by electronic data, and constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A theme setting unit for setting a theme corresponding to the plurality of exhibition spaces;
Acquire file names, link information, and contents of materials for digital materials on a web page, and select themes corresponding to those contents and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. The theme selection section;
Adjust the size and position of thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme selected by the theme selection unit are pasted into the exhibition space corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. And pasting part to paste,
A web page browsing device comprising: a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit that browses a web page so as to walk through the virtual building. A web page browsing device that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed.
A virtual building creation unit that constructs a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display by electronic data, and constructs a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A theme setting section for setting the theme to be displayed for browsing web pages,
Acquire file names, link information, and contents of materials for digital materials on a web page, and select themes corresponding to those contents and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. The theme selection section;
A theme distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between the themes based on a link relationship between digital materials and a co-occurrence relationship of keywords related to the themes in the material for any two themes selected from the themes selected by the theme selection unit; ,
An exhibition space distance calculation unit for calculating a physical distance between the plurality of exhibition spaces;
A theme assignment unit that assigns a theme to be displayed in each exhibition space by associating a distance between exhibition spaces calculated by the exhibition space distance calculation unit with a distance between themes calculated by the theme distance calculation unit;
Pasting by adjusting the size and position of thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme assigned by the theme assigning unit are pasted to the exhibition space to which the theme is assigned. And
A web page browsing device comprising: a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit that browses a web page so as to walk through the virtual building. A web page browsing device that displays a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page so that the web page can be browsed.
A theme setting section for setting the theme to be displayed for browsing web pages,
Acquire file names, link information, and contents of materials for digital materials on a web page, and select themes corresponding to those contents and corresponding to the theme set by the theme setting unit. The theme selection section;
A theme distance calculation unit that calculates the distance between the themes based on the link relationship between digital materials and the co-occurrence relationship of keywords related to the themes in the material for any two themes selected from the themes selected by the theme selection unit; ,
Based on the distance between the themes calculated by the theme distance calculation unit, an automatic layout unit that automatically generates an exhibition room combined with an exhibition space, and further generates an exhibition hall automatically combined with the exhibition room;
A pasting unit for pasting all thumbnail images of digital materials corresponding to the theme to the exhibition space of the exhibition hall generated by the automatic layout unit;
A web page browsing device comprising: a virtual exhibition hall browsing unit that browses a web page so as to walk through the virtual building. A web page browsing program for causing a computer to display a plurality of thumbnail images acquired from a web page and to browse the web page,
A virtual building creation step of constructing a virtual building that can be displayed on a computer display with electronic data and building a plurality of predetermined exhibition spaces including at least walls and desks of the building;
A tree analysis step for analyzing a web page on the Internet and converting it into a tree structure;
A page allocation step of allocating each part of the tree structure obtained by the tree analysis step to each of the plurality of exhibition spaces to configure an exhibition hall;
A pasting step of adjusting and pasting the thumbnail images so that all thumbnail images of the pages allocated to the exhibition space are pasted; and
A virtual page browsing program for causing a computer to execute a virtual exhibition hall browsing step for browsing a web page so as to walk through the virtual building.

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