JP2009223563A - Display processor, display processing method, display processing program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display processor for displaying data by a display method corresponding to the classification of a relevant document. <P>SOLUTION: This display processor is provided with: a classification display processing part 132a for making a display part 111 display a display picture including a document symbol for selecting a document and a classification symbol arranged in the periphery of the document symbol as a symbol for selecting the classification of the relevant document of the document; an acceptance part 131 for accepting the selection of the classification symbol; and a relevant display processing part 132b for displaying a relevant symbol for selecting the relevant document of the classification corresponding to the selected classification symbol in the display position on a coordinate axis corresponding to the attribute value of the relevant document corresponding to the relevant symbol by a perspective, by using a straight line passing almost the central point of the document symbol and almost the central point of the classification symbol as the coordinate axis of the depth direction of the display picture, and by using the attribute value of the attribute of the relevant document predetermined by classification as the scale of the coordinate axis. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display processing device, a display processing method, a display processing program, and a recording medium for displaying a document and a related document related to the document.

  An application using an electronic document such as a word processor generally displays a list of electronic documents that can be processed, and executes a predetermined process on the electronic document selected by the user. In recent years, various forms of electronic documents such as a document that can manage an update history, a document that correlates with another document, and a document that includes a plurality of pages have been used. For this reason, for example, in order to enable the user to easily grasp the contents of the electronic document to be processed, it is desirable to display the electronic document by a method according to the form of each electronic document.

  In Patent Document 1, a plurality of pages included in a document are three-dimensionally displayed in perspective with a plurality of scales that maximize the current page, thereby easily discriminating the contents of a page without performing a special enlargement operation. Technologies that make it possible have been proposed. Specifically, in the method of Patent Document 1, each page included in a document is displayed by a perspective method that goes in a certain direction at regular intervals according to the order of the pages.

JP 2007-66130 A

  However, the method disclosed in Patent Document 1 may be insufficient as a display method for an electronic document that is not composed of a plurality of pages. For example, when displaying a document in a form managed in association with a past document representing the update history of the document, the relationship with the past document may be displayed so that it can be easily grasped according to the update date and time. desirable. However, when the method of Patent Document 1 is applied to a document display method of such a form, it is only possible to display past documents by arranging them at regular intervals and displaying them by perspective.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and a display processing apparatus, a display processing method, a display processing program, and a display processing apparatus that can display related documents related to a document by a display method according to the type of the related document. An object is to provide a recording medium.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 is a document symbol for selecting a document and a symbol for selecting a type of a related document of the document, A type display processing unit for displaying on the display unit a display screen including a type symbol arranged around the document symbol; a receiving unit for receiving selection of the type symbol; and the type selected for the approximate center point of the document symbol A straight line passing through the approximate center point of the symbol is used as a coordinate axis in the depth direction of the display screen, and the attribute value of the attribute of the related document predetermined for each type is selected by a perspective method as a scale of the coordinate axis. The related symbol for selecting the related document of the type corresponding to the type symbol is the attribute value of the related document corresponding to the related symbol. And related display processing means for displaying on the display position on the coordinate axis corresponding to comprising the.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the type display processing means includes a history type representing that the document symbol and the related document are a history document representing an update history of the document. The display screen including the type symbol for selecting the type including the message is displayed on the display unit, and the related display processing unit has received the type symbol corresponding to the history type by the receiving unit. In this case, the related symbol for selecting the history document is selected on the coordinate axis according to the update date and time of the history document by a perspective method using the attribute value that is the update date and time of the history document as the scale. It is characterized by displaying at a display position.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the related display processing unit selects the related document having the attribute value larger than the attribute value of the document; Displaying the related symbol for selecting the related document having the attribute value smaller than the attribute value of the document at a display position on the coordinate axis that is respectively opposed to a substantially center point of the document symbol; It is characterized by.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the related display processing means further includes a plurality of the related documents respectively corresponding to the plurality of related documents of the type in which the attribute is not defined. The symbol is displayed at a display position on the coordinate axis separated by a predetermined interval by a perspective method using a predetermined specific scale as a scale of the coordinate axis.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the accepting means accepts selection of a plurality of the type symbols, and the related display processing means responds for each accepted type symbol. The related symbol is displayed by the perspective method.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 5, wherein the related display processing means displays the related symbols corresponding to each of the plurality of type symbols on the same display screen, It is characterized by.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the accepting unit further accepts selection of the related symbol, and the type display processing unit further selects the related symbol. The display screen including the document symbol for selecting the selection target document and the type symbol of the related document of the selection target document, with the selected related document as a selection target document. It displays on the said display means, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 7, wherein the type display processing means includes the plurality of document symbols corresponding to each of the plurality of documents and the plurality of document symbols corresponding to the plurality of document symbols. The display screen including a type symbol is displayed on the display unit, and the type display processing unit further selects the related symbol selected from the document other than the document from which the related symbol is selected. The related document having the same attribute value as the attribute value of the related document corresponding to the symbol is replaced with the document symbol for selecting.

  The invention according to claim 9 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the related display processing means further displays a connection line connecting substantially center points of the plurality of related symbols.

  The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claim 9, wherein the related display processing means sets the display mode of the connection to the related document corresponding to at least one of the related symbols at both ends of the connection. It changes according to the attribute value of another attribute different from the said attribute or the said attribute of the said related document, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The invention according to claim 11 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the type display processing means includes the document symbol and the type symbol which is an icon including a character string or a figure representing the type. A display screen is displayed on the display means.

  The invention according to claim 12 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the related display processing means converts the related symbol, which is a thumbnail of the related document, into the related document corresponding to the thumbnail by the perspective method. And displaying at a display position on the coordinate axis according to the attribute value.

  The invention according to claim 13 is the invention according to claim 12, wherein the receiving means further receives an instruction to enlarge the thumbnail, and the related display processing means further receives an instruction to enlarge the thumbnail. When received, the thumbnail is enlarged and displayed.

  The invention according to claim 14 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the related display processing means displays the related symbol in a display mode different from the document symbol and the type symbol. .

  The invention according to claim 15 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the related display processing means is configured to connect the approximate center point of the document symbol and the approximate center point of the selected type symbol in the direction connecting the approximate center point of the selected type symbol. A display area for displaying a related symbol is secured, and the related symbol is displayed in the secured display area.

  According to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, the type display processing means includes a document symbol for selecting a document and a symbol for selecting a type of a related document of the document, and is arranged around the document symbol. A type display processing step for displaying on the display means a display screen including the type symbol selected, a reception step for receiving the selection of the type symbol, and a related display processing means for selecting the approximate center point of the document symbol. A perspective method in which a straight line passing through the approximate center point of the type symbol is used as a coordinate axis in the depth direction of the display screen, and an attribute value of the attribute of the related document predetermined for each type is a scale of the coordinate axis The related symbol for selecting the related document of the type corresponding to the selected type symbol is associated with the related symbol. And related display processing step of displaying serial display position on the coordinate axis in which the corresponding to the attribute values of the relevant documents, and further comprising a.

  The invention according to claim 17 is a display processing program for causing a computer to execute the display processing method according to claim 16.

  The invention according to claim 18 is a computer-readable recording medium storing the display processing program according to claim 17.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to display a related document related to a document by a display method corresponding to the type of the related document.

  Exemplary embodiments of a display processing apparatus according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)
The display processing apparatus according to the first embodiment displays a related document of a selected document in a display area in a different direction for each related document by a perspective method having a different scale for each related document.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a display processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the display processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment includes a document storage unit 121, a related information storage unit 122, a display unit 111, an input unit 112, a reception unit 131, and a display. A control unit 132 and a related information generation unit 133 are provided.

  The document storage unit 121 stores a document list including information regarding attributes of each document that can be used by the display processing apparatus 100. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a document list stored in the document storage unit 121 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the document list includes a document ID for identifying a document, a document name, an update date, difference information, a creator, a FAX transmission source, and a document type.

  When a document is updated, the same value is set for the update source document and the updated document. For example, in the figure, it is shown that the documents with document ID = 1 and document ID = 2 have the same document name “A”. In this example, the document with the document ID = 2 means that the document with the document ID = 1 is updated.

  The update date / time is set to the date / time when the document was created or the date / time when the document was updated. As the difference information, in the case of a document created by updating a certain document, information indicating the difference between the document before update and the document after update is set.

  The FAX transmission source is set with information for identifying the FAX transmission source in the case of a document created by receiving by FAX. The document type is an attribute representing the type of document, and for example, an order form, an invoice, an invoice, or the like can be set as the document type. The document type is not limited to this, and any information can be set as long as it represents the type of document. Also, the attributes relating to the document are not limited to those shown in the figure, and any other attributes can be used.

  The document entity data may be stored in the document storage unit 121 together with the document list, or may be stored in another storage unit (not shown) in association with the document ID.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the related information storage unit 122 stores, for each document, a related information list representing related information for specifying related documents, which are other documents related to the document, in a list format. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a related information list stored in the related information storage unit 122 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 shows an example of a related information list for the document with document ID = 6 in FIG. The related information storage unit 122 stores a related information list as shown in FIG.

  As shown in the figure, the related information list stores the document ID of a related document that is another related document for each type of related document. In the figure, as an example of the type of related document, a history document, a creator same document, a transmission source same document, and a document type same document are shown.

  The history document represents another document having the same document name but different update date / time. For this reason, in the history document column, document IDs of other documents having the same document name but different update dates and times are stored. For example, the document with document ID = 6 in FIG. 2 has the document name “A”, so that the document ID = 1 and the document ID = 2 with the same document name but different update date / time are set as the document ID of the history document Is done. In the case of a history document, an actual update date / time value that is an attribute value of an attribute (update date / time) is stored together with the document ID (in parentheses in the figure).

  The same creator document represents another document having the same creator but different document names. For this reason, the document IDs of other documents having the same creator and different document names are stored in the same document column of the creator. For example, since the creator of the document ID = 6 in FIG. 2 is “user 1”, a document ID = 4 having the same sentence signature but a different document name is set as the document ID of the related document.

  Similarly, the document IDs of other documents having the same FAX transmission source and different document names are stored in the same transmission source document column. In the same document type document column, document IDs of other documents having the same document type but different document names are stored.

  Note that the data format of the related information is not limited to this, and any data format can be applied as long as it can identify other documents related to a certain document. The document storage unit 121 and the related information storage unit 122 are storage units capable of storing data such as image data. For example, all commonly used storage media such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an optical disk, and a memory card are used. Can be configured.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the display unit 111 displays a display screen for selecting a document or a related document. The display unit 111 can be configured by a display device such as a liquid crystal panel. The input unit 112 is used by a user to input commands and information, and can be configured by a keyboard, a mouse, or the like.

  The accepting unit 131 accepts various information input from the input unit 112. For example, the accepting unit 131 accepts selection of an icon for selecting a document (hereinafter referred to as a document icon) or an icon for selecting a type of a related document (hereinafter referred to as a type icon). The accepting unit 131 accepts an instruction to select a thumbnail image corresponding to the related document displayed after selecting the type icon or to enlarge the thumbnail image by pressing a predetermined key.

  In the following, an example will be described in which icons and thumbnail images are mainly used as display information for selecting documents and related documents. However, various data and processing functions are displayed using symbols, character strings, images, etc. A symbol other than the icon and the thumbnail image may be used instead of the icon.

  The display control unit 132 controls display processing of various screens and messages on the display unit 111. The display control unit 132 further includes a type display processing unit 132a and a related display processing unit 132b.

  When the document icon is selected, the type display processing unit 132a has a type for selecting the type for each related document type of the document corresponding to the selected document icon around the selected document icon. Display icon. For example, the type display processing unit 132a includes four type icons respectively corresponding to the history document, the same document as the creator, the same document as the transmission source, and the same document as the document circumscribing the selected document icon. Display at intervals.

  When the type icon is selected, the related display processing unit 132b selects a thumbnail image for selecting a related document of the type corresponding to the selected type icon according to the type corresponding to the selected type icon. Display with the scale perspective. Specifically, the related display processing unit 132b first secures a thumbnail image display area on a straight line passing through the approximate center point of the document icon and the approximate center point of the selected type icon. In this case, for example, the related display processing unit 132b moves (1) the existing document icon or the like displayed in the display area to the outside of the display area, (2) deletes the existing document icon or the like (3 ) A thumbnail image display area is secured by a method such as displaying an existing document icon in a translucent manner.

  Next, the related display processing unit 132b displays the coordinate axis in the depth direction of the screen with the attribute value of the attribute of the related document predetermined according to the type of the related document corresponding to the selected type icon in the display area. Set to. For example, when the type icon corresponding to the history document is selected, the related display processing unit 132b sets the coordinate axis having the update date and time as the scale in the display area.

  Then, the related display processing unit 132b sets a thumbnail image corresponding to each related document of the type corresponding to the selected type icon on the straight line at a display position on the coordinate axis according to the attribute value of the related document. The thumbnail image is resized so that the display size becomes smaller toward the virtual vanishing point, and is displayed by perspective. For example, when the type icon corresponding to the history document is selected, the related display processing unit 132b displays the thumbnail images of the history document in a large display size on the front side of the display screen in the order of update date and time.

  Note that the related display processing unit 132b may be configured to display thumbnail images with decorations such as color frames and shading. As a result, it is possible to indicate to the user that the document is a target document.

  The related information generation unit 133 generates a related information list of documents corresponding to each document icon. For example, when a list screen for displaying a list of documents is displayed, the related information generation unit 133 generates a related information list as illustrated in FIG. 3 for each document included in the list screen, and the related information storage unit Save to 122. Note that the trigger for creating the related information list is not limited to this, and it is sufficient that the related information list is generated at least until the thumbnail images of the related documents are displayed. For example, when a document icon is selected, a related information list of a document corresponding to the selected document icon may be created.

  Next, the display processing of a document and related documents by the display processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the display process in the first embodiment.

  First, the display control unit 132 displays a list screen for displaying a list of document icons corresponding to each document on the display unit 111 (step S401). As a method for selecting a document to be displayed as a list, a method for selecting all stored documents, a method for selecting a document having a predetermined attribute value, and a hierarchical folder are used. Any method such as a method of selecting a document in a designated folder among documents can be applied. Further, the document icon corresponding to each document can be acquired by any method such as a method of acquiring an icon stored in association with each document, a method of acquiring an icon created at the time of displaying a list.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list screen. As shown in FIG. 5, the list screen 501 displays document icons 101 to 116 in a list format. The numerical value in each document icon is a code added for convenience of explanation, and is actually displayed in a form such as an icon having a shape corresponding to the document type of each document or a thumbnail image of each document.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the related information generation unit 133 executes related information generation processing for generating a related information list of each document displayed as a list (step S <b> 402). As described above, the execution trigger of the related information generation process is not limited to the list display. Details of the related information generation processing will be described later.

  Assume that the user selects a desired document icon from the document icons displayed on the list screen after the related information generation process. For example, the user can select a document icon by moving the mouse cursor to the document icon. In this case, the accepting unit 131 accepts selection of a document icon by the user (step S403). Then, the type display processing unit 132a displays a type icon for each type of related document around the selected document icon (step S404).

  Specifically, the type display processing unit 132a first acquires a related information list in the related information storage unit 122 corresponding to the document of the selected document icon. Then, the type display processing unit 132a displays a type icon corresponding to each type set in the related information list on the circumference of a circle circumscribing the selected document icon. Thereby, the user can recognize that the related document exists and can be displayed on the screen.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list screen on which a type icon is displayed. FIG. 6 shows an example of the list screen 601 when the document icon 106 is selected. As shown in the figure, when the document icon 106 is selected, the type icons 611 to 614 are displayed on a virtual circle circumscribing the document icon 106. In addition, the dotted line of the figure is the said virtual circle, Comprising: The item arrangement | positioning guide 602 used as a guide for arrangement | positioning of a classification icon is represented. Note that the item arrangement guide 602 may be configured to be actually displayed on the list screen.

  In the figure, an example of a type icon 611 corresponding to a history document is shown. Thus, the type icon may be an icon including a character string representing the type of the related document. Further, an icon including a symbol (i) indicating that a related document exists, such as a type icon 612, may be used. For example, an icon that does not include a character string may be displayed when the type icon display area is small, and an icon that includes a character string may be displayed when the display area is large. Thereby, the classification icon suitable for the size of the display area can be displayed.

  In addition, although four type icons are displayed in the figure, the number of type icons to be displayed is not limited to this. For example, only the type icon corresponding to the type in which the related document exists may be displayed.

  Returning to FIG. 4, it is assumed that the user selects a desired type icon from the type icons displayed on the list screen. In this case, the reception unit 131 receives selection of the type icon by the user (step S405). Then, the related display processing unit 132b executes related document display processing for displaying a related document of a type corresponding to the selected type icon (step S406). Details of the related document display processing will be described later.

  Next, details of the related information generation processing in step S402 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an overall flow of related information generation processing in the first embodiment.

  First, the related information generation unit 133 acquires an unprocessed document ID from the document list in the document storage unit 121 (step S701). Note that the related information generation unit 133 sets, for example, the document IDs of all documents displayed on the list screen as processing targets.

  Next, the related information generation unit 133 searches the document list for document IDs having the same document name but different update dates (step S702). When the corresponding document ID is searched, the related information generation unit 133 sorts the searched document IDs in the order of update date and sets them in the history document column of the related information list (step S703).

  Next, the related information generation unit 133 searches the document list for document IDs having the same creator and different document names (step S704). When the corresponding document ID is searched, the related information generation unit 133 sets the searched document ID in the same document creator column of the related information list (step S705).

  Next, the related information generation unit 133 searches the document list for document IDs having the same FAX transmission source and different document names (step S706). When the corresponding document ID is searched, the related information generation unit 133 sets the searched document ID in the same source document column of the related information list (step S707).

  Next, the related information generation unit 133 searches the document list for document IDs having the same document type but different document names (step S708). When the corresponding document ID is searched, the related information generation unit 133 sets the searched document ID in the document type identical document column of the related information list (step S709).

  Next, the related information generation unit 133 determines whether all document IDs have been processed (step S710). If all document IDs have not been processed (step S710: NO), the related information generation unit 133 acquires the next unprocessed document ID and repeats the process (step S701). If all document IDs have been processed (step S710: YES), the related information generation process is terminated.

  Next, details of the related document display processing in step S406 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of related document display processing in the first embodiment.

  First, the related display processing unit 132b secures a perspective display area from the center point of the document icon selected in step S403 toward the center point of the type icon selected in step S405 (step S801). The related display processing unit 132b may secure a perspective display area having a predetermined size, or may set the size of the perspective display area to be secured according to the number of related documents to be displayed and the attribute value. You may comprise so that it may change.

  Next, the related display processing unit 132b determines whether or not a scale is set for the type corresponding to the selected type icon (step S802). For example, the related display processing unit 132b can determine that the scale is set when the attribute value of the attribute is set together with the document ID in the related information list. Note that the related display processing unit 132b obtains, from the storage unit (not shown), information indicating whether there is a scale and a scale type for each type of related document, thereby determining whether a scale is set. You may comprise so that it may judge.

  When the scale is set (step S802: YES), the related display processing unit 132b sets the attribute value of the attribute corresponding to the type as the scale on the coordinate axis of the perspective display area (step S803). For example, since the update date and time is set as the attribute value in the history document, when the type icon corresponding to the history document is selected, the related display processing unit 132b sets the update date and time as the coordinate axis scale.

  Next, the related display processing unit 132b acquires an attribute value corresponding to each document ID from the related information list (step S804). For example, the related display processing unit 132b selects “2008.1.10” as the attribute value of document ID = 2 and “2008.10” as the attribute value of document ID = 1 from the related information list shown in FIG. 1.1 "is acquired.

  Next, the related display processing unit 132b determines the display position and display size on the coordinate axis of the thumbnail image of the related document corresponding to each document ID according to the acquired attribute value (step S805).

  If it is determined in step S802 that no scale is set (step S802: NO), the related display processing unit 132b sets a predetermined scale (specific scale) as the coordinate axis of the perspective display area (step S806). ).

  Next, the related display processing unit 132b determines the display positions on the coordinate axes that are equally spaced on the specific scale for the thumbnail images of the related documents corresponding to each document ID, and the display size corresponding to the determined display position. Is determined (step S807).

  After determining the display position and display size of the thumbnail image in Step S805 and Step S807, the related display processing unit 132b displays the thumbnail image of the related document in the perspective display area at the determined display position and display size (Step S805). S808). As described above, the thumbnail images of the related documents can be displayed with an appropriate positional relationship according to the attributes of each related document by using the scale according to the type of the related document.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen on which thumbnail images of related documents are displayed. As shown in FIG. 9, the display screen 901 includes thumbnail images 921 to 923 of related documents in a perspective display area 911. In addition, a scale guide 931 that is a connection line connecting the approximate center points of the thumbnail images is displayed between the thumbnail images 921 to 923. The display of the scale guide is not essential. For example, the scale guide may be displayed only when the thumbnail image of the related document of the type for which the scale is set is displayed. In addition, the perspective display area 911 surrounded by a dotted line in the figure is shown for convenience of explanation, and is not displayed on the actual display screen. When a thumbnail image is selected, for example, a document display screen (not shown) for displaying a related document corresponding to the thumbnail image is displayed.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in a state where a perspective display area is secured before displaying thumbnail images as shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, when the type icon 1001 displayed at the lower right of the document icon 106 is selected, a perspective display area is secured from the approximate center point of the document icon 106 to the approximate center point of the type icon 1001. An example is shown. This figure shows an example in which the perspective display area is secured by deleting the document icon of another document that overlaps the perspective display area.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen that displays thumbnail images of related documents of a type for which no scale is set. As shown in FIG. 11, when the scale is not set, the thumbnail images 1101 to 1103 are displayed at equal intervals on a perspective scale.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen when a plurality of type icons are selected. As shown in FIG. 12, when a plurality of type icons are selected, a plurality of perspective display areas from the approximate center point of the document icon to the approximate center points of the various types of icons are secured, and the corresponding related documents are respectively provided. The thumbnail image of is displayed.

  The figure shows an example in which a plurality of type icons are selected for one document icon, but a type icon can be selected for each of a plurality of document icons, and related documents for each of a plurality of documents on the same screen. May be displayed. Thereby, for example, update histories of a plurality of documents can be easily compared.

  As described above, in the display processing apparatus according to the first embodiment, the related document of the selected document can be displayed by a perspective method using different scale coordinate axes in different directions according to the type of the related document. . That is, the related document related to the document can be efficiently displayed by a display method according to the type of the related document. For example, in the case where the related document is a history document representing the update history of the document, each history document can be displayed by a perspective method with the update date and time as a scale, so that the user can easily check the history of the document.

(Modification 1)
In the above embodiment, only the thumbnail image of the related document is displayed, but additional information indicating the content of the related document may be displayed in association with the thumbnail image. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example in which the attribute value of the related document is displayed in association with the thumbnail image. As shown in FIG. 13, in the first modification, the thumbnail images 1301 and 1302 are associated with scale information 1311 and 1312 representing the update date and time, which are attribute values of the corresponding documents, respectively. The additional information is not limited to this, and other attribute values such as the document name of the related document may be displayed.

(Modification 2)
In the above embodiment, a scale guide can be displayed between thumbnail images of related documents. You may comprise so that the display mode of this scale guide may be changed according to the attribute of the related document corresponding to the thumbnail image of the both ends of a scale guide. Thereby, the user can be notified of the state of the related document that changes depending on the editing timing of the document by the display mode of the scale guide.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the display mode of the scale guide is changed and displayed. FIG. 14 shows an example in which the display mode of the scale guide at the position corresponding to the history document after the update date is changed depending on whether or not the timestamp of the history document is valid. The time stamp means information indicating the validity of the update user and the update date / time.

  In this figure, the time stamp of the related document corresponding to the thumbnail image 1411 is valid, but the time stamp of the related document corresponding to the thumbnail image 1412 is invalid, so the scale guide 1401 is displayed in a display mode different from the scale guide 1402. ing. As a display mode, a line type such as a dotted line or a solid line, a line color, or the like can be used. Note that information indicating whether the time stamp is valid is stored as one of the document attributes in a document list as shown in FIG. 2, for example, and is referred to when the scale guide is displayed.

(Modification 3)
When a thumbnail image is selected by a predetermined operation, related documents corresponding to the selected thumbnail image may be displayed as a list that can be selected on the list screen. For example, assume that the thumbnail image 921 in FIG. 9 corresponds to the document history document of the document icon 106. In this case, when the thumbnail image 921 is selected, the history document is newly selected as a document to be selected, and the corresponding document icon is replaced with the document icon 106 and displayed.

  In this case, the display of the related document in the perspective display area ends. That is, the screen shifts to a document icon list screen as shown in FIG. With such a configuration, it is possible to easily grasp a related document related to a certain document and to quickly access a desired related document.

  When the document icon 106 to be newly selected is selected on this list screen, the document corresponding to the original document icon 106 is displayed as a related document of the document to be newly selected. In this case, the update date / time of the document corresponding to the original document icon 106 is newer than the update date / time of the document corresponding to the thumbnail image 921. Therefore, the thumbnail image of the document corresponding to the original document icon 106 is displayed in another perspective display area secured in the opposite direction to the perspective display area 911. That is, in such a case, the perspective coordinate axis is extended in the direction opposite to the type icon with respect to the approximate center point of the replaced document icon 106.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen in which the coordinate axes are extended to both sides of the approximate center point of the document icon 106. As shown in FIG. 15, the perspective display area 1502 is enlarged, and a thumbnail image 1501 of the related document corresponding to the document corresponding to the original document icon 106 is displayed on the upper left of the new document icon 106.

  In addition to replacing the document icon 106, the document icon corresponding to another document may be changed in accordance with the attribute value of the replaced document. For example, when the document icon 106 is replaced corresponding to a document with an update date and time, the document icon other than the document icon 106 corresponds to a history document with the same or close update date among the history documents of the corresponding document. Change to document icon.

(Modification 4)
When a thumbnail image is selected by another operation different from that of Modification 3, the selected thumbnail image may be displayed in an enlarged manner. For example, when the mouse cursor is moved to the thumbnail image and the mouse button is clicked once, the process of the modified example 3 is executed, and when the mouse cursor is moved to the thumbnail image and double-clicked, the enlarged image is displayed. As described above, by enabling the thumbnail image to be enlarged and displayed, the details of the related document can be appropriately confirmed even when the number of related documents is large.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen on which thumbnail images are enlarged. FIG. 16 shows an example of an enlarged thumbnail image 1601 displayed when the user instructs enlargement of the thumbnail image 1302 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, when enlargement is instructed, the entire screen is enlarged and displayed so that the designated thumbnail image 1601 is enlarged and displayed at the center of the screen. Note that the display method of the enlarged image is not limited to this, and any method such as a method of enlarging and displaying only the designated thumbnail image in a partial display area on the display screen can be applied.

(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment, an example will be described in which a display processing apparatus is applied to an apparatus that manages a document to be transmitted and received in a FAX transmission / reception system that transmits and receives a document by FAX.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a display processing device 1700 according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 17, the display processing device 1700 includes a document storage unit 1721, a related information storage unit 1722, a display unit 111, an input unit 112, a reception unit 131, a display control unit 132, and related information generation. Part 1733.

  In the second embodiment, the data structures of the document storage unit 1721 and the related information storage unit 1722 and the function of the related information generation unit 1733 are different from those of the first embodiment. Other configurations and functions are the same as those in FIG. 1 which is a block diagram showing the configuration of the display processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, and thus the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted here.

  The document storage unit 1721 stores a document list including information related to attributes unique to the FAX transmission / reception system. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a document list stored in the document storage unit 1721 according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 18, the document list includes a document ID, a management ID, a reception date / time, a transmission date / time, a communication destination, and a document type.

  The management ID is identification information for associating sent and received documents. For example, in the case of a FAX transmission / reception system that manages documents related to product sales in association with each other, a management ID is assigned to each product to be sold.

  The reception date and time and the transmission date and time are respectively the date and time when the document is received by FAX and the date and time when the document is transmitted by FAX. The communication destination is information for identifying a destination of FAX transmission / reception, for example, a FAX number is set.

  Returning to FIG. 17, the related information storage unit 1722 stores, for each document, a related information list representing related information for specifying related documents, which are other documents related to the document, in a list format. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a related information list stored in the related information storage unit 1722 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 18 shows an example of a related information list for the document with document ID = 5 in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 18, in the second embodiment, the same management ID document, the same communication destination document, and the same document type document are used as the types of related documents.

  A document having the same management ID represents another document having the same management ID but different reception date / time or transmission date / time. For example, the document with document ID = 5 in FIG. 18 has a management ID “11”, so that the document ID = 1 and the document ID = 3 with the same management ID but different reception date / time and transmission date / time are the same document. Set as In the case of a document having the same management ID, an actual reception date / time or transmission date / time value that is an attribute value of an attribute (reception date / time or transmission date / time) is stored together with the document ID.

  In the same communication destination document column, document IDs of other documents having the same communication destination are stored. In the same document type document column, document IDs of other documents having the same document type are stored.

  The related information generation unit 1733 generates a related information list of documents corresponding to each document icon with a data structure as shown in FIG.

  Next, display processing by the display processing apparatus 1700 according to the second embodiment configured as described above will be described. In the second embodiment, the details of the related information generation process in the display process are different from those in the first embodiment. Since the entire flow of the display process is the same as that of FIG. 4 showing the display process of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  Details of the related information generation processing in the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an overall flow of related information generation processing according to the second embodiment.

  First, the related information generation unit 1733 acquires an unprocessed document ID from the document list (step S2001). Next, the related information generation unit 1733 searches the document list for document IDs having the same management ID but different reception date / time or transmission date / time (step S2002). When the corresponding document ID is searched, the related information generation unit 1733 sorts the searched document IDs in the order of reception date or transmission date and sets them in the same document column with the management ID of the related information list (step S2003).

  Next, the related information generation unit 1733 searches the document list for other document IDs having the same communication destination (step S2004). When the corresponding document ID is searched, the related information generation unit 1733 sets the searched document ID in the same communication destination document column of the related information list (step S2005).

  Next, the related information generation unit 1733 searches the document list for other document IDs having the same document type (step S2006). If the corresponding document ID is searched, the related information generation unit 1733 sets the searched document ID in the document type identical document column of the related information list (step S2007).

  Next, the related information generation unit 1733 determines whether or not all document IDs have been processed (step S2008). If all document IDs have not been processed (step S2008: NO), the related information generation unit 1733 acquires the next unprocessed document ID and repeats the process (step S2001). If all document IDs have been processed (step S2008: YES), the related information generation process ends.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed in the second embodiment. FIG. 21 shows an example in which a document with the same management ID is selected as the related document type of the document icon 106 and thumbnail images 2101 and 2102 of the corresponding related documents are displayed. In the figure, the thumbnail images 2101 and 2102 are associated with scale information 2111 and 2112 representing the reception date and time and transmission date and time, which are attribute values of the corresponding documents. Furthermore, in the same figure, communication destinations having different attribute values are displayed as being associated with the thumbnail images 2101 and 2102 as additional information 2121 and 2122, respectively.

  As described above, in the display processing apparatus according to the second embodiment, a document associated with identification information such as a management ID is obtained by a perspective method in which coordinate axes of different scales are taken in different directions depending on the type of the related document. Can be displayed.

(Third embodiment)
A display processing apparatus according to the third embodiment acquires a document and information related to the document from a document management apparatus that is an external apparatus connected via a network.

  FIG. 22 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system including the display processing device 2200 according to the third embodiment. As shown in the figure, the information processing system has a configuration in which a display processing device 2200 and a document management device 2300 for managing documents are connected via a network 2400 such as the Internet.

  The document management apparatus 2300 includes a document storage unit 121 and a communication unit 201. Since the data structure of the document storage unit 121 is the same as that of the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given, and description thereof is omitted here. The communication unit 201 transmits and receives information to and from an external device such as the display processing device 2200.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the display processing device 2200 includes a related information storage unit 122, a display unit 111, an input unit 112, a reception unit 131, a display control unit 132, a related information generation unit 2233, and a communication unit. 2234.

  In the second embodiment, the document storage unit 121 is deleted, the communication unit 2234 is added, and the function of the related information generation unit 2233 is different from that of the first embodiment. Other configurations and functions are the same as those in FIG. 1 which is a block diagram showing the configuration of the display processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, and thus the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted here.

  The communication unit 2234 transmits / receives information to / from an external device such as the document management device 2300. For example, the communication unit 2234 receives a document or a document list stored in the document storage unit 121 of the document management apparatus 2300 from the document management apparatus 2300 via the network 2400.

  The related information generation unit 2233 is different from the related information generation unit 133 of the first embodiment in that a related information list is generated by acquiring a document list from the document management apparatus 2300 via the communication unit 2234.

  The display processing device 2200 according to the third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the related information generation unit 2233 acquires a document list from the document management device 2300 in the related information generation processing. . Since the other processing flow of the display processing is the same as that of FIG. 4 showing the display processing of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, in the display processing apparatus according to the third embodiment, related documents are also displayed in accordance with the types of related documents, even for documents managed by an external device connected via a network. It can be displayed by perspective with different scale coordinate axes in different directions.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the display processing apparatus according to the first to third embodiments will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the display processing device according to the first to third embodiments.

  The display processing devices according to the first to third embodiments include a control device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 51, a storage device such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) 52 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 53, and the like. A communication I / F 54 that communicates by connecting to a network, an external storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and a CD (Compact Disc) drive device, a display device such as a display device, and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse And a bus 61 for connecting each part, and has a hardware configuration using a normal computer.

  A display processing program executed by the display processing apparatuses according to the first to third embodiments is a file in an installable format or an executable format, and is a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a flexible disk (FD). ), A CD-R (Compact Disk Recordable), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and the like.

  The display processing program executed by the display processing apparatus according to the first to third embodiments is stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet, and is provided by being downloaded via the network. It may be configured. Moreover, you may comprise so that the display processing program run with the display processing apparatus concerning the 1st-3rd embodiment may be provided or distributed via networks, such as the internet.

  Further, the display processing programs of the first to third embodiments may be provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like.

  The display processing program executed by the display processing apparatus according to the first to third embodiments has a module configuration including the above-described units (accepting unit, display control unit, and related information generating unit). As hardware, the CPU 51 (processor) reads out and executes the display processing program from the storage medium, whereby the above-described units are loaded onto the main storage device, and the above-described units are generated on the main storage device. Yes.

  As described above, the display processing apparatus, the display processing method, the display processing program, and the recording medium according to the present invention are suitable for an apparatus, a method, and a program that display a relationship between documents that are associated with each other by a plurality of association methods. ing.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display processing apparatus concerning 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the document list memorize | stored in the document memory | storage part concerning 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the related information list memorize | stored in the related information storage part concerning 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow of the display process in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a list screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen on which the classification icon was displayed. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow of the relevant information generation process in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow of the related document display process in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which displayed the thumbnail image of the related document. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the state by which the perspective display area was ensured. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which displays the thumbnail image of a related document. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen when a some type icon is selected. It is a figure which shows the example which matched and displayed the attribute value of the related document on the thumbnail image. It is a figure which shows the example displayed by changing the display mode of a scale guide. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which extended the coordinate axis to the both sides of the approximate center point of a document icon. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which expanded and displayed the thumbnail image. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display processing apparatus concerning 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the document list memorize | stored in a document memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the related information list memorize | stored in the related information storage part concerning 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow of the relevant information generation process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed in 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing system containing the display processing apparatus concerning 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the hardware constitutions of the display processing apparatus concerning the 1st-3rd embodiment.

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51 CPU
52 ROM
53 RAM
54 Communication I / F
61 Bus 100 Display processing device 101-116 Document icon 111 Display unit 112 Input unit 121 Document storage unit 122 Related information storage unit 131 Reception unit 132 Display control unit 132a Type display processing unit 132b Related display processing unit 133 Related information generation unit 501 601 List screen 602 Item arrangement guide 611 to 614 Type icon 901 Display screen 911 Perspective display area 921 to 923 Thumbnail image 931 Scale guide 1001 Type icon 1101 to 1103 Thumbnail image 1301 and 1302 Thumbnail image 1311 and 1312 Scale information 1401 and 1402 Scale Guides 1411 and 1412 Thumbnail images 1501 Thumbnail images 1601 Thumbnail images 1700 Display processing device 1721 Document storage unit 1722 Distribution storage unit 1733 related information generating unit 2101 and 2102 thumbnail image 2111, 2112 scale information 2121 and 2122 the additional information 2200 display processor 2233 related information generating unit 2234 communication unit 2300 document management apparatus 2301 Communication unit 2400 network

Claims (18)

Type display for displaying on the display means a display screen including a document symbol for selecting a document, and a symbol for selecting a type of a related document of the document, and a type symbol arranged around the document symbol Processing means;
Receiving means for receiving selection of the type symbol;
A straight line passing through the approximate center point of the document symbol and the approximate center point of the selected type symbol is used as the coordinate axis in the depth direction of the display screen, and the attribute value of the attribute of the related document predetermined for each type According to the attribute value of the related document corresponding to the related symbol, the related symbol for selecting the related document of the type corresponding to the selected type symbol by a perspective method with the coordinate axis as a scale. Related display processing means for displaying at a display position on the coordinate axis;
A display processing apparatus comprising: The display screen including the document symbol and the type symbol for selecting the type including a history type indicating that the related document is a history document indicating an update history of the document. Is displayed on the display means,
When the type symbol corresponding to the history type is received by the receiving unit, the related display processing unit is configured to use the history document by a perspective method using the attribute value that is the update date and time of the history document as the scale. Displaying the related symbol for selecting at a display position on the coordinate axis according to the update date and time of the history document,
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The related display processing means selects the related symbol for selecting the related document having the attribute value larger than the attribute value of the document and the related document having the attribute value smaller than the attribute value of the document. Displaying the related symbols for display at display positions on the coordinate axes that are respectively opposed to the approximate center points of the document symbols;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The related display processing means further includes a perspective method in which the plurality of related symbols corresponding to each of the plurality of related documents of the type for which the attribute is not defined are defined with a predetermined specific scale as the scale of the coordinate axis. By displaying at a display position on the coordinate axis separated by a predetermined interval,
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The accepting means accepts selection of a plurality of the type symbols;
The related display processing means displays, for each received type symbol, the corresponding related symbol by the perspective method.
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The related display processing means displays the related symbols corresponding to each of the plurality of type symbols on the same display screen;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 5. The accepting means further accepts selection of the related symbol,
The type display processing unit further includes the document symbol for selecting the selection target document when the related symbol is selected, using the selected related document as a selection target document, and the selection target. Displaying the display screen including the type symbol of the related document of the document on the display means;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The type display processing means displays the display screen including a plurality of the document symbols corresponding to each of the plurality of documents and the type symbol corresponding to each of the plurality of document symbols on the display means,
The type display processing means further includes the same attribute as the attribute value of the related document corresponding to the selected related symbol for the document symbol of a document other than the document for which the related symbol is selected. Replacing the document symbol for selecting the related document having a value;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 7. The related display processing means further displays a connection line connecting between substantially center points of the plurality of related symbols;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The related display processing means sets the display mode of the connection to an attribute value of the attribute of the related document corresponding to at least one of the related symbols at both ends of the connection or another attribute different from the attribute of the related document. Change accordingly,
The display processing device according to claim 9. The type display processing unit displays the display screen including the document symbol and the type symbol which is an icon including a character string or a figure representing the type on the display unit;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The related display processing means displays the related symbol, which is a thumbnail of the related document, at a display position on the coordinate axis corresponding to the attribute value of the related document corresponding to the thumbnail by the perspective method.
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The accepting means further accepts an instruction to enlarge the thumbnail,
The related display processing means further displays the thumbnail enlarged when an instruction to enlarge the thumbnail is received;
The display processing device according to claim 12. The related display processing means displays the related symbol in a display mode different from the document symbol and the type symbol;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The related display processing means secures a display area for displaying the related symbol in a direction connecting the approximate center point of the document symbol and the approximate center point of the selected type symbol, and the secured display area includes the display area. Displaying related symbols,
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1. The type display processing means displays a display screen including a document symbol for selecting a document, and a symbol for selecting a type of a related document of the document, and a type symbol arranged around the document symbol. A type display processing step to be displayed on the means;
An accepting step for accepting selection of the type symbol;
The related display processing means uses, as a coordinate axis in the depth direction of the display screen, a straight line passing through the approximate center point of the document symbol and the approximately center point of the selected type symbol, and the relationship previously determined for each type The related document for selecting the related document of the type corresponding to the type symbol selected by the perspective method using the attribute value of the attribute of the document as the scale of the coordinate axis is the related document corresponding to the related symbol. A related display processing step of displaying at a display position on the coordinate axis according to the attribute value;
A display processing method characterized by comprising:   A display processing program for causing a computer to execute the display processing method according to claim 16.   A computer-readable recording medium storing the display processing program according to claim 17.

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