JP2010250400A - Tagging method and device, and tagging program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly put a tag on digital content without time and effort. <P>SOLUTION: When an operation part is operated, and a program with a tag is executed, a window is displayed on a monitor, and a hierarchical display area 36 and an icon display area 37 are displayed. When a folder 39 is double-clicked, the double-clicked folder 39 is selected. Image data stored in the selected folder 39 are displayed as an icon 40 in the icon display area 37. When a tagging button 41 is clicked, the tagging processing is started. A word extraction part acquires text data attached as a folder name from the folder 39, and extracts a word "2008", "October", "birthday", and "HANAKO(a name of a girl in Japanese)" or the like from the acquired text data. A tagging part tags the word extracted by the word extraction part to the image data stored in the folder 39. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a tagging method and apparatus for tagging digital content data, and a tagging program.

  Information terminal devices such as personal computers and mobile phones are widespread. According to the information terminal device, various digital content data (hereinafter, abbreviated as content data) such as image data, video data, and music data can be easily managed in large quantities. For example, in the management methods described in Patent Documents 1 to 3, content data is stored in a folder having a hierarchical structure.

  When searching for managed content data, keyword search is widely used. In keyword search, a keyword input by a user is used as a search condition, and content data is searched based on a tag attached to the content data.

JP 2002-056008 A JP 2006-133882 A JP 2008-269079 A

  In order to perform a keyword search, it is necessary to tag content data in advance. Tagging with human hands is time consuming. On the other hand, automatic tagging by a computer is difficult to perform accurately.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a tagging method and apparatus capable of accurately tagging content data without taking time and a tagging program.

  In order to achieve the above object, the tagging apparatus of the present invention acquires text data given as a folder name from a folder in which digital content data is stored, and extracts a word from the acquired text data And a tagging unit for tagging the digital content data stored in the folder with the word extracted by the word extraction unit.

  An operation unit for inputting an operation signal for selecting a folder is provided, the word extraction unit acquires the text data from the selected folder, and the tagging unit is a digital unit stored in the selected folder. It is preferable to tag content data.

  Further, the operation unit inputs the operation signal for selecting any one of the plurality of folders constituting a hierarchical structure, and the word extraction unit extracts the folder from the selected folder and the folder located below the selected folder. It is preferable that the text data is acquired, and the tagging unit tags the digital content data stored in the selected folder and the folder located below the selected folder.

  Further, the tagging unit adds the digital content data stored in the folder located in the lower layer of the selected folder to the folder storing the digital content data and the folder located in the upper layer. It is preferable to tag words extracted from text data.

  Alternatively, the operation unit inputs the operation signal for selecting any one of the plurality of folders constituting a hierarchical structure, and the word extraction unit extracts the selected folder from the folder located above the selected folder. Text data is acquired, and the tagging unit adds the digital content data stored in the selected folder to the folder storing the digital content data and the text data acquired from the folder located in the upper layer. It is preferable to tag the extracted words.

  The tagging method of the present invention includes a word extraction step of acquiring text data attached as a folder name from a folder in which digital content data is stored, and extracting a word from the acquired text data; The computer executes a tagging step for tagging the digital content data with the word extracted in the word extraction step.

  The tagging program of the present invention includes a word extraction step of acquiring text data attached as a folder name from a folder in which digital content data is stored, and extracting a word from the acquired text data, and is stored in the folder And a tagging step of tagging the digital content data with the word extracted in the word extracting step.

  According to the tagging method and apparatus and the tagging program of the present invention, the text data attached as the folder name is acquired from the folder in which the digital content data is stored, the word is extracted from the acquired text data, Since the previously extracted words are tagged to the digital content data stored in the folder, accurate and accurate tagging can be performed automatically without tagging each digital content data one by one. .

  In addition, an operation unit that inputs an operation signal for selecting any of the plurality of folders constituting a hierarchical structure is provided, and the word extraction unit is configured to input the text data from the selected folder and the folder located below the selected folder. Since the tagging unit tags the digital content data stored in the selected folder and the folder located below the selected folder, the digital content data stored in a plurality of folders is collectively processed. And can be tagged easily.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of a personal computer. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a personal computer. It is a block diagram explaining the function of CPU. It is a block diagram explaining the program stored in HDD. It is a 1st figure which shows the structure of the hierarchy display area and icon display area which are displayed on a monitor. It is a 2nd figure which shows the structure of the hierarchy display area and icon display area which are displayed on a monitor. It is a flowchart explaining the processing procedure of tagging. It is a figure which shows the structure of the hierarchy display area and icon display area which are displayed on a monitor in another embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
The tagging apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is configured by installing a tagging program 33 (see FIG. 4) in a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as PC) 11. The tagging device tags words to image data, video data, music data, and other content data. Content data tagged with words can be found by keyword search. In the following, a case where a word is tagged to image data will be described as an example.

  The PC 11 includes a monitor 12 for displaying various windows and the like, and an operation unit 15 including a mouse 13 and a keyboard 14 for inputting operation signals. Image data obtained by photographing with the digital camera 16 and image data recorded on a recording medium 17 such as a memory card or a CD-R are transmitted to the PC 11, or the image data is transmitted via the Internet 18. Downloaded.

  The digital camera 16 is connected to the PC 11 by a communication cable compliant with, for example, IEEE 1394, USB (Universal Serial Bus), a wireless LAN, or the like, and data communication with the PC 11 is possible. Similarly, the recording medium 17 can exchange data with the PC 11 via a dedicated driver.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the PC 11 includes a CPU 21, and the CPU 21 controls the entire PC 11 in accordance with an operation signal input from the operation unit 15. In addition to the operation unit 15, the CPU 21 has a RAM 23, a hard disk drive (hereinafter abbreviated as HDD) 24, a communication interface (hereinafter abbreviated as communication I / F) 25, and display control via a data bus 22. The unit 26 is connected.

  The RAM 23 is a work memory used for the CPU 21 to execute processing. The HDD 24 is provided with a plurality of folders 39 (see FIG. 6 and the like) constituting a hierarchical structure. The folder 39 stores various programs and image data for operating the PC 11. The CPU 21 reads out the program from the HDD 24, develops it in the RAM 23, and sequentially executes the read program.

  The communication I / F 25 is a modem or a router, for example, and controls a communication protocol suitable for the Internet 18 and exchanges data via the Internet 18. The communication I / F 25 also performs data communication with external devices such as the digital camera 16 and the recording medium 17. The display control unit 26 controls the monitor 12 and causes the monitor 12 to display various windows.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the CPU 21 functions as a word extraction unit 31 and a tagging unit 32 in order to tag a word with an image.

  The word extraction unit 31 acquires the text data given as the folder name from the folder 39 selected by the operation of the operation unit 15 and the folder 39 below it, and extracts a word from the acquired text data. Specifically, a set of characters delimited by “_ (under bar)” and “(space)” is regarded as a word, and the word is extracted. For example, “2008”, “October”, “birthday”, and “Hanako” are extracted from the text data “2008_October_Birthday_Hanako”.

  The tagging unit 32 tags the image data stored in the folder 39 selected by the operation of the operation unit 15 with a word extracted from the text data acquired from the folder 39 storing the image data. Further, the tagging unit 32 adds the folder 39 storing the image data and the folder 39 positioned above the image data stored in the folder 39 positioned below the folder 39 selected by the operation of the operation unit 15. Tag words extracted from text data obtained from.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the tagging program 33 is stored in the HDD 24. When tagging is performed, the user operates the operation unit 15 to start the tagging program 33. When the tagging program 33 is activated, the display control unit 26 starts up a window (not shown) on the monitor 12. In the window, for example, a hierarchical display area 36 and an icon display area 37 as shown in FIG. 5 are displayed. On the areas 36 and 37, a pointer 38 used for various operations is displayed. The pointer 38 moves on the areas 36 and 37 when the mouse 13 is operated. The user operates the pointer 38 on the areas 36 and 37 to execute the tagging process.

  In the hierarchical display area 36, a plurality of folders 39 (one folder 39 in FIG. 5) are arranged, and the hierarchical structure of the folders 39 is shown. On the right side of the folder 39, the folder name is displayed as text. When the pointer 38 is placed on the folder 39 and double-clicked with the mouse 13, the double-clicked folder 39 is selected. In FIG. 5, the folder 39 whose folder name is “2008_October_Birthday_Hanako” is selected.

  In the icon display area 37, image data and folders stored in the folder 39 selected by operating the mouse 13 are arranged as icons 40. In FIG. 5, three image data stored in the folder 39 whose folder name is “2008_October_Birthday_Hanako” are arranged as an icon 40.

  The icon display area 37 is also provided with a tagging button 41 for executing a tagging process. When the pointer 38 is set to the tagging button 41 and clicked with the mouse 13, the image data stored in the selected folder 39 and the folder 39 located below the selected folder 39 is tagged. When the tagging button 41 in FIG. 5 is clicked, the words “2008”, “October”, “Birthday”, and “Birthday” are added to each of the three image data arranged as the icon 40 in the icon display area 37. Hanako "is tagged.

  In the case shown in FIG. 6, a folder 39 with folder names “My Picture”, “2008”, “April”, “Admission Ceremony”, “June”, “Okinawa” is arranged in the hierarchy display area 36. The folder 39 whose folder name is “My picture” is selected. In the icon display area 37, a folder whose folder name is “2008” stored in a folder 39 whose folder name is “My Pictures” is arranged as an icon 40. In this case, when the tagging button 41 is clicked, the image data stored in the folder 39 whose folder name is “My picture” and the folder 39 located below the folder 39 is tagged.

  For example, the words “2008”, “April”, and “entrance ceremony” are tagged to the image data stored in the folder 39 whose folder name is “entrance ceremony”. Further, the words “2008”, “June”, and “Okinawa” are tagged to the image data stored in the folder 39 with the folder name “Okinawa”. In principle, the words “My” and “Picture” are also tagged, except that the words “My” and “Picture” are not tagged. This exception is caused by the fact that the folder 39 with the folder name “My Picture” is provided in the HDD 24 by default, unlike the other folders 39.

  Next, a tagging process procedure for an image (not shown) when the PC 11 functions as a tagging device will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the operation unit 15 is operated and the tagging program 33 is executed, the PC 11 functions as a tagging device.

  On the monitor 12, a window is launched and a hierarchical display area 36 and an icon display area 37 are displayed (step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 11).

  When the folder 39 displayed in the hierarchy display area 36 is double-clicked, the double-clicked folder 39 is selected (S12). The data of the selected folder 39 is stored in the RAM 23.

  When the tagging button 41 displayed in the icon display area 37 is clicked, a signal for starting the tagging process is input to the CPU 21 (S13).

  When a signal is input to the CPU 21, the data of the folder 39 is read from the RAM 23 to the word extraction unit 31. The word extraction unit 31 extracts words based on the read data of the folder 39 (S14). The extracted words are stored in the RAM 23.

  When the word is extracted, the data of the folder 39 and the word extracted in S14 are read from the RAM 23 to the tagging unit 32. The tagging unit 32 tags image data based on the read data of the folder 39 and the words extracted in S14 (S15).

  As described above, since tagging is performed based on the folder name of the folder 39 for storing image data when the tagging button 41 is clicked, each image data is troublesome one by one. Thus, accurate tagging can be performed automatically without tagging.

  In addition, since the image data stored in the selected folder 39 and the folder 39 located below the selected folder 39 is tagged, the image data stored in the plurality of folders 39 can be tagged collectively. Convenient.

[Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment, the case has been described as an example in which all image data stored in the selected folder 39 and all the folders 39 located below the selected folder 39 are tagged. It is also possible to tag only the image data stored in.

  The word extraction unit 31 acquires text data assigned as a file name from the selected folder 39 and the upper folder 39, and extracts words from the acquired text data. When the folder 39 with the folder name “Okinawa_Family” is selected, and when the folder 39 with the folder names “2008” and “June” is arranged on the upper layer, “2008”, “June”, “Okinawa” ”,“ Family ”.

  The tagging unit 32 extracts only the image data stored in the folder 39 selected by the operation of the operation unit 15 from the text data acquired from the folder 39 storing the image data and the folder 39 located on the upper layer. Tag the word that was added.

  In the case illustrated in FIG. 8, folders 39 having folder names “My Picture”, “2008”, “June”, and “Okinawa_family” are arranged in the hierarchy display area 36, and the folder name is “Okinawa_ The “Family” folder 39 is selected. In the icon display area 37, three image data stored in the folder 39 whose folder name is “Okinawa_family” are arranged as an icon 40. In this case, when the tagging button 41 is clicked, the words “2008”, “June”, “Okinawa”, and “family” are added to the image data stored in the folder 39 whose folder name is “Okinawa_family”. Be tagged. As in FIG. 6, the words “My” and “Picture” are not tagged. Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. Furthermore, the processing procedure and effects are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In each of the above embodiments, the case where the PC 11 functions as a tagging device has been described as an example. However, the present invention can also be applied to other electronic devices that handle content data such as a photo storage, a digital camera, and a mobile phone. It is.

  Further, the word extraction unit 31 regards a set of characters delimited by “_ (underbar)” and “(space)” as a word, and extracts the word. However, the method is not limited to this method. For example, first, syntactic analysis for analyzing the grammatical structure of text data and morpheme analysis for dividing a sentence into morphemes (the smallest unit having meaning in the language) and classifying them into parts of speech are performed on the text data. And based on these analysis results, you may make it extract a word from text data.

11 Personal computer (PC)
13 Mouse 14 Keyboard 15 Operation unit 21 CPU
24 Hard disk drive (HDD)
31 Word Extraction Unit 32 Tagging Unit 33 Tagging Program 39 Folder 41 Tagging Button

Claims (7)

A word extraction unit that acquires text data attached as a folder name from a folder in which digital content data is stored, and extracts words from the acquired text data;
A tagging device comprising: a tagging unit that tags the digital content data stored in the folder with a word extracted by the word extraction unit. It has an operation unit for inputting an operation signal to select a folder,
The word extraction unit acquires the text data from the selected folder,
The tagging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tagging unit tags the digital content data stored in the selected folder. The operation unit inputs the operation signal for selecting one of the plurality of folders constituting a hierarchical structure,
The word extraction unit obtains the text data from the selected folder and the folder located below the selected folder,
The tagging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the tagging unit tags the digital content data stored in the selected folder and the folder located below the selected folder.   The tagging unit includes a digital content data stored in the folder located in a lower layer of the selected folder, a folder storing the digital content data, and the text data acquired from the folder located in the upper layer. The tagging apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the word extracted from is tagged. The operation unit inputs the operation signal for selecting one of the plurality of folders constituting a hierarchical structure,
The word extraction unit obtains the text data from the selected folder and the folder located above it,
The tagging unit tags the digital content data stored in the selected folder with words extracted from the text data acquired from the folder storing the digital content data and the folder located above the folder. The tagging device according to claim 2, wherein the tagging device is attached. A word extraction step of acquiring text data attached as a folder name from a folder in which digital content data is stored, and extracting a word from the acquired text data;
A tagging method, wherein the computer executes a tagging step of tagging the digital content data stored in the folder with the word extracted in the word extraction step. A word extraction step of acquiring text data attached as a folder name from a folder in which digital content data is stored, and extracting a word from the acquired text data;
A tagging program for causing a computer to execute a tagging step of tagging the word extracted in the word extraction step to digital content data stored in the folder.

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