JP2008097175A - Electronic file retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To designate an electronic file to be retrieved based on the arrangement place of a representation image displayed on a screen. <P>SOLUTION: An icon representing each electronic file and a retrieval magnet with which predetermined retrieval conditions are preliminarily associated are displayed on a screen 1, and a detecting means 12 detects the icon overlapped with the retrieval magnet moving according to the operation of a user by referring to an icon information holding part 3 and a magnet information holding part 4, and according as the icon is detected by the detection means 12, a decision means 13 decides whether or not the electronic file corresponding to the detected icon is matched with the retrieval conditions associated with the retrieval magnet, and a display position changing means 15 makes the icon of the electronic file whose matching has been decided follow-up and move to the retrieval magnet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic file search device and an electronic file search program.

  Conventionally, a plurality of electronic files such as applications and electronic documents are managed in the information processing apparatus, and a user selects an electronic file to be operated and performs operations such as document browsing and editing on the information processing apparatus. Yes. In general, the function of searching for an electronic file that matches a search condition given by the user so that the user can easily select the desired electronic file from a large number of electronic files managed by the information processing apparatus. Provided in the device.

Here, the following invention is proposed regarding the search of information.
In a search from a set of information including attribute values with order, the GUI screen for entering search conditions manipulates a slider with a time axis that expresses the order of attribute values and a period for the specified attribute range An invention has been proposed in which a slide button for inputting is provided, and a period serving as a search condition can be input by moving the slide button along the time axis and operating the width of the slide button (see Patent Document 1). .)

  In the location search on the map, at least one of the map information indicating the range specified on the map image or the character information indicating the location (address, station name, etc.) is accepted and determined as the search object based on the map information or the character information An invention has been proposed in which a search is performed in a coordinate range (see Patent Document 2).

The range of data search / filtering is specified by specifying a first qualifier that indicates the beginning of the range, a single range indicator that indicates the use of the range, and a second qualifier that indicates the end of the range. An invention for designating by designating has been proposed (see Patent Document 3).
JP 2005-157756 A JP 2002-236686 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-212981

  Information processing apparatuses usually manage electronic files by arranging folders storing electronic files in a hierarchical manner, and in a conventional general search, a search is performed in a folder designated by a user. . If it is desired to search only some of the electronic files in the designated folder, it is necessary to perform a narrowing search with further conditions for narrowing down.

  Here, in recent years, a work area that virtually represents an actual desk is represented on the screen so that a user can place a representation image (for example, an icon) representing an electronic file at a free position in the work area. As a result, an environment in which the user can work with a sense similar to that when working with documents arranged on an actual desk is virtually realized.

  In such an environment, the user has devised, for example, to be able to grasp the relevance of each electronic file at a glance by arranging the representation images of the related electronic files at close positions. The arrangement of the representation image on the screen is important. For this reason, there has been a demand for using the location of the representation image on the screen as a narrowing condition, but such an intuitive narrowing search has not been proposed so far.

  Moreover, in the conventional general search, file names that match the search conditions are listed as search results, but the representative images of the electronic files corresponding to the file names are rearranged at close positions on the screen. In such a case, there is a problem that the user needs to search for and collect the corresponding representation images from the work area and collect them again.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to enable designation of an electronic file to be searched based on an arrangement location of a representation image displayed on a screen.
It is another object of the present invention to easily recognize a representation image of an electronic file that matches a search condition.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a representational image display processing unit that performs processing to display a representational image representing an electronic file on the screen, and an operation image in which a predetermined search condition is associated in advance are displayed on the screen. A representation in which the distance between the operation image display processing means for performing the processing, the movement receiving means for receiving an instruction input for moving the display position of the operation image from the user, and the operation image moved in response to the instruction input is equal to or less than a predetermined value A detection unit that detects an image, and a determination that determines that an electronic file corresponding to the representation image is a search electronic file that matches a search condition associated with the operation image in response to detection of the representation image An electronic device comprising: means for changing the display mode of the detected representation image according to the determination result, and displaying the detected representation image using the representation image display processing unit. It is a Airu search apparatus.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file search apparatus according to the first aspect, the change unit changes the representation image of the search electronic file to a display position that follows the movement of the operation image. The electronic file search device.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file retrieval apparatus according to the second aspect, the determination unit calculates a degree that the detected electronic file matches a retrieval condition, and the changing unit includes a retrieval electronic file. An electronic file search apparatus characterized in that a distance between a file representation image and an operation image is set to a distance corresponding to the degree.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file search device according to the second aspect, the changing means calculates a distance between each representative image and the operation image of the plurality of detected electronic files ordered according to a predetermined reference. An electronic file search apparatus characterized in that the distance is set according to the order of each detected electronic file.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file search apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the changing unit changes a frame of a representation image of the search electronic file to a predetermined color. This is an electronic file search device.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file retrieval apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the predetermined color is a color based on color information preset in the operation image. It is.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file search device according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the determination unit calculates a degree that the detected electronic file matches a search condition, and the predetermined color Is an electronic file search device characterized by having a lightness or saturation color corresponding to the degree.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file search device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, in response to receiving an instruction input for combining operation images from a user, An electronic file search apparatus comprising operation image combining means for generating an operation image in which a sum or product of search conditions associated with each received operation image is associated.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file search device according to the eighth aspect, the instruction input for combining the operation images is such that the distance between one operation image and the other operation image is a predetermined value or less. An electronic file search apparatus characterized by being an instruction input for moving to a display position.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic file retrieval apparatus according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the operation image in which a sum or a product of a plurality of retrieval conditions is associated is retrieved. An electronic file search apparatus comprising operation image dividing means for dividing a plurality of operation images associated with conditions.

  The present invention described in claim 11 is the electronic file search apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the movement receiving means receives an instruction input for moving a plurality of operation images together. The detection unit detects a representation image whose distance from any of the operation images moved together is a predetermined value or less, and the determination unit moves the electronic files corresponding to the representation image together. The electronic file search apparatus is characterized in that it is determined that the search electronic file matches a product or sum of search conditions associated with each operation image.

  The present invention according to claim 12 displays on the screen a representation image display processing function for performing processing to display a representation image representing an electronic file on the screen, and an operation image in which a predetermined search condition is associated in advance. A representation in which the distance between the operation image display processing function for performing the processing, the movement reception function for receiving an instruction input for moving the display position of the operation image from the user, and the operation image moved in response to the instruction input is equal to or less than a predetermined value A detection function for detecting an image, and a determination for determining that an electronic file corresponding to the representative image is a search electronic file that matches a search condition associated with the operation image in response to detection of the representative image Causing the computer to execute a function and a change function of changing the display mode of the detected representation image according to the determination result and displaying the detected representation image using the representation image display processing function Is an electronic file search program be configured by the.

  According to the electronic file search apparatus of the present invention, the user can designate an electronic file corresponding to the representative image as a search target by an operation of bringing the operation image close to or overlapping the representative image. Further, since the representation image of the electronic file to be searched is changed to the display mode corresponding to the determination result, the user can easily grasp the representation image of the electronic file that matches the search condition.

  As a form of changing the display mode, by moving the representation image of the electronic file that matches the search condition following the operation image, it is possible to easily grasp the determination result and to save the trouble of collecting the corresponding representation image. In this case, by tracking the representation image at a distance corresponding to the degree that the electronic file matches the search condition, it is possible to grasp the degree that the electronic file matches the search condition. Alternatively, the representation images of a plurality of electronic files that meet the conditions can be followed in a predetermined order (for example, file name order, update date / time, etc.).

  As another form of changing the display mode, the determination result can be grasped by looking at the frame of the representation image by changing the color of the frame of the representation image of the electronic file that matches the search condition. In this case, since the color of the frame can be changed based on color information set in advance in each operation image, it is possible to grasp which operation image is used to search when there are a plurality of operation images. In addition, by changing the color of the electronic file to lightness or saturation according to the degree of matching with the search condition, the degree of matching with the search condition can also be grasped.

  In addition, the electronic file search apparatus of the present invention can generate an operation image associated with the search condition using the product or sum of the search conditions associated with each operation image, so that the search condition based on a combination of existing operation images Can be determined. Note that a new operation image based on these operation images can be generated by a simple operation of bringing the operation images close to each other or overlapping them.

  The electronic file search apparatus of the present invention can divide an operation image associated with a sum or product of a plurality of search conditions into a plurality of operation images associated with each search condition. Judgment and change of search condition combinations can be performed.

  In addition, the electronic file search apparatus of the present invention can operate a plurality of operation images together and determine the product or sum of each search condition associated with each operation image as a search condition. The determination based on the search condition based on the combination of images can be performed without creating a new operation image associated with the search condition.

  According to the electronic file search program of the present invention, by each function configured by causing a computer to execute the program, the user operates the electronic image corresponding to the representation image by an operation of bringing the operation image close to or overlapping the representation image. The file can be specified as a search target. Further, since the representation image of the electronic file to be searched is changed to the display mode corresponding to the determination result, the user can easily grasp the representation image of the electronic file that matches the search condition.

The present invention will be specifically described based on an example.
The electronic file search apparatus of this example corresponds to an icon (representation image representing an electronic file) specified by an operation of a search magnet (selection image) simulating a magnet for searching an electronic file such as an application or an electronic document. An apparatus that processes an electronic file as a search target. As shown in FIG. 1, a screen 1, an input device 2, an icon information holding unit 3, a magnet information holding unit 4, an icon display processing unit 5, and a magnet display process Unit 6, operation receiving unit 7, magnet information editing unit 8, detection unit 12, determination unit 13, and icon information editing unit 14.

The screen 1 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and each icon is displayed on the work area represented on the screen 1.
The input device 2 is composed of a pointing device such as a mouse, and the user operates the search magnet using the input device 2.

  The icon information holding unit 3 holds file information of each electronic file and icon information corresponding to each electronic file.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the file information includes a “file ID” for identifying the electronic file, a “file name” that is the name of the electronic file, and attribute information of the electronic file (for example, creation date / time, update date / time, file size, production “Attributes” that are file types, file types, and the like, and “content data” that is the contents of the electronic file (for example, characters, graphics, photos, etc.) are held in pairs.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the icon information displays an “icon ID” for identifying the icon, a “file ID” for identifying the corresponding electronic file, an “icon image” that is an image representing the electronic file, and the icon. “Position coordinates” indicating the position are held in pairs.

  The magnet information holding unit 4 holds magnet information related to a search magnet used for specifying a search target. As shown in FIG. 4, the magnet information holding unit 4 indicates a “magnet ID” for identifying a search magnet and a position for displaying the search magnet. A “position coordinate”, a “search condition” that is a conditional expression for determining an electronic file, and the like are held in pairs.

  Search conditions include, for example, fuzzy file name specification, creation date / time update period specification, file size range specification, creator specification, file type specification, It is possible to set conditions such as designation of characters, designation of whether or not graphics and photos are included in the file, and the like.

The icon display processing unit 5 performs icon display processing for displaying an icon image of icon information at a position on the screen 1 corresponding to the position coordinates.
The magnet display processing unit 6 performs magnet display processing for displaying an image simulating a magnet (search magnet) at a position on the screen 1 corresponding to the position coordinates of the magnet information.

  The operation receiving unit 7 receives an instruction input according to the operation of the input device 2 performed by the user. In this example, a magnet creation instruction input for creating a new search magnet associated with a specified search condition, a magnet movement instruction input for moving the display position of the search magnet, a magnet coupling instruction input for coupling the search magnets, and a search A magnet division instruction input for dividing a magnet into a plurality of parts is received.

  The magnet information editing unit 8 performs a process of editing the corresponding magnet information according to the instruction input to the search magnet received by the operation receiving unit 7, and sets the search condition specified by the magnet creation instruction input. In addition to performing magnet creation processing for creating new magnet information and storing it in the magnet information holding unit 4, a magnet display position changing unit 9 for performing processing according to magnet movement instruction input, magnet coupling instruction input, and magnet division instruction input, respectively. , A magnet coupling processing unit 10 and a magnet division processing unit 11.

  The magnet display position changing unit 9 performs a magnet position changing process for changing the position coordinates in the magnet information related to the selected search magnet, and the magnet display processing unit 6 performs the magnet display process with the changed magnet information. By doing so, the display position of the search magnet is moved. In this example, a magnet movement instruction input is received in accordance with the movement operation of the mouse or the like with the search magnet selected, and the display position of the search magnet is moved by changing the position coordinates in the corresponding magnet information as needed. , Giving the user the feeling of moving the search magnet in his hand.

  The magnet coupling processing unit 10 performs a magnet coupling process in which pieces of magnet information related to a plurality of search magnets selected as a coupling target are combined to create new magnet information and store it in the magnet information holding unit 4. In the magnet information to be created, a search condition in which search conditions in each magnet information to be combined are combined with AND (product) or OR (sum) is set, and it is user-specified whether to combine with AND or OR Follow.

  The magnet split processing unit 11 performs magnet split processing for splitting the magnet information related to the search magnet selected as the split target, creating a plurality of new magnet information, and storing the new magnet information in the magnet information holding unit 4. Each magnet information to be created is set with each search condition combined with AND or OR in the magnet information to be divided.

  The detection unit 12 compares the position coordinates of the magnet information related to the search magnet moved in response to the magnet movement instruction input with the position coordinates of each icon information, and is displayed at a distance of a predetermined value or less from the search magnet. Icon is detected. In this example, the total of the image width of the image of the search magnet and the image width of the icon image is set to a predetermined value to detect the icon overlapped with the search magnet. However, a constant value (for example, 5 pixels) is detected. ) To obtain a predetermined value, it is also possible to detect an icon with the search magnet approached.

  In response to the detection of the icon by the detection unit 12, the determination unit 13 determines whether the electronic file corresponding to the icon matches the search condition relating to the search magnet moved in response to the magnet movement instruction input. Determine. In this example, the file name, attribute, and content data in the file information corresponding to the icon information of the detected icon is referred to determine whether the search condition is met. For example, the file name or attribute is used as the icon information. It may be determined without referring to the file information by holding it.

  In addition, the determination unit 13 of this example calculates a matching degree indicating the degree of matching with the search condition for the electronic file determined to match the search condition. For example, when the search condition is composed of a plurality of conditions in which the search conditions are OR-linked, the electronic file having a larger number of matching conditions becomes higher. In the case of a search condition, the higher the electronic file that contains more words.

  The icon information editing unit 14 performs a process of changing the display mode of the icon detected by the detection unit 12 according to the determination result by the determination unit 13, and the icon display position changing unit 15 that changes the icon display position. And an icon frame color changing unit 16 for changing the icon frame color.

  The icon display position changing unit 15 holds a match list in which the icon ID of the icon corresponding to the electronic file determined to be matched by the determination unit 13 and the calculated degree of match are associated with the search magnet. The icon corresponding to the icon ID in the match list is made to follow the search magnet at a distance corresponding to the degree of match.

  For example, when the icon is followed from the search magnet without being separated by a distance M or more, the position coordinate P of the magnet information after the movement is compared with the position coordinate Q of the current icon information, and the distance m between the PQs is greater than the distance M. When it becomes larger, the position coordinate of the icon information is changed by the position coordinate Q ′ obtained by moving the difference D (D = m−M) between the distance M and the distance m from the position coordinate Q toward the position coordinate P.

  The icon frame color changing unit 16 processes the icon image in the icon information of the icon corresponding to the electronic file determined to be matched by the determining unit 13 and changes the icon frame color. That is, the icon is displayed separately from other icons.

Next, the search of the electronic file using the search magnet will be described with reference to FIG.
It is assumed that the user is designated to follow and move the icon of the electronic file that matches the search condition to the search magnet.
When a magnet movement instruction input for moving the search magnet by the operation of the input device 2 performed by the user is received by the operation receiving unit 7 (step S10), the magnet display position changing unit 9 displays the magnet information of the search magnet to be operated. The position coordinates are changed (step S11).

  The detection unit 12 compares the changed position coordinates with the position coordinates of each icon information, and detects an icon displayed at a distance equal to or less than a predetermined value from the search magnet (step S12). When the corresponding icon is detected, the determination unit 13 refers to the file name, attribute, etc. in the file information of the electronic file corresponding to the icon, and matches the search condition of the magnet information of the search magnet to be operated. Whether or not (step S13). On the other hand, when the corresponding icon is not detected, the determination and the following match degree calculation / match list addition (steps S13 to S15) are not performed.

  If the search condition is met, the determination unit 13 further calculates the degree of match of the electronic file with respect to the search condition (step S14), and sets the icon ID of the icon corresponding to the electronic file and the calculated match degree. Then, it is provided to the icon display position changing unit 15 and added to the match list (step S15). On the other hand, if the search conditions are not met, the match level calculation and match list addition (steps S14 and S15) are not performed.

The icon display position changing unit 15 determines whether a set of the icon ID and the matching degree is stored in the match list (step S16), and if it is stored, performs the following processing.
First, one set of icon ID and match level is extracted from the match list (step S17), and the icon corresponding to the icon corresponding to the icon ID is displayed at the display position following the search magnet at a distance corresponding to the match level. The position coordinates of the information are changed (step S18). Then, it is determined whether or not all pairs in the match list have been processed (step S19). If there are unprocessed pairs, similarly, processing for changing the position coordinates of the icon information corresponding to the pair is performed. Repeat the process for all pairs.

  As a result, since the search magnet and the icon are displayed with the contents after the change of the position coordinates, for example, when five icons 101 to 105 are displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5B, when the search magnet 20 is moved along the broken line arrow 21 so as to overlap the icons 101 to 105, the icons 102 and 103 that match the search condition of the search magnet 20 are displayed. 20 to follow.

  That is, the user can select an electronic file corresponding to each icon as a search target by superimposing the search magnet on each of the icons 101 to 105, and the icons 102 and 103 are moved following the search magnet 20. This indicates that the electronic file corresponding to the icon matches the search condition. Further, since the icon 102 is closer to the search magnet 20 than the icon 103, it can be seen that the electronic file corresponding to the icon 102 has a higher degree of matching with the search condition than the electronic file corresponding to the icon 103.

  Each icon to be followed by the search magnet is made to follow in a predetermined arrangement order such as an order according to attributes such as the order of the file name of the corresponding electronic file and the order of update date, or the order in which the search magnets are stacked. You may do it.

Next, the coupling between search magnets will be described.
In this example, the detection unit 12 also detects other search magnets displayed at a distance equal to or less than a predetermined value from the search magnet to be operated, and when the corresponding search magnet is detected, the search for the operation target is performed. It is assumed that there has been a magnet coupling instruction input for coupling the magnet and the detected search magnet. In addition, as a magnet coupling instruction input, an instruction to select and combine a plurality of target search magnets may be received from the user.

  When receiving the magnet coupling instruction input, the magnet coupling processing unit 10 requests the user to specify whether the retrieval conditions of the magnet information related to these retrieval magnets are coupled by AND or OR. And the magnet information which set the new search condition which combined each search condition according to the specification is generated and stored in magnet information holding part 4, and the magnet information of each search magnet used for the combination concerned is magnet information holding part Delete from 4. Thereby, the search magnets are combined with one search magnet and displayed on the screen, and the corresponding electronic file can be searched by operating the search magnet.

Next, division of search magnets will be described.
In this example, as a magnet division instruction input, an instruction to select and divide a search magnet to be divided is received from the user.
When the magnet split processing unit 11 receives a magnet split instruction input, the magnet split processing unit 11 determines whether the search condition of the magnet information related to the search magnet to be split is composed of a plurality of conditional expressions combined by AND or OR. And when it comprises a plurality of conditional expressions, it generates a plurality of magnet information using each conditional expression as a search condition, stores it in the magnet information holding unit 4, and stores the magnet information related to the search magnet to be divided. Delete from the magnet information holding unit 4. Thus, the search magnet is divided into a plurality of search magnets and displayed on the screen, and the corresponding electronic file can be searched by operating each search magnet.

The electronic file search apparatus of this example can also operate a plurality of search magnets collectively.
That is, the operation receiving unit 7 receives a magnet movement instruction input for moving a plurality of search magnets by the operation of the input device 2 performed by the user, and the magnet display position changing unit 9 sets the position coordinates of the magnet information of each search magnet. When changed, the detection unit 12 compares the changed position coordinates with the position coordinates of the icon information, and is displayed at a distance of a predetermined value or less from any operated search magnet. Detect icons.

  Then, the determination unit 13 refers to the file name, attribute, etc. in the file information of the electronic file corresponding to the icon, and determines whether or not the search condition of the magnet information of each search magnet to be operated is met. . Note that the user can specify whether it is determined that all of the search conditions are met or whether any of the search conditions is met.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a result screen when a plurality of search magnets are operated together.
FIG. 5A shows an example in which the icon of the electronic file that matches all the search conditions is moved following the search magnet. That is, it can be seen that the icons 110 and 111 moving following the search magnets 20a and 20b are icons related to an electronic file that matches the search conditions of both the search magnets 20a and 20b.

  FIG. 2B shows an example in which the electronic file icon that matches any of the search conditions is moved following the search magnet. That is, the icons 120 and 121 that follow the search magnet 20a are icons related to the electronic file that matches the search conditions of the search magnet 20a, and the icons 130 and 131 that follow the search magnet 20b show the search magnet 20b. It can be seen that the icon relates to an electronic file that matches the search condition.

  In this example, the icon frame color changing unit 16 also changes the icon frame color according to each search magnet. That is, the electronic file icons 120 and 121 that match the search magnet 20a are displayed in red, and the electronic file icons 130 and 131 that match the search magnet 20b are displayed in blue, which match the search conditions of any search magnet. It has become clearer. Also, when both search conditions are met, it may be green, or half of red and blue. A frame color can be set for each search magnet, and each color can be designated by the user. Further, the brightness or saturation may be changed according to the degree of match, and the degree of match can be grasped by looking at the frame color.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which only the icon frame color is changed without moving the icon of the electronic file that matches the search condition following the search magnet.
In the figure, the frame color of the icon 141 of the electronic file that matches the search condition is set to red, and the frame of the icons 140, 142, and 143 of the electronic file that are determined not to match the search condition of the one superimposed on the search magnet. The color has been changed to gray.

  That is, the frame colors of the icon of the electronic file determined to match the search condition, the icon of the electronic file determined not to match, and the icon of the electronic file that has not yet been determined to match the search condition Displayed incorrectly. As a result, an electronic file matching the search condition can be grasped, and a determined electronic file and an undetermined electronic file can be distinguished.

  As described above, the icon is moved following the search magnet, the frame color of the icon is changed, for example, the shape of the icon is changed, the icon is added with a label, and the like is displayed. The display mode may be adopted as long as the icon of the determined electronic file that matches the search condition can be grasped.

  In addition to using an image simulating a magnet as a search magnet, for example, a cursor image on an arrow that is normally used may be used as a search magnet, and what kind of image is used as a search magnet is not particularly limited.

  The electronic file search apparatus of this example has hardware resources such as a medium access unit that performs data access to an external storage medium, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The icon display processing unit 5 and the magnet display processing unit 6 are read out from a storage medium or HDD that stores and holds the electronic file search program according to the present invention, developed on the RAM, and processed by the CPU. The operation reception unit 7, the magnet information editing unit 8, the detection unit 12, the determination unit 13, and the icon information editing unit 14 are configured, but each may be configured by a dedicated electronic circuit.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic file search apparatus based on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the file information which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the icon information which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the magnet information which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the process sequence of the file search which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the result display of the file search which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the result display of the file search concerning one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the result display of the file search which concerns on one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: screen, 2: input device,
3: Icon information holding unit, 4: Magnet information holding unit,
5: Icon display processing unit, 6: Magnet display processing unit,
7: Operation accepting unit, 8: Magnet information editing unit,
9: Magnet display position changing unit, 10: Magnet coupling processing unit,
11: magnet division processing unit, 12: detection unit,
13: determination unit, 14: icon information editing unit,
15: Icon display position changing unit 16: Icon frame color changing unit

Claims (12)

A representation image display processing means for performing processing to display a representation image representing the electronic file on the screen;
Operation image display processing means for performing processing to display an operation image associated with a predetermined search condition in advance on a screen;
A movement receiving means for receiving an instruction input for moving the display position of the operation image from the user;
Detecting means for detecting a representation image whose distance from the operation image moved in response to the instruction input is a predetermined value or less;
Determining means for determining that an electronic file corresponding to the representative image is a search electronic file that matches a search condition associated with the operation image in response to detection of the representative image;
Changing means for changing the display mode according to the determination result to display the detected representation image using the representation image display processing means;
An electronic file search device comprising:   The electronic file search apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the changing unit changes the representation image of the search electronic file to a display position that follows the movement of the operation image. The determination means calculates the degree to which the detected electronic file matches the search condition,
The electronic file search apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the changing unit sets a distance between the representation image of the search electronic file and the operation image according to the degree.   3. The change unit according to claim 2, wherein the changing unit sets a distance between each of the representation images and the operation images of the plurality of detection electronic files ordered according to a predetermined reference to a distance corresponding to the order of each detection electronic file. Electronic file search device.   5. The electronic file search apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the changing unit changes a frame of the representation image of the search electronic file to a predetermined color. 6.   The electronic file search apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined color is a color based on color information preset in an operation image. The determination means calculates the degree to which the detected electronic file matches the search condition,
The electronic file search apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined color is a lightness or saturation color corresponding to the degree.   In response to receiving an instruction input for combining operation images from a user, an operation image combining unit that generates an operation image that associates the sum or product of search conditions associated with the received operation images. The electronic file search apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an electronic file search apparatus according to claim 1.   The instruction input for combining operation images is an instruction input for moving one operation image to a display position where a distance from the other operation image is a predetermined value or less. Electronic file search device.   2. An operation image dividing unit that divides an operation image associated with a sum or product of a plurality of search conditions into a plurality of operation images associated with each search condition. 10. The electronic file search device according to any one of 9 above. The movement accepting unit accepts an instruction input to move a plurality of operation images together,
The detection means detects a representation image whose distance to any one of the operation images moved together is a predetermined value or less,
The determination means determines that the electronic file corresponding to the representation image is a search electronic file that matches a product or sum of search conditions associated with each of the operation images moved together. The electronic file search apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic file search apparatus is characterized in that: A representation image display processing function for processing to display a representation image representing the electronic file on the screen;
An operation image display processing function for performing processing to display an operation image associated with a predetermined search condition in advance on the screen;
A movement acceptance function that accepts an instruction input to move the display position of the operation image from the user;
A detection function for detecting a representation image whose distance from the operation image moved in response to the instruction input is a predetermined value or less;
A determination function for determining that an electronic file corresponding to the representative image is a search electronic file that matches a search condition associated with the operation image in response to detection of the representative image;
A change function for changing the display mode according to the determination result and displaying the detected representation image using the representation image display processing function;
Electronic file search program configured by causing a computer to execute.

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