JP2012146047A - Editing support apparatus, editing support method and editing support program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate document data which are matched between a plurality of pages.SOLUTION: A PC includes a key sentence receiving unit 11 which receives a key sentence, a page data generation unit 17 which generates page data on the basis of the key sentence, a keyword extraction unit 25 which extracts as a keyword a character string conformed to a predetermined condition from the page data, a keyword setting unit 27 which sets one or more registration keywords selected from at least one extracted keyword, a determination unit 31 which determines matching of a plurality of page data generated by the page data generation unit 17 on the basis of whether each of the one or more registration keywords appears in new page data generated by the page data generation unit after the registration keywords are set, and a warning unit 37 which raises a warning in the case where the determination unit 31 determines mismatching.

Description

  The present invention relates to an editing support apparatus, an editing support method, and an editing support program, and more particularly to an editing support apparatus that supports creation of a document, an editing support method and an editing support program executed by the editing support apparatus.

  When creating a document, it may be created with reference to the documents accumulated so far. As a technique for extracting a document for reference from many stored documents, a technique for searching a database or the like by inputting a keyword is known. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-40403 discloses a technique for searching for a graphic instead of a document. When a graphic conversion instruction is input to the graphic being edited by the editing instruction input unit, graphic conversion knowledge management is performed. The search unit searches the graphic conversion knowledge storage unit using the selected graphic data as a requirement of the user, and presents the search result as a candidate graphic by the conversion candidate graphic display unit. A graphic editing apparatus is described in which selected graphic data after conversion is extracted and combined with graphic data before conversion.

However, when creating a multi-page document, the contents to be described change during the document creation, and the matters that must be described are not described, or the expansion of the contents is different from the subject matter. May be frustrated. Normally, a document is completed by a review operation after completion of the document or in the middle of creation. However, there is a problem that a review work must be performed, and depending on the result of the review, the document must be recreated from the middle.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-40403

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and one of the objects of the present invention is to provide an editing support apparatus capable of generating document data that is consistent among a plurality of pages. .

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an editing support method capable of generating document data that is consistent among a plurality of pages.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide an editing support program capable of generating document data that is consistent among a plurality of pages.

  In order to achieve the above-described problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, an editing support apparatus generates key data based on a key sentence receiving unit that receives a key sentence input from the outside, and the received key sentence. Selection from page data generation means, keyword extraction means for extracting a character string that meets a predetermined condition from page data generated by the page data generation means, and at least one keyword extracted by the keyword extraction means Whether or not each of the one or more registered keywords appears in the new page data generated by the page data generating unit after the registered keyword is set and the keyword setting means for setting one or more of the registered keywords as registered keywords Based on the page data generation means Comprising determining means for determining consistency of the plurality of page data is performed, if it is determined that inconsistency determination means, warning means for warning a.

  According to this aspect, page data is generated based on the key sentence, keywords are extracted from the page data, and one or more selected from the extracted at least one keyword is set as a registered keyword. After the registered keyword is set, the consistency of the document data is determined based on whether or not one or more registered keywords appear in the new page data generated based on the key sentence. If it is determined, it is warned. For this reason, the same keyword as the keyword included in the page data generated in the past can be included in the generated page data. As a result, it is possible to provide an editing support apparatus capable of generating document data that is consistent among a plurality of pages.

  Preferably, the determination unit determines whether each of one or more registered keywords is included for each character string group of a predetermined unit constituting new page data generated by the page data generation unit. And a comparison unit that compares the number of consecutive character string groups not including the registered keyword with a threshold value for each of the one or more registered keywords.

  According to this aspect, it is determined whether or not each of one or more registered keywords is included for each character string group of a predetermined unit constituting new page data to be generated. The number of consecutive character strings that do not include the registered keyword is compared with a threshold value. For this reason, the consistency can be determined based on the number of times that the registered keyword is continuously included in the character string group of a predetermined unit, so that the alignment between a plurality of pages can be easily determined.

  Preferably, an importance level setting unit that sets an importance level for each of the one or more registered keywords is further provided, and the threshold value that the comparison unit compares is a value that is predetermined for the importance level.

  Preferably, the determining means determines the page data based on whether or not each of the one or more registered keywords appears in the one or more new page data generated by the page data generating means after the registered keyword is set. The consistency of a plurality of page data generated by the generating means is determined.

  According to this aspect, one or more new page data can be matched with previous page data.

  Preferably, the page data generating means extracts search word extracting means for extracting one or more search words from the key sentence received by the key sentence receiving means, and when the extracted one or more search words are extracted, the search word A content acquisition unit that searches the database using the URL and acquires one or more contents, and a selection unit that selects at least one of the one or more contents acquired by the content acquisition unit as page data.

  Preferably, the key sentence receiving means includes a voice input means for inputting a voice and a voice recognition means for recognizing the input voice.

  According to this aspect, the user can input a key sentence by voice.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, an editing support method includes a step of receiving a key sentence input from the outside, a step of generating page data based on the received key sentence, and a predetermined amount from the generated page data. A step of extracting a character string that satisfies the above condition as a keyword, a step of setting one or more selected from at least one extracted keyword as a registered keyword, and page data after setting the registered keyword A step of determining the consistency of the plurality of page data generated in the step of generating the page data based on whether or not each of the one or more registered keywords appears in the new page data generated in the step of generating Is determined to be inconsistent in the determining step Including case, a step of warning, the.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to provide an editing support method capable of generating document data that is consistent among a plurality of pages.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, an editing support program receives a key sentence input from the outside, a step of generating page data based on the received key sentence, and a generated page data A step of extracting a character string matching a predetermined condition as a keyword, a step of setting one or more selected from the extracted at least one keyword as a registered keyword, and page data after the registered keyword is set The consistency of a plurality of page data generated in the step of generating page data is determined based on whether one or more registered keywords appear in the new page data generated in the step of generating Inconsistency between step and judgment step If it is determined to execute the steps of warning to the computer.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to provide an editing support program that can generate document data that is consistent among a plurality of pages.

It is a figure which shows an example of the information processing system in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of PC. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the outline | summary of the function which CPU with which PC is provided. It is a figure which shows an example of an importance setting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of page data. It is a table which shows the presence or absence for every registration keyword according to the sentence in page data. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of an edit assistance process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a consistency judgment process.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an information processing system 1 includes a personal computer (PC) 100 that functions as an editing support device, a file server 201, a multi function peripheral (hereinafter referred to as “MFP”) 221, including. The PC 100, the file server 201, and the MFP 221 are connected to the network 2, respectively. The MFP 221 includes an HDD and functions as a file server. The MFP 221 includes a plurality of functions such as a scanner function, a printer function, a copy function, and a facsimile function.

  The MFP 221 and the file server 201 store a plurality of contents. For example, when the file server 201 is shared by a plurality of people, a plurality of contents stored in the file server 201 by the plurality of people are stored. The file server 201 includes a search engine, and when a keyword is transmitted from the PC 100 to the file server 201, content including the keyword is extracted from the plurality of contents stored in the file server 201 in the file server 201 and extracted. The plurality of contents thus transmitted are transmitted to the PC 100. The plurality of contents transmitted by the file server 201 are rearranged in a predetermined priority order in the file server 201.

  The network 2 is a local area network (LAN), and the connection form may be wired or wireless. The network 2 is connected to the Internet 3 via a gateway, and the PC 100 can communicate with a search server 211 connected to the Internet 3. The network 2 is not limited to a LAN, and may be a wide area network (WAN), a public switched telephone network (PSTN), or the like.

  The search server 211 includes a search engine, and provides a service for searching for contents published on the Internet 3 and outputting search results. The search server 211 rearranges the content extracted by the search in the priority order predetermined in the search server 211 and outputs the result. The PC 100 transmits a keyword to the search server 211 and receives a plurality of contents extracted as search results from the search server 211.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the PC. Referring to FIG. 2, a PC 100 includes a CPU 101 connected to a bus 120, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 103 for storing a program executed by the CPU 101, and a RAM 105 used as a work area of the CPU 101. The HDD 107 serving as a mass storage device, a card interface (I / F) 109 to which a memory card 108 is mounted, a communication I / F 111 for connecting the PC 100 to the Internet, and a user interface 113 serving as an interface with the user. And an external I / F 119 to which a microphone 121 is connected.

  The user interface 113 includes an operation unit 115 including a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse, and a display unit 117 including a liquid crystal display device that displays an image.

  The CPU 101 controls the entire PC 100. Further, the CPU 101 executes a program stored in the ROM 103. Further, the CPU 101 may load a program stored in the memory card 108 via the card I / F 109 into the RAM 105 and execute it.

  Further, the CPU 101 downloads a program from a computer connected to the Internet 3 and stores it in the HDD 107, or the computer connected to the Internet 3 writes the program to the HDD 107 and executes it on the CPU 101. Also good. The program here includes not only a program that can be directly executed by the CPU 101 but also a source program, a compressed program, an encrypted program, and the like.

  The microphone 121 collects sound generated by the user of the PC 100 and outputs the collected sound to the external I / F 119. The external I / F 119 outputs the sound input from the microphone 121 to the CPU 101.

  A recording medium for storing a program to be executed by the CPU 101 is not limited to the memory card 108, but a flexible disk, a cassette tape, an optical disk (CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) / MO (Magnetic Optical Disc)). / MD (Mini Disc) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), IC card, optical card, mask ROM, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM), and other semiconductor memories.

  The PC 100 in the present embodiment functions as an editing support apparatus. The PC 100 collects content desired by the user of the PC 100 from content published on the Internet and content stored in the file server 201 or the MFP 221. Here, a case where the user of the PC 100 collects contents for creating presentation materials will be described as an example. In this case, there is a theme of the presentation, and the contents to be collected are contents related to the theme.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an overview of functions of a CPU included in the PC. The functions shown in FIG. 3 are formed in the CPU 101 when the CPU 101 executes an editing support program stored in the ROM 103 or the memory card 108.

  Referring to FIG. 3, CPU 101 extracts a key sentence from key data, a key sentence receiving unit 11 that receives a key sentence input from the outside, a page data generating unit 17 that generates page data based on the key sentence, and a keyword from the page data. A keyword extraction unit 25; a keyword setting unit 27 that sets a registered keyword; an importance setting unit 29 that sets an importance level for a registered keyword; a determination unit 31 that determines document consistency; and a warning unit 37. Including.

  The key sentence receiving unit 11 receives a key sentence input by the user. The key sentence reception unit 11 outputs the received key sentence to the page data generation unit 17. A key sentence is a sentence including one or more words. When the user inputs a key sentence with the keyboard or mouse of the operation unit 115, the key sentence reception unit 11 receives the key sentence input to the operation unit 115. When the user inputs a key sentence to the microphone 121 by voice, the key sentence is received by recognizing the voice input to the microphone 121. Specifically, the key sentence reception unit 11 includes a voice input unit 13 and a voice recognition unit 15. The audio input unit 13 is connected to the microphone 121 via the external I / F 119. The microphone 121 collects sound generated by the user and outputs analog sound data to the external I / F 119. The external I / F 119 outputs audio data input from the microphone 121 to the CPU 101, and the audio input unit 13 receives audio data output from the external I / F 119 and inputs the input audio data to the audio recognition unit 15. Output. The voice recognition unit 15 analyzes the voice data input from the voice input unit 13 and recognizes the voice, thereby converting the voice data into character information. The key sentence receiving unit 11 receives character information converted from the voice data by the voice recognition unit 15 as a key sentence.

  The page data generation unit 17 includes a search word extraction unit 19 that extracts a search word from a key sentence, a content acquisition unit 21 that acquires content, a selection unit 23 that selects at least one of the acquired content, including.

  The search word extraction unit 19 divides the key sentence input from the key sentence reception unit 11 into one or more words, and extracts a pre-registered word from the one or more words as a search word. The search word extraction unit 19 outputs the extracted one or more search words to the content acquisition unit 21. For example, when the key sentence “cloud will spread in the future” is input, the words “cloud” and “spread” which are registered in advance are extracted as search words.

  The content acquisition unit 21 searches using the search word, acquires one or more contents, and outputs the acquired one or more contents to the selection unit 23. Specifically, a search request including a search word is transmitted to the search server 211 via the communication I / F 111. When the search server 211 receives the search request, the search server 211 extracts one or more contents including the search keyword from the enormous amount of contents disclosed on the Internet 3, and sets the one or more contents to a predetermined priority order. The data is rearranged and returned to the PC 100. When the communication I / F 111 receives one or more contents as search results from the search server 211, the content acquisition unit 21 acquires one or more contents from the communication I / F 111. In addition, the content acquisition unit 21 rearranges the one or more contents received from the search server 211 with the priority order higher than the contents not including the contents including the images. This is because content including images has a higher utility value as material for presentation than content not including images.

  Further, the content acquisition unit 21 may transmit a search request including a search word to the MFP 221. Upon receiving the search request, the MFP 221 extracts one or more contents including a search keyword from a plurality of contents stored in the HDD included in the MFP 221, and the extracted one or more contents are predetermined by the MFP 221. The messages are rearranged in the priority order and returned to the PC 100. When the communication I / F 111 receives one or more contents as search results from the MFP 221, the content acquisition unit 21 acquires one or more contents from the communication I / F 111.

  Further, the content acquisition unit 21 may transmit a search request including a search word to the MFP 221 and the search server 211. When the communication I / F 111 receives one or more contents as search results from the MFP 221 and the search server 211, the content acquisition unit 21 acquires one or more contents from the communication I / F 111.

  The selection unit 23 displays the top three contents among the one or more contents input from the content acquisition unit 21 so as to be selectable on the display unit 117. Specifically, the selection unit 23 generates a selection image that is an image obtained by combining the images of the top three contents and can select an image corresponding to each of the one or more contents, and displays the generated selection image Displayed on the unit 117. When the size of the selected image is larger than the displayable size of the display unit 117, the selected image may be displayed in a reduced size or may be displayed in a scrollable manner.

  When the user inputs an operation to instruct the image of the content included in the selected image displayed on the display unit 117 to the operation unit 115, the selection unit 23 selects the content corresponding to the instructed image as page data, The page data is output to the keyword extraction unit 25 and the determination unit 31. The selection of content may be a selection of the entire content or a partial selection. When the content is partially selected, the selection unit 23 cuts out the selected portion of the content and selects the cut-out portion as page data.

  Further, the page data generation unit 17 may add a character string input to the operation unit 115 by the user to the page data, or generate page data by combining the character string input by the user.

  The page data generation unit 17 determines that the page data selected by the selection unit 23 or the page data composed of a character string input by the user is determined by the determination unit 31 described later that the document is consistent. As a condition, the page data is added to the document data stored in the HDD 107 and stored. As a result, document data including page data is stored in the HDD 107. When the page data selected by the selection unit 23 is the first page of the document data, the page data generation unit 17 generates document data including the page data of the first page and stores the generated document data in the HDD 107. To do.

  The keyword extraction unit 25 extracts keywords from the page data input from the page data generation unit 17. When the page data is image data, a keyword is extracted from a character string obtained by performing OCR (Optical Character Reader) processing on the page data. Specifically, a character string included in page data is divided into one or more words, and a word that meets a predetermined condition is extracted as a keyword from the one or more words. The keyword extraction unit 25 outputs the extracted one or more keywords to the keyword setting unit 27. The conditions for extracting a keyword are words included in a predetermined number or more in the page data, words used as titles in the page data, and the like. Further, the keyword extraction unit 25 may acquire a search word used when the page data generation unit 17 searches for page data from the page data generation unit 17 and set the search word as a keyword. Further, a prediction keyword database that associates a word with a word predicted from the word is stored in the HDD 107, the prediction keyword database is searched from the keywords extracted from the page data, and the predicted word is extracted. You may make it output the extracted word to the keyword setting part 27 as a keyword.

  The keyword setting unit 27 sets one or more keywords input from the keyword extraction unit 25 as registered keywords. The keyword setting unit 27 outputs one or more registered keywords to the determination unit 31 and the importance setting unit 29. One or more keywords input from the keyword extraction unit 25 are stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 105, and the importance setting unit 29 and the determination unit 31 read out the registered keywords stored in the RAM 105. May be.

  The importance level setting unit 29 sets the importance level for each of one or more registered keywords input from the keyword setting unit 27. The importance level setting unit 29 displays an importance level setting screen for setting the importance level for the registered keyword on the display unit 117, and sets the importance level input by the user to the operation unit 115 in accordance with the registered keyword. The importance setting screen is a screen for displaying a list of one or more registered keywords, and includes an area for setting the importance corresponding to each of the one or more registered keywords. When an operation for selecting one or more registered keywords displayed in a list on the importance level setting screen and an operation for inputting the importance level are accepted, the importance level corresponding to the selected registered keyword is set. The importance level setting unit 29 outputs the importance level set for the registered keyword to the determination unit 31.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the importance setting screen. Importance Level Setting Screen Here, three registered keywords 303, 305, and 307 and areas 303A, 305A, and 307A for setting importance levels on the right side of the three registered keywords are included. “KM” is set for the registered keyword 303, “importance 1” is set for the area 303A, “high quality” is set for the registered keyword 305, “importance 3” is set for the area 305A, and the registered keyword 307 is set. “Other company” is set, and “importance 2” is set in the area 307A. The importance indicates the degree of the registered keyword, and the higher the importance, the more important the keyword. Here, the importance is higher in the order of importance 1, importance 2, and importance 3.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the determination unit 31 receives page data from the page data generation unit 17, a registration keyword from the keyword setting unit 27, and an importance level for each registered keyword from the importance level setting unit 29. . The determination unit 31 determines the consistency of a document composed of a plurality of page data based on the number of appearances of the registered keyword in the page data. Specifically, the determination unit 31 includes a unit-specific determination unit 33 and a comparison unit 35. The unit determining unit 33 receives the character string group from the keyword setting unit 27 for each of a plurality of character units of a predetermined unit constituting the page data of the Nth page input from the page data generating unit 17. It is determined whether or not the above registered keyword is included. The predetermined unit is a predetermined unit, and may be determined by the number of characters, the number of lines, or the number of sentences. Here, a case where the predetermined unit is one sentence will be described as an example. Hereinafter, a plurality of predetermined unit character string groups constituting the page data are referred to as a plurality of sentences.

  The registered keyword input from the keyword setting unit 27 to the unit-specific determination unit 33 is included in the keyword extracted from the page data of the (N−1) th page by the keyword extraction unit 25. However, N is an integer of 2 or more. The registered keywords for which the unit-specific determination unit 33 determines the presence / absence are extracted by the keyword extraction unit 25 from the page data of the (N-1) th page before the page data of the Nth page to be processed. Although it is set as a keyword, it may be set as a keyword extracted by the keyword extraction unit 25 from page data of the first first page of the document, or (N−) before the (N−1) th page. 1) The keyword extracted by the keyword extracting unit 25 from all the page data of the page may be used. The unit determining unit 33 outputs the presence / absence of one or more registered keywords to the comparing unit 35 for each of a plurality of character string groups of a predetermined unit. Further, the range for extracting the registered keyword may be a range designated by the user, instead of a page data unit. For example, when the document data is composed of a plurality of chapters, the chapter specified by the user may be used as a range for extracting registered keywords. In addition, registered keywords are extracted from chapters that are determined in advance from chapters including one or more chapters including page data to be checked for consistency, which will be described later, for example, the immediately preceding chapter, the first chapter, and the like. It is good also as a range to do.

  The comparison unit 35 receives the presence / absence of one or more registered keywords for each of a plurality of character string groups of a predetermined unit from the unit-specific determination unit 33, and the importance level corresponding to each of the one or more registered keywords from the importance level setting unit 29 Is entered. The comparison unit 35 does not include the registered keyword for each of the one or more registered keywords based on the presence / absence of the one or more registered keywords for each of the plurality of character string groups of the predetermined unit input from the unit-specific determination unit 33. A maximum value of the number of consecutive character string groups is calculated, and the calculated value is compared with a predetermined threshold value. The threshold value is a predetermined value corresponding to the importance. The comparison unit 35 determines that the document data does not match if the maximum number of consecutive character string groups that do not include the registered keyword is greater than or equal to the threshold, and if the value is less than the threshold, the document data matches. Judge that When the comparison unit 35 determines that the document data is not consistent, the comparison unit 35 outputs a warning instruction to the warning unit 37. The warning instruction includes a set of a registered keyword and importance determined that the document data is not consistent.

  The range in which the comparison unit 35 calculates the maximum value of the number of consecutive character string groups that do not include the registered keyword may be a page data unit to be processed or a range specified by the user. In particular, when the document data is composed of a plurality of chapters, each time the page data is generated, the comparison unit 35 sets a registered keyword as a range for all the page data of the same chapter as the chapter including the page data. The maximum value of the number of consecutive character string groups not included is calculated. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not the user is in the middle of generating the document data. In the following description, the range in which the comparison unit 35 calculates the maximum number of consecutive character string groups that do not include a registered keyword will be described as a page data unit to be processed. In this case, it is possible to determine whether the page data is consistent with the previous page data each time the page data is generated while the user is generating the document data.

  For the importance level “importance level 3”, the threshold value is the same as the number of character string groups. In other words, if it is not included in the page data, it is determined that it is not consistent with the document data, and if even one is included in the page data, it is determined that it is consistent with the document data. The threshold is “4” for the importance “importance 2”. In other words, when the registered keyword is not included in four or more consecutive character string groups in the page data, it is determined that the document data does not match, and the character string group that does not include the registered keyword is continuous. If the number to be performed is 3 or less, it is determined that the document data is consistent. The threshold is “1” for the importance “importance 1”. In other words, if the registered keyword is not included in all character strings in the page data, it is determined that the document data is not consistent, and if the registered keyword is included in all character strings. Judged to be consistent with the document data.

  When a warning instruction is input from the comparison unit 35, the warning unit 37 notifies the user that the document data is not consistent. Specifically, a message is displayed on the display unit 117. The message includes the registered keyword and importance included in the warning instruction. Further, the message may be synthesized by voice and notified by voice.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of page data. Referring to FIG. 5, the page data includes four sentences, the first sentence to the fourth sentence, each starting with “KM machine is”.

  FIG. 6 is a table showing the presence / absence of each registered keyword for each sentence in the page data. Referring to FIG. 6, the table shows the presence / absence of each of the three registered keywords for each of four sentences in the page data shown in FIG. More specifically, the table includes “0” when the registered keywords “KM”, “high image quality”, and “other company” are included for each of the first to fourth sentences, and “1” when the registered keywords are not included. Indicates. The record of the maximum value indicates the maximum value of the number of consecutive sentences that do not include the registered keyword for each of the registered keywords “KM”, “high image quality”, and “other company”. In the page data shown in FIG. 5, the maximum number of consecutive sentences without the registered keyword “KM” is “0”, and the maximum number of consecutive sentences without the registered keyword “high quality” is “0”. 3 ”, and the maximum number of consecutive sentences without the registered keyword“ other company ”is“ 4 ”. The importance levels for the registered keywords “KM”, “high image quality”, and “other companies” are “importance 1”, “importance 3”, and “importance 2”, respectively. The maximum value “0” of the number of consecutive sentences that do not include the registered keyword “KM” is smaller than the threshold value “1” for the “importance 1”, and the number of consecutive sentences that do not include the registered keyword “high quality”. The maximum value “3” is smaller than the threshold value “4” for “importance 3”. Therefore, it is determined that the document data is consistent with the registered keywords “KM” and “high image quality”. On the other hand, the maximum value “4” of the number of consecutive sentences not including the registered keyword “other company” is larger than the threshold “3” for the importance “importance 2”. Accordingly, it is determined that the document data is not consistent with the registered keyword “other company”, and a message including the registered keyword “other company” and the importance “importance 2”, for example, the “importance 2 keyword“ other company ” "Is not used. "Is displayed on the display unit 117.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of editing support processing. The editing support process is a process executed by the CPU 101 when the CPU 101 executes an editing support program stored in the ROM 103 or the memory card 108. Referring to FIG. 7, CPU 101 sets “1” in variable N in order to initialize variable N (step S01). The variable N is a value for specifying the page number of the page data to be processed.

  In the next step S02, it is determined whether or not a key sentence has been accepted (step S02). If the key sentence is accepted, the process proceeds to step S03; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S09. In step S09, it is determined whether a text has been accepted. If the text constituting the character string of the page data is accepted, the process proceeds to step S10. If not, the process proceeds to step S19. In step S10, the character string accepted as the text is set as page data of the Nth page, and the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S03, a search word is extracted from the key sentence. The key sentence is a sentence including one or more words, and a sentence corresponding to a word registered in advance as a search word is extracted from the sentence.

  In step S04, the search word extracted in step S03 is searched for content. Specifically, a search request including a search word is transmitted to the search server 211 via the communication I / F 111. When the search server 211 receives the search request, the search server 211 extracts one or more contents including the search word from the enormous amount of contents disclosed on the Internet 3, and the one or more contents are determined in a predetermined priority order. Rearrange and return to PC100. When the communication I / F 111 receives one or more contents as search results from the search server 211, the communication I / F 111 acquires one or more contents from the communication I / F 111. Note that a search request including a search word may be transmitted to the file server 201 or the MFP 221. In this case, the content transmitted from the file server 201 or the MFP 221 is acquired.

  In the next step S05, the three contents with the highest priority of the contents acquired from the search server 211 are extracted. Then, the three contents are displayed on one screen (step S06). In the next step S07, it is determined whether or not an operation for selecting one of the three contents has been accepted. If an operation for selecting any of the three contents is accepted, the process proceeds to step S08; otherwise, the process returns to step S02.

  When the process proceeds to step S08, one of the three contents extracted based on the key sentence accepted in step S02 is selected by the user. In step S08, the content selected in step S07 is set as the page data of the Nth page, and the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S11, keywords are extracted from the page data of the Nth page. When the page data of the Nth page includes a plurality of words defined as keywords in advance, a plurality of keywords are extracted. In the next step S12, it is determined whether or not the variable N is “2” or more. If variable N is 2 or greater, the process proceeds to step S13; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S15. In other words, if the page data to be processed is the first page, the processing of steps S13 to S14 is not executed, but if the page data to be processed is the second page or later, the processing of steps S13 to S14 is executed. To do.

  First, a process when the variable N is “1” and the page data to be processed is the first page will be described. In step S15, the keyword extracted in step S11 is set as a registered keyword. Next, it is determined whether or not an importance setting instruction has been received (step S16). If an importance setting instruction is accepted, the process proceeds to step S17. If not, step S17 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S18. In step S <b> 17, the importance level setting screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 117, and the importance level corresponding to the registered keyword is set according to the operation input to the operation unit 115 by the user. If no importance setting instruction is accepted in step S16, the importance corresponding to the registered keyword is set to a default value, and the process proceeds to step S18. Here, the default value of importance is “importance 2”.

  In step S18, the variable N is set to a value obtained by adding 1 to the variable N, and the process proceeds to step S19. In step S19, it is determined whether an end instruction has been accepted. If an end instruction is accepted, the process proceeds to step S20. If not, the process returns to step S02. When the user presses a key to which an end instruction provided in operation unit 115 is assigned in advance, the end instruction is accepted.

  Next, a process when it is determined in step S12 that the page data to be processed is the second page or later will be described. When the process proceeds to step S12, step S15 to step S17 are executed with the page data of the (N-1) th page as the processing target, and the registered keyword and importance are set. The process of step S12 and step S13 uses the registered keyword and importance set based on the page data of the (N-1) th page.

  If it is determined in step S12 that the variable N is 2 or more, a consistency determination process is executed in step S13, and the process proceeds to step S14. Although details of the consistency determination process will be described later, whether or not the page data of the Nth page is consistent with the previous page page data based on the keyword included in the page data of the Nth page to be processed. It is a process to judge.

  In step S14, the process branches depending on the result of the consistency determination process executed in step S13. If the result of the consistency determination process indicates that it is consistent, the process proceeds to step S15, and if it indicates that it is not consistent, the process proceeds to step S21. In step S22, a warning is given and the process returns to step S02. As a specific example of the warning, a message including the registered keyword determined to be inconsistent and the importance is displayed on the display unit 117.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of consistency determination processing. The consistency determination process is a process executed in step S13 of FIG. 7, and the page data of the Nth page is a processing target. Referring to FIG. 8, CPU 101 selects one of the registered keywords extracted from the page data of the (N−1) th page (step S31). Then, in order to initialize the variables M and C, “1” is set to the variable M, and “0” is set to the variable C (step S32). The variable M is a value indicating the number of a sentence included in the page data of the Nth page to be processed. The variable C is a variable for counting the number of consecutive sentences that do not include the registered keyword.

  In step S33, it is determined whether or not a registered keyword is included in the Mth sentence. If the registered keyword is included in the Mth sentence, the process proceeds to step S34; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S35. In step S34, "0" is set to variable C, and the process proceeds to step S36. On the other hand, in step S35, the variable C is set to a value obtained by adding “1” thereto, and the process proceeds to step S36.

  In step S36, it is determined whether there is a sentence that has not yet been selected in the page data of the Nth page to be processed. If there is an unprocessed sentence, the process proceeds to step S37; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S38. In step S37, the variable M is set to a value obtained by adding “1” thereto, and the process returns to step S33.

  In step S38, the importance corresponding to the registered keyword is acquired. Then, a predetermined threshold corresponding to the acquired importance is acquired (step S39). In the next step S40, it is determined whether or not the variable C is equal to or greater than a threshold value. If variable C is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the process proceeds to step S41; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S42. In step S41, “unmatched” is set as the return value, and the process returns to the editing support process.

  In step S42, it is determined whether there is a registered keyword that is not a processing target among the registered keywords. If there is no unprocessed registered keyword, the process proceeds to step S44, but if present, the process proceeds to step S43. In step S43, the next registered keyword is selected, and the process returns to step S32. On the other hand, in step S44, “match” is set as the return value, and the process returns to the editing support process.

  As described above, the PC according to the present embodiment functions as an editing support device, generates page data based on a key sentence input by a user, and generates document data including one or more generated page data. And stored in the HDD 107. Since the content obtained by searching the Internet or the like based on the key sentence is set as page data, document data can be easily generated. Further, in the process of generating document data, keywords are extracted from the generated page data and set as registered keywords. Next, in the new page data generated based on the key sentence, the consistency of the document data is determined based on whether or not the registered keyword appears, and a warning is given if it is determined as inconsistent. For this reason, the same keyword as the keyword included in the page data generated in the past can be included in the generated page data. As a result, a plurality of pages included in the document data can be matched.

  Further, it is determined whether or not a registered keyword is included for each of a plurality of sentences (a character string group of a predetermined unit) constituting the new page data to be generated, and the number of consecutive sentences not including the registered keyword is determined. Consistency is judged by comparing with a threshold value. For this reason, it is possible to easily determine matching between a plurality of pages.

  Further, the importance level is set for the registered keyword, and if the number of consecutive pages that do not include the registered keyword is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold with respect to the importance level, it is determined that there is no match. For this reason, it can be easily determined whether or not they are consistent.

  Furthermore, after the registration keyword is set, the consistency of the document data composed of a plurality of page data is determined based on whether or not each of the one or more registration keywords appears in the one or more new page data to be generated. judge. For example, when the document data is composed of a plurality of chapters, when the user selects a chapter from which a registered keyword is extracted from chapters before the newly generated page data belongs, the chapter selected by the user is selected. And the chapter to be generated can be matched. Also, the chapter from which the registered keyword is extracted may be automatically set to the chapter immediately before the chapter to which the newly generated page data belongs or the first chapter.

  Further, when new page data is generated, the registered keyword is updated with a keyword extracted from the page data generated immediately before the new page data, and the registered keyword appears in the new page data. Whether or not the document data is consistent may be determined based on whether or not it is. In this case, the page data can be matched with the previous page data, and the entire document data can be matched comprehensively.

  In the above-described embodiment, the PC 100 has been described as an example of the editing support apparatus. However, the CPU 101 that controls the PC 100 for the editing support method that causes the PC 100 to execute the processes described in FIGS. It goes without saying that the invention can be understood as an editing support program for causing the computer to execute the program.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

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(1) When the new page data generated by the page data generation unit is generated, the keyword setting unit is a keyword extracted from the page data generated immediately before the new page data. , Update the registered keyword,
The determination means includes a plurality of page data generated by the page data generation means based on whether or not each of the one or more registered keywords appears in new page data generated by the page data generation means. The editing support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the consistency is determined.

  According to this aspect, one or more new page data can be matched with previous page data.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 2 Network 3 Internet 11 Key sentence reception part 13 Voice input part 15 Voice recognition part 17 Page data generation part 19 Search word extraction part 21 Content acquisition part 23 Selection part 25 Keyword Extraction unit, 27 Keyword setting unit, 29 Importance setting unit, 31 Determination unit, 33 Unit-specific determination unit, 35 Comparison unit, 37 Warning unit, 100 PC, 101 CPU, 103 ROM, 105 RAM, 107 HDD, 108 Memory card , 109 card I / F, 111 communication I / F, 113 user interface, 115 operation unit, 117 display unit, 119 external I / F, 120 bus, 121 microphone, 201 file server, 211 search server.

Claims (8)

A key sentence receiving means for receiving a key sentence input from the outside;
Page data generating means for generating page data based on the accepted key sentence;
Keyword extracting means for extracting a character string that meets a predetermined condition from the page data generated by the page data generating means as a keyword;
Keyword setting means for setting one or more selected from at least one keyword extracted by the keyword extracting means as registered keywords;
After the registration keyword is set, the page data generation unit generates the page data based on whether or not each of the one or more registration keywords appears in new page data generated by the page data generation unit. Determining means for determining the consistency of a plurality of page data;
An editing support apparatus comprising: a warning unit that warns when the determination unit determines that inconsistency occurs. The determination unit determines whether or not each of the one or more registered keywords is included for each character string group of a predetermined unit constituting new page data generated by the page data generation unit. When,
The editing support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a comparison unit that compares, for each of the one or more registered keywords, the number of consecutive character string groups that do not include the registered keyword with a threshold value. An importance setting means for setting the importance for each of the one or more registered keywords,
The editing support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the threshold value to be compared by the comparison unit is a value predetermined for the importance.   The determination means, based on whether each of the one or more registered keywords appears in one or more new page data generated by the page data generation means after the registration keyword is set, The editing support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein consistency of a plurality of page data generated by the page data generation unit is determined. The page data generation means includes search word extraction means for extracting one or more search words from the key sentence received by the key sentence reception means;
When the extracted one or more search words are extracted, a content acquisition unit that searches a database using the search words and acquires one or more contents;
The editing support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising selection means for selecting at least one of the one or more contents acquired by the content acquisition means as page data. The key sentence receiving means is:
Voice input means for inputting voice;
The editing support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a voice recognition unit that recognizes the input voice. A step of accepting an externally input key sentence;
Generating page data based on the accepted key sentence;
Extracting a character string that meets a predetermined condition from the generated page data as a keyword;
Setting one or more selected from the extracted at least one keyword as a registered keyword;
The step of generating the page data based on whether or not each of the one or more registered keywords appears in the new page data generated in the step of generating the page data after the registration keyword is set. Determining the consistency of a plurality of page data generated in
An editing support method, comprising: a warning step when it is determined inconsistent in the determining step. A step of accepting an externally input key sentence;
Generating page data based on the accepted key sentence;
Extracting a character string that meets a predetermined condition from the generated page data as a keyword;
Setting one or more selected from the extracted at least one keyword as a registered keyword;
The step of generating the page data based on whether or not each of the one or more registered keywords appears in the new page data generated in the step of generating the page data after the registration keyword is set. Determining the consistency of a plurality of page data generated in
An editing support program for causing a computer to execute a warning step when it is determined that there is an inconsistency in the determining step.

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