JP2012190254A - Commodity information registration program, commodity information registration method, and commodity information registration device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce work loads of commodity information registration.SOLUTION: A commodity information registration device has dictionary information associating input commodity names with attribute information related to each input commodity name. Then, on receiving input of a commodity name, the commodity information registration device refers to the dictionary information to determine whether attributes associated with the input commodity name exist. Based on a determination result, when attributes associated with the input commodity name exist, the commodity information registration device acquires the attributes from the dictionary information, and outputs the acquired attributes as input options to be input after the input commodity name.

Description

  The technology disclosed in the present application relates to a product information registration program, a product information registration method, and a product information registration device.

  For example, in stores that operate retailers, POS (Point Of Sales) systems that aggregate and record product sales information have been widely introduced so that product orders, orders, inventory management, etc. can be performed closely. ing. This POS system manages a large amount of product information such as product name, size, and color. Registration of product information in the POS system is performed manually. However, even for the same product, if the attributes such as size and color are different, it is necessary to individually register the product information. For example, even if the shoes are the same, if the color and size are different, it is necessary to register product information for each.

  By the way, an electronic medical record system installed in a hospital or the like manages drug information. Therefore, it can be said that the electronic medical record system is similar to the above-described POS system in terms of management of article information. There are drugs with different specifications that have different specific component contents even with the same name, or drugs with names that are easily confused. For this reason, the electronic medical record system is devised in the management method of a medicine name. For example, in an electronic medical chart system, drugs with different specifications that have different specific component contents are associated and managed even with the same name. Similarly, in the electronic medical chart system, drugs with names that are easily confused are managed in association with each other. In this electronic medical record system, for example, when a drug selection input is received from a doctor, a nurse, a medical office worker, etc., information indicating that there is a drug with a different standard corresponding to the selected drug, Information indicating that there is a drug with a name that is easy to perform is output and provided. By adopting such a management method, in the electronic medical record system, it is possible to prevent a mistake in inputting medicines having the same name but different specifications and medicines having similar names and possibly confusing.

JP 2009-69944 A

  In the POS system, as described above, even if the product is the same, if the attributes such as the size and the color are different, it is necessary to individually register the product information. Therefore, the work of registering product information is a burden. Therefore, it is examined whether the burden required for the registration work of the product information can be reduced by using the medicine name management method used in the electronic medical chart system described above for the POS system.

  The above-described drug management method in the electronic medical record system is based on the registration of drugs having the same name and different standards, or drugs that have similar names and are likely to be confused. This prevents input errors. Therefore, it is necessary to register in advance the name of the medicine with an input error. However, there are product information that cannot be registered in advance in the POS system, such as new products. Therefore, even if the medicine name management method used in the electronic medical chart system described above is used in the POS system, the burden required for the registration work of the product information cannot be sufficiently reduced.

  The disclosed technology has been made in view of the above, and provides a product information registration program, a product information registration method, and a product information registration device capable of reducing the burden required for the registration work of product information. Objective.

  In one aspect, the product information registration program disclosed in the present application causes a computer to execute the following processes. When an input of a character string is accepted, a first partial character string that matches the first input character string and the second input character string, the first input character string, and the second input character string, The storage unit that stores the second partial character string that does not match in association with is referred to. And it is determined whether there exists said 1st partial character string corresponding to the character string which received the said input. As a result of the determination, if there is the first partial character string corresponding to the character string for which the input has been accepted, the second partial character string associated with the first partial character string is stored in the memory. Get from the department. Then, the acquired second partial character string is output as an input option following the character string for which the input has been accepted. As a result of the determination, if there is no first partial character string corresponding to the character string that has received the input, data of a third input character string that does not include the first partial character string is stored. Reference is made to the storage unit. Then, it is determined whether or not there is a third partial character string that matches the data of the third input character string among the character strings that have received the input. If there is the third partial character string, a fourth partial character string other than the third partial character string is detected from the character strings accepted for the input. Then, the third partial character string is associated with the first partial character string, and the fourth partial character string is associated with the second partial character string and additionally stored in the storage unit.

  According to one aspect of the technology disclosed in the present application, it is possible to reduce the burden required for registering product information.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the product information registration apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of conversion result information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product information registration screen according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product information registration screen according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of conversion result information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product information registration screen according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of conversion performance information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product information registration screen according to the first embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of conversion result information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a flow of input option output and dictionary information addition processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the product information registration apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the second embodiment. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the second embodiment. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product information registration screen according to the second embodiment. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the second embodiment. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the grouping process according to the second embodiment. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a flow of input option output and dictionary information addition processing according to the second embodiment. FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a computer that executes a product information registration program.

  An embodiment of a product information registration program, a product information registration method, and a product information registration device disclosed in the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings. An example to be described later is merely an embodiment, and does not limit the product information registration program, the product information registration method, and the product information registration device disclosed in the present application. In addition, the embodiments described later can be appropriately combined within a range that does not cause a contradiction in the processing contents.

  In the following embodiments, the product information registration device disclosed in the present application provides a user with options for supporting registration of product information, and dynamically creates dictionary information to be referred to when the options are provided. The process will be described.

[Configuration of Product Information Registration Device (Example 1)]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the product information registration apparatus according to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the product information registration apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment includes an input unit 110, an output unit 120, a storage unit 130, and a control unit 140.

  The input unit 110 includes input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch pad, and is operated by a user of the product information registration apparatus 100. For example, the input unit 110 is operated by a user who selects a conversion candidate displayed on a display or the like as an input option for product information. The input unit 110 is operated by a user who inputs product information in an input box on the display. In the following embodiment, the user inputs product information in the order of product name → attribute, using, for example, kana character conversion, and inputs a space between the product name and the attribute as one character as a character string delimiter. Shall. Note that the present invention is not limited to inputting a blank as a character string delimiter, and a predetermined delimiter character or symbol may be input. And a user shall convert after completing the input of the merchandise information in Kana characters, and shall confirm the input of merchandise information.

  The output unit 120 includes an output device such as a monitor or a display, and outputs various types of information to the output device in accordance with instructions from the control unit 140 described later. For example, the output unit 120 displays and outputs an input option following the input product name on a display or the like. The output unit 120 can realize a pointing device function in cooperation with an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse included in the input unit 110 and can provide the function to the user.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the storage unit 130 stores conversion result information 131 and dictionary information 132. The storage unit 130 is a semiconductor memory element such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of conversion performance information stored in the storage unit 130. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of conversion result information according to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the storage unit 130 associates “reading” before the input character string input as the product information is converted with “conversion result” after the input character string is converted. Information is stored as conversion result information 131. Here, “Yomi” included in the conversion record information 131 is a character string before product information input using Kana character conversion is converted. The “conversion result” included in the conversion record information 131 is a character string after the product information input using kana character conversion is converted. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the character string before conversion of product information is “Yomi: Suni-kaesu”, and the character string after conversion of product information is “conversion result: sneaker S”. Is stored in the storage unit 13 as one of the conversion results information 131.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of dictionary information stored in the storage unit 130. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage unit 130 stores “reading” of the product name portion in the input character string input as the product information and “attribute” that is a portion other than the product name portion of the input character string. The associated information is stored as dictionary information 132. Here, “Yomi” included in the dictionary information 132 corresponds to the character string before the input product name using kana character conversion is converted. Further, the “attribute” included in the dictionary information 132 corresponds to a partial character string or character other than the product name in the character string after the product information input using kana character conversion is converted. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, “Yomi: Suni-ka”, which is a character string before conversion of the product name, and characters other than the product name in the character string after conversion of the product information are “ Information associated with “attribute: S, M” is stored in the storage unit 130 as one of the dictionary information 132.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the control unit 140 includes a determination unit 141, a storage unit 142, and a detection unit 143. Note that the control unit 140 corresponds to, for example, an electronic circuit or an integrated circuit. Examples of the electronic circuit include a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an MPU (Micro Processing Unit). Examples of integrated circuits include ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).

  Based on the dictionary information 132 in the storage unit 130, the determination unit 141 performs determination for executing input option output or dictionary information storage. For example, when the input of a product name is determined by the control unit 140, the determination unit 141 refers to the dictionary information 132 in the storage unit 130 and determines whether there is a corresponding product name. That is, the determination unit 141 determines whether the attribute associated with the product name exists in the dictionary information 132 with respect to the input product name. Note that the control unit 140 determines that a product name has been input, for example, when detecting a blank input for one character after the start of input of a character string. As a result of the determination, if there is a product name corresponding to the dictionary information 132, the determination unit 141 acquires all the attributes associated with the product name from the dictionary information 132. Then, the determination unit 141 sends the acquired attribute to the output unit 120 as an input option following the product name. The storage unit 142 is requested for subsequent processing. On the other hand, as a result of the determination, when there is no product name portion corresponding to the dictionary information 132, the determination unit 141 requests the detection unit 143 to perform the subsequent processing.

  When the determination unit 141 determines that the product name corresponding to the input product name is in the dictionary information 132, the storage unit 142 performs registration of product information or additional registration of the dictionary information 132. For example, the storage unit 142 detects selection of the input option displayed and output by the output unit 120. Then, when the storage unit 142 detects selection of an input option, the storage unit 142 registers information on the selected input option and a product name as product information. On the other hand, the storage unit 142 waits for the completion of the input of product information when the input of characters is continued after the product name before the selection of the input option is detected. When determining that the input of the product information is completed, the storage unit 142 detects a character string other than the product name from the input product information as an attribute, and associates the detected attribute with the product name in the dictionary of the storage unit 130. Stored in information 132. Furthermore, the storage unit 142 stores the input character string reading and the conversion result in the conversion record information 131 of the storage unit 130 in association with each other. Then, the storage unit 142 registers the input character string as product information.

  When the determination unit 141 determines that the product name corresponding to the input product name is not included in the dictionary information 132, the detection unit 143 is input with reference to the conversion performance information 131 in the storage unit 130. An attribute is detected from the product information and additionally registered in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130. For example, the detection unit 143 waits for completion of input of product information. And if the detection part 143 determines that the input of merchandise information was completed, it will refer to the conversion performance information 131 of the memory | storage part 130, and will determine whether there exists the conversion performance including the product name contained in merchandise information. . If the result of determination is that there is a conversion record including the product name, the detection unit 143 detects an attribute part other than the product name part from each of the product information and the conversion record. Subsequently, the detection unit 143 associates the product name with the attribute and additionally registers the product name and attribute in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130. And the detection part 143 registers the conversion performance and merchandise information. On the other hand, as a result of the determination, when there is no conversion record including the product name, the detection unit 143 only registers the conversion record and the product information.

  Hereinafter, an example of processing of the product information registration apparatus 100 executed by the determination unit 141, the storage unit 142, and the detection unit 143 described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 5, 8, and 11 are diagrams illustrating examples of product information registration screens according to the first embodiment. 6 and 9 are diagrams illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the first embodiment. 7, 10, and 12 are diagrams illustrating an example of conversion performance information according to the first embodiment.

  As described above, the user inputs product information in the order of product name → attribute, for example, using kana character conversion, and inputs a space between the product name and the attribute for one character. . And a user shall convert after completing the input of the merchandise information in Kana characters, and shall confirm the input of merchandise information.

  As shown in the upper part of FIG. 4, when the product name “Suni-ka” is input in the input box 20 of the product information registration screen 10, the determination unit 141 determines whether or not the dictionary information 132 is applicable. judge. For example, it is confirmed whether or not the dictionary information 132 stores the text that matches the “sni-ka” entered in the kana character. Here, it is assumed that the dictionary information 132 is in the state shown in FIG. In this case, since there is “reading” corresponding to the dictionary information 132, the determination unit 141 uses the dictionary information 132 as an input option subsequent to “Sni-ka” as shown in the upper part of FIG. The attribute “S” and the attribute “M” associated with “-ka-” are displayed on the attribute display unit 30.

  Subsequently, as shown in the middle part of FIG. 4, after “Sni-ka” is converted to “sneakers”, selection of “M” from the attributes displayed on the attribute display unit 30 is accepted. 4, the storage unit 142 displays “Sneaker M” in the input box 20. Then, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 4, when the operation of the registration button 40 is accepted, the storage unit 142 registers “sneaker M” as product information. Note that if the operation of the reset button 50 is accepted before the operation of the registration button 40 is performed, the storage unit 142 cancels the selection of the attribute displayed on the attribute display unit 30.

  Further, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 5, when the input box 20 has an input of “Snika”, the determination unit 141 follows “Snika” as in the upper part of FIG. 4 described above. As an input option, the attribute “S” and the attribute “M” are displayed on the attribute display unit 30.

  Subsequently, as shown in the middle part of FIG. 5, when input of “Eru” is continued after “Suni-ka” without selecting an input option, the storage unit 142 stores the product. Wait for the information to be entered. Then, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 5, when the operation of the registration button 40 is accepted after “sneakers” are converted to “sneakers L”, the storage unit 142 has completed the input of the product information. And the attribute is additionally registered in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130.

  For example, the storage unit 142 detects a character “L” portion other than the product name “sneaker” from the converted character string “sneaker L” as an attribute. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the storage unit 142 additionally registers the attribute “L” in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130 in association with the reading “sneaker” of “sneakers”.

  After the additional registration of the attribute, as shown in FIG. 7, the storage unit 142 associates the “sneakers” before conversion with the “sneakers L” after conversion, and converts the conversion result information 131 of the storage unit 130. Register with. Furthermore, the storage unit 142 registers “sneakers L” as product information. The storage unit 142 deletes the character string displayed in the input box 20 when the operation of the reset button 50 is accepted before the operation of the registration button 40 is performed.

  Further, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 8, when the product name “Deck Shuzu” is input in the input box 20 of the product information registration screen 10, the determination unit 141 corresponds to the dictionary information 132. It is determined whether or not. For example, it is confirmed whether or not “Yomi” matching “Dekishuzu” inputted with kana characters is stored in the dictionary information 132. Here, it is assumed that the dictionary information 132 is in the state shown in FIG. In this case, since there is no “reading” corresponding to the dictionary information 132, the determination unit 141 does not display the input option following “Deck Shuzu” as shown in the upper part of FIG. And the detection part 143 waits until the input of merchandise information is completed.

  Subsequently, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 8, when “Deck Shuzueru” is converted to “Deck Shoes L” and the operation of the registration button 40 is accepted, the detection unit 143 displays the product information. It is determined that input has been completed. Subsequently, the detection unit 143 determines whether or not the conversion record information 131 includes a conversion record including “Deck Shuzu” as a product name.

  For example, it is assumed that the conversion result information 131 is in the state of FIG. In this case, the conversion record information 131 includes a conversion record including “Decks Shuzu” as the product name. Therefore, the detection unit 143 detects an attribute of “deck shoes” based on “deck shoes L” input as the product information and “deck shoes S” existing as conversion results. For example, the detection unit 143 compares “deck shoes L” with “deck shoes S” and detects characters “L” and “S” other than the matching “deck shoes” as attributes. Alternatively, the detection unit 143 may detect characters other than the product name “Deck shoes” as attributes from “Deck shoes L” and “Deck shoes S”. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the detection unit 143 additionally registers the attribute “S, L” in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130 in association with the “deck shoes” reading “Deck Shuzu”. To do.

  After the additional registration of the attribute, as shown in FIG. 10, the detection unit 143 associates the “decker shoe” before conversion with the “deck shoes L” after conversion, and converts the conversion in the storage unit 130. Register in the record information 131. Subsequently, the detection unit 143 registers “deck shoes L” as product information.

  As shown in the upper part of FIG. 11, when the product name “Jipan” is input in the input box 20 of the product information registration screen 10, the determination unit 141 determines whether the dictionary information 132 is applicable. Determine. For example, it is confirmed whether or not “yomi” that matches “Jipan” input with kana characters is stored in the dictionary information 132. Here, it is assumed that the dictionary information 132 is in the state shown in FIG. 9 described above. In this case, since there is no “reading” corresponding to the dictionary information 132, the determination unit 141 does not display the input option following “Jipan” as shown in the upper part of FIG. And the detection part 143 waits for the completion of input of merchandise information.

  Subsequently, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 11, after “Jipan 28 inch” is converted to “Jeep 28 inches” and the operation of the registration button 40 is accepted, the detection unit 143 inputs the product information. Is determined to be completed. Subsequently, the detection unit 143 determines whether or not there is a conversion record including “Jipan” as a product name in the conversion record information 131. For example, it is assumed that the conversion performance information 131 is in the state shown in FIG. In this case, there is no conversion record including “Jipan” as the product name in the conversion record information 131. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 12, the detection unit 143 associates “Jipan 28 inch” before the conversion with “Jeep 28 inches” after the conversion, and stores it in the conversion result information 131 of the storage unit 130. sign up. Subsequently, the storage unit 142 registers “jeep 28 inches” as product information.

[Processing by Product Information Registration Device (Example 1)]
Hereinafter, the flow of processing performed by the product information registration apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a flow of input option output and dictionary information addition processing according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 13, when the determination result that affirms the input of the product name is issued by the control unit 140 (Yes in step S <b> 101), the determination unit 141 has a dictionary information that corresponds to the input product name. It is determined whether or not to perform (step S102). If the input of the product name cannot be detected, the control unit 140 repeats the determination in step S101 with the determination result being No.

  As a result of the determination, when the corresponding product name exists in the dictionary information 132 (step S102, Yes), the determination unit 141 acquires all the attributes associated with the product name from the dictionary information 132 (step S103). . For example, when “suni-ka” is input as the product name, the determination unit 141 determines from the dictionary information 132 illustrated in FIG. Get “M”.

  Next, the output unit 120 outputs the attribute acquired in S103 described above as an input option following the product name (step S104). For example, the output unit 120 outputs the attribute “S” and the attribute “M” as input options following the product name “Snika” as shown in the upper part of FIG.

  Subsequently, the storage unit 142 waits for selection of an input option output by the output unit 120 (step S105). When the input option is selected (Yes in Step S105), the storage unit 142 registers product information including the attribute indicated by the selected input option and the product name input in S101 (Step S105). S106) and the process is completed.

  On the other hand, if the character input is started after the product name before the input option is selected, the storage unit 142 sets the determination result in step S105 to “No” and determines whether or not the product information has been input. This is performed (step S107). For example, as shown in the middle part of FIG. 5, the storage unit 142 selects the product information when the input option is not selected and the input of “Eru” is continued after “Sni-ka”. Wait for input completion. The storage unit 142 repeats the determination in step S107 with the determination result “No” until the registration button 40 is operated.

  If the storage unit 142 determines that the input of the product information has been completed (Yes in step S107), the storage unit 142 additionally registers an attribute for the product name included in the input product information (step S108). For example, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 5, when the storage unit 142 receives an operation of the registration button 40 after “sneakers” are converted to “sneakers L”, the storage unit 142 stores the product information. It is determined that input has been completed. Subsequently, for example, the storage unit 142 detects a character “L” portion other than the product name “sneakers” from the converted character string “sneakers L” as an attribute. Then, the storage unit 142 additionally registers the attribute “L” in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130 in association with the reading “sneaker” of “sneakers”.

  Subsequently, the storage unit 142 associates the reading of the product information with the conversion result and registers it as the conversion result (step S109), and then registers the conversion result as the product information in the same manner as step S106 described above. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the storage unit 142 associates “sni-car” before conversion with “sneaker L” after conversion, and registers them in the conversion result information 131 of the storage unit 130. Furthermore, the storage unit 142 registers “sneakers L” as product information.

  Here, the description returns to S102 described above. When it is determined by the determination unit 141 that there is no corresponding product name in the dictionary information 132 (No in step S102), the detection unit 143 performs the same processing as in S107 described above. In other words, the detection unit 143 determines whether or not the product information has been input (Step S110). For example, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 8, when the detection unit 143 receives an operation of the registration button 40 after “Deckshoe L” is converted to “Deck shoes L”, the product information is input. Is determined to be completed. The detection unit 143 repeats the determination in step S110 with the determination result “No” until the operation of the registration button 40 is performed.

  Subsequently, when the detection unit 143 determines that the input of the product information has been completed (step S110, Yes), the detection unit 143 determines whether the corresponding conversion record is in the conversion record information 131 (step S111). . That is, the detection unit 143 determines whether there is a conversion record in which the product names of the product information input in S110 described above are the same. For example, when “Deck Shoes L” is input as product information, the detection unit 143 determines whether or not the conversion record information 131 has a conversion record having the same name as “Deck Shuzu”. Determine whether.

  As a result of the determination, when the conversion result for the product name included in the product information input in S110 described above is in the conversion result information 131 (step S111, Yes), the detection unit 143 sets an attribute for the corresponding product name. It detects (step S112). For example, the detection unit 143 compares “deck shoes L” input as the product information with “deck shoes S” existing as conversion results, and matches the characters “L” and “ S ”is detected as an attribute.

  Then, the detection unit 143 additionally registers the attribute detected in Step S112 in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130 in association with the product name included in the product information input in S110 described above (Step S113). For example, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the detection unit 143 additionally registers the attribute “S, L” in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130 in association with the “Deck shoes” of “Deck shoes”. To do.

  Subsequently, the detection unit 143 performs the same process as in S109 described above. In other words, the detection unit 143 registers the reading of the product information input in S111 described above and the conversion result in association with each other as a conversion record. And the detection part 143 performs the process similar to S106 mentioned above. That is, the detection unit 143 registers the product information conversion result input in S111 described above as product information and completes the process. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the detection unit 143 associates “decision to use” before conversion with “deck shoes L” after conversion, and stores the conversion result information 131 in the storage unit 130. sign up. Subsequently, the detection unit 143 registers “deck shoes L” as product information.

  Here, it returns to description of S111 mentioned above. As a result of the determination, if the conversion record for the product name included in the product information input in S110 described above is not in the conversion record information 131 (No in step S111), the detection unit 143 is the same as in S109 described above. Process. That is, the detection unit 143 registers the reading of the product information input in S110 described above and the conversion result in association with each other as a conversion record. Subsequently, the detection unit 143 performs the same process as in S106 described above. That is, the detection unit 143 registers the product information conversion result input in S110 described above as product information, and completes the process.

[Effects of Example 1]
As described above, when the product name is input, the product information registration apparatus 100 acquires the attribute associated with the product name from the dictionary information 132 if the dictionary information 132 is applicable, and inputs the input product name. Output as input choices following. For this reason, according to the first embodiment, it is possible to reduce the load of product information registration work. Furthermore, if the dictionary information 132 does not correspond, the product information registration apparatus 100 refers to the conversion result information 131, detects the product name and attribute, and dynamically adds and registers it in the dictionary information 132. For this reason, according to the first embodiment, the data of the dictionary information 132 can be enriched, and the load of product information registration work can be efficiently reduced.

  In addition, the product information registration device 100, when the output input option is not selected and the attribute following the product name is input, the input attribute is associated with the product name as a new attribute in the dictionary. Register in the information 132. For this reason, the data of the dictionary information 132 can be further enhanced.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, the process of outputting input options based on the dictionary information 132 stored in the storage unit 130 has been described. However, based on the conversion result information 131 without using the dictionary information 132, Processing to output input options can also be performed. For example, when receiving the input of the product name, the product information registration apparatus 100 refers to the conversion result information 131 and detects the conversion result having a character string that matches the input product name. Subsequently, the product information registration apparatus 100 extracts a character string other than the product name as an attribute from the detected conversion results. Then, the product information registration device 100 outputs the extracted attribute as an input option following the input product name. In this way, it is not always necessary to store the dictionary information 132 in the storage unit 130. Furthermore, if even one piece of product information with different attributes but the same product name has been input as a conversion record, the attribute can be output as an input option.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the conversion information 131 stores the reading of the product information in association with the conversion result, and stores the reading of the product name and the attribute in association with each other as the dictionary information 132. Although explained, it is only an example and is not limited to this. Only the conversion result of the product information may be stored as the conversion result information 131, or the conversion result of the product name and the attribute may be stored in association with each other as the dictionary information 132. The conversion result information 131 and the dictionary information 132 are stored in association with each other only when product information is input by kana character conversion, and input options are selected when the product name is input. The purpose is to enable quick output.

  In the above-described first embodiment, the case where the input option following the product name is output has been described. However, this is only an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a conversion candidate including the converted product name and attributes may be output when the product name is input.

[Configuration of Product Information Registration Device (Example 2)]
FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the product information registration apparatus according to the second embodiment. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 14, the product information registration apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment includes an input unit 110, an output unit 120, a storage unit 130, and a control unit 140. The product information registration apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the points described below. The product information registration apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment includes a grouping unit 144 in the control unit 140.

  The grouping unit 144 acquires dictionary information 132 from the storage unit 130 at a predetermined timing, and executes a process of grouping product names having the same attribute in the dictionary information 132 into the same group. Hereinafter, an overview of processing by the grouping unit 144 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16. 15 and 16 are diagrams illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the second embodiment.

  For example, it is assumed that the dictionary information 132 stored in the storage unit 130 is in the state shown in FIG. The grouping 144 acquires the dictionary information 132 in the state illustrated in FIG. 15 from the storage unit 130 at a predetermined timing. Subsequently, the grouping unit 144 groups product names (readings) having the same attribute in the dictionary information 132. Here, since the dictionary information 132 acquired from the storage unit 132 is in the state shown in FIG. 15, the grouping unit 144 has the attributes “S, M, L” and “Sni-ka” and “ Group “Kikyu Shuzu” as the same group. Further, the grouping unit 144 groups “teasha” and “burusu” having the same attribute “red, white” as the same group. As a result, as shown in FIG. 16, the dictionary information 132 is grouped in the same group as those having the same attribute.

  After the dictionary information 132 is grouped by the grouping unit 144, when a product name is input, the storage unit 142 operates as follows. For example, when the character input is started after the product name before the input option output by the output unit 120 is selected, the storage unit 142 determines whether the product information has been input. If the storage unit 142 determines that the input of the product information has been completed, the storage unit 142 additionally registers an attribute in the corresponding group of the dictionary information 132 for the product name included in the input product information. That is, the storage unit 142 additionally registers attributes for the group to which the product name belongs.

  Hereinafter, the outline of the process performed by the product information registration apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 17 including the process performed by the storage unit 142 described above. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product information registration screen according to the second embodiment.

  For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 17, when “Tishatsu” is input in the input box 20, the determination unit 141 uses the attribute “red” as an input option following “Tishatsu”. The attribute “white” is displayed on the attribute display unit 30. Subsequently, as illustrated in the middle part of FIG. 17, when input of “Ao” is continued after “Teishatsu” without selecting an input option, the storage unit 142 Wait for completion of product information input. Then, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 17, when the “T-shirt blue” is converted to “T-shirt blue” and the operation of the registration button 40 is accepted, the storage unit 142 completes the input of the product information. The attribute is additionally registered in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130.

  First, the storage unit 142 detects a character “blue” portion other than the product name “T-shirt” from the converted character string “T-shirt blue” as an attribute. Then, the storage unit 142 performs additional registration of the attribute in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130. At this time, for the product name “T-shirt”, additional registration of the attribute “blue” is performed in the corresponding group of the dictionary information 132. . FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of dictionary information according to the second embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, the storage unit 142 assigns the attribute “to the group to which the reading“ T-shirt ”corresponding to the product name“ T-shirt ”belongs to among the groups of the grouped dictionary information 132. Add "Blue". As a result, the attribute “blue” is associated with the dictionary information 132 for “Burausu” belonging to the same group as “Teishatsu”. In other words, products belonging to the same group in the dictionary information 132 are highly likely to have the same attribute input as product information. Therefore, by grouping the dictionary information 132, the attribute input for one product of the same group can be validated for other products, and the input options are efficiently enhanced.

[Processing by Product Information Registration Device (Example 2)]
Subsequently, the flow of processing performed by the product information registration apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating the flow of the grouping process according to the second embodiment. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a flow of input option output and dictionary information addition processing according to the second embodiment.

[Grouping Process (Example 2)]
First, the flow of grouping processing according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 19, the grouping unit 144 performs a process start determination (Step S201). If the processing start timing has not been reached, the grouping unit 144 sets the determination result in step S201 to “No” and repeats the same determination.

  When the processing start timing is reached, the grouping unit 144 sets the determination result in step S201 to “Yes”, starts the grouping process, and acquires the dictionary information 132 from the storage unit 130 (step S202). Then, the grouping unit 144 groups the product names (readings) having the same attribute in the dictionary information 132 as the same group (step S203).

[Input Choice Output and Dictionary Information Addition Processing (Example 2)]
Next, the flow of input option output and dictionary information addition processing according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the input option output and dictionary information addition processing according to the second embodiment, step S308 is different from the input option output and dictionary information addition processing according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 20, when the determination result that affirms the input of the product name is issued by the control unit 140 (Yes in step S <b> 301), the determination unit 141 has a dictionary information that corresponds to the input product name. It is determined whether or not to perform (step S302). If the input of the product name cannot be detected, the control unit 140 repeats the determination in step S301 by setting the determination result to No.

  As a result of the determination, if the corresponding product name exists in the dictionary information 132 (step S302, Yes), the determination unit 141 acquires all the attributes associated with the product name from the dictionary information 132 (step S303). . Next, the output unit 120 outputs the attribute acquired in S303 as an input option following the product name (step S304). Subsequently, the storage unit 142 waits for selection of the input option output by the output unit 120 (step S305). When the input option is selected (step S305, Yes), the storage unit 142 registers product information including the attribute indicated by the selected input option and the product name input in S301 (step S305). S306), the process is completed.

  On the other hand, if the character input is started after the product name before the input option is selected, the storage unit 142 sets the determination result in step S305 to “No” and determines whether or not the product information has been input. This is performed (step S307). As shown in the middle part of FIG. 17, when the input option is not selected and the input of “Ao” and “Ao” is continued, the storage unit 142 stores the product information. Wait for input completion. Note that the storage unit 142 repeats the determination in step S307 with the determination result “No” until the operation of the registration button 40 is performed.

  If the storage unit 142 determines that the input of the product information has been completed (Yes in step S307), the storage unit 142 registers additional attributes in the corresponding group in the dictionary information 132 for the product name included in the input product information. This is performed (step S308). For example, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 17, when the storage unit 142 receives the operation of the registration button 40 after “T-shirt blue” is converted to “T-shirt blue”, the input of the product information is completed. The attribute addition registration to the corresponding group in the dictionary information 132 is performed. First, the storage unit 142 detects a character “blue” portion other than the product name “T-shirt” from the converted character string “T-shirt blue” as an attribute. The attribute is additionally registered in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130. At this time, the attribute “blue” is additionally registered in the corresponding group of the dictionary information 132 for the product name “T-shirt”. For example, as shown in FIG. 18, the storage unit 142 assigns the attribute “to the group to which the reading“ T-shirt ”corresponding to the product name“ T-shirt ”belongs to among the groups of the grouped dictionary information 132. Add "Blue".

  Subsequently, the storage unit 142 registers the reading of the product information input in S307 described above and the conversion result in association with each other as a conversion record (Step S309). And the storage part 142 performs the process similar to S306 mentioned above. That is, the storage unit 142 registers the product information conversion result input in S307 described above as product information and completes the process.

  Here, the description returns to S302 described above. When the determination unit 141 determines that there is no corresponding product name in the dictionary information 132 (No in step S302), the detection unit 143 determines whether or not the product information has been input (step S310). Note that the detection unit 143 repeats the determination in step S310 with the determination result “No” until the operation of the registration button 40 is performed.

  Subsequently, when the detection unit 143 determines that the input of the product information has been completed (step S310, Yes), the detection unit 143 determines whether the corresponding conversion record is in the conversion record information 131 (step S311). . As a result of the determination, when the conversion result for the product name included in the product information input in S310 is in the conversion result information 131 (step S311, Yes), the detection unit 143 detects an attribute for the corresponding product name. (Step S312).

  Subsequently, the detection unit 143 additionally registers the attribute detected in S112 described above in the dictionary information 132 of the storage unit 130 in association with the product name included in the product information input in S110 described above (Step S313). . And the detection part 143 performs the process similar to S309 mentioned above. That is, the detection unit 143 registers the reading of the product information input in S310 described above and the conversion result in association with each other as a conversion record. Subsequently, the detection unit 143 performs the same processing as in S306 described above. That is, the detection unit 143 registers the product information conversion result input in S310 described above as product information and completes the process.

[Effects of Example 2]
As described above, the product information registration apparatus 100 acquires the dictionary information 132 from the storage unit 130, and groups the product names having the same attributes in the dictionary information 132 into the same group. For this reason, according to the second embodiment, the attribute input for one product of the same group can be validated for other products, and input options can be efficiently enhanced.

  Hereinafter, other embodiments of the product information registration program, the product information registration method, and the product information registration device disclosed by the present application will be described.

(1) Device Configuration, etc. For example, the functional block configuration of the product information registration device 100 shown in FIG. 1 is conceptual and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. For example, the determination unit 141, the storage unit 142, and the detection unit 143 of the control unit 140 illustrated in FIG. 1 may be integrated functionally or physically. In this way, for example, all or a part of the functional blocks of the product information registration apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 is functionally or physically distributed or integrated in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be configured.

(2) Merchandise information registration program The various processes executed by the merchandise information registration apparatus 100 described in the above embodiment are executed by a computer having an electronic circuit or an integrated circuit, for example. Can be realized. Therefore, in the following, an example of a computer that executes a product information registration program that realizes the same function as the processing executed by the product information registration apparatus 100 described in the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a computer that executes a product information registration program.

  As illustrated in FIG. 21, the computer 200 includes, for example, a memory 201 and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 202. Further, the computer 200 has a hard disk drive interface 203 and an optical disk drive interface 204 as shown in FIG. Further, the computer 200 includes a serial port interface 205, a video adapter 206, and a network interface 207, as shown in FIG. The computer 200 connects these units 201 to 207 via a bus 208.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the memory 201 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The ROM stores a boot program such as BIOS (Basic Input Output System). The hard disk drive interface 203 is connected to the hard disk drive 209 as shown in FIG. The optical disc drive interface 204 is connected to the optical disc drive 210 as shown in FIG. For example, a removable storage medium such as an optical disk is inserted into the optical disk drive 210. The serial port interface 205 is connected to, for example, a mouse 300 and a keyboard 400 as shown in FIG. The video adapter 206 is connected to a display 500, for example, as shown in FIG.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 21, the hard disk drive 209 stores, for example, an OS (Operating System), application programs, program modules, and program data. That is, the product information registration program according to the disclosed technology is stored in, for example, the hard disk drive 209 as a program module in which a command to be executed by the computer 200 is described. That is, a program module describing a procedure for executing the same processing as the determination unit 141, the storage unit 142, the detection unit 143, and the grouping unit 144 of the control unit 140 described in the above embodiment is stored in the hard disk drive 209. The In addition, data used for processing by the product information registration program, such as the conversion result information 131 and the dictionary information 132 stored in the storage unit 130 described in the above-described embodiment, is stored as program data in, for example, the hard disk drive 209. Is done. Then, the CPU 202 reads out the program modules and program data stored in the hard disk drive 209 to the RAM as necessary, and executes the same processing (FIG. 13 and FIG. 20) as described in the above embodiment. Perform the procedure.

  Note that the program modules and program data related to the product information registration program are not limited to being stored in the hard disk drive 209, and may be stored in, for example, the optical disk drive 210 that is a removable storage medium. . In this case, the CPU 202 reads program modules and program data related to the product information registration program via the optical disc drive 210. Alternatively, the program module and program data related to the product information registration program may be stored in another computer connected via a network (LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), etc.). In this case, the CPU 202 reads the program module and program data related to the product information registration program via the network interface 207.

  Instead of the CPU, for example, an electronic circuit such as an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) or an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) can be used. Further, a semiconductor memory device such as a flash memory can be used instead of the memory.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Product information registration apparatus 110 Input part 120 Output part 130 Storage part 131 Conversion performance information 132 Dictionary information 140 Control part 141 Judgment part 142 Storage part 143 Detection part 144 Grouping part 200 Computer 201 Memory 202 CPU
203 Hard Disk Drive Interface 204 Optical Disk Drive Interface 205 Serial Port Interface 206 Video Adapter 207 Network Interface 208 Bus 209 Hard Disk Drive 300 Mouse 400 Keyboard 500 Display

Claims (5)

On the computer,
When an input of a character string is accepted, a first partial character string that matches the first input character string and the second input character string, the first input character string, and the second input character string, And referring to the storage unit that stores the second partial character string that does not match in association with it, and determines whether or not there is the first partial character string corresponding to the character string that has received the input,
As a result of the determination, if there is the first partial character string corresponding to the character string for which the input has been accepted, the second partial character string associated with the first partial character string is stored in the memory. The second partial character string obtained from the part is output as an input option following the character string for which the input has been accepted,
As a result of the determination, if there is no first partial character string corresponding to the character string that has received the input, data of a third input character string that does not include the first partial character string is stored. Referring to the storage unit, it is determined whether or not there is a third partial character string that matches the data of the third input character string among the character strings that have received the input,
When there is the third partial character string, a fourth partial character string other than the third partial character string is detected from the character strings received from the input, and the third partial character string is detected. A product information registration program for executing each process of associating and storing the first partial character string and the fourth partial character string as the second partial character string in the storage unit. In the computer,
When an input of a character string different from the second partial character string output as the input option is accepted, the first partial character string is set with the different character string accepted as the second partial character string. The product information registration program according to claim 1, further executing a process of additionally storing the information in the storage unit in association with the information. In the computer,
A process of further grouping a plurality of first partial character strings stored in the storage unit that are associated with the same second partial character string as the same group is further executed. ,
In the process of additionally storing different character strings that have received the input, when an input of a character string that is different from the second partial character string output as the input option is received, the different character string that has received the input is As the second partial character string, all the first partial character strings in the same group as the group to which the first partial character string associated with the second partial character string output as the input option belongs The product information registration program according to claim 2, wherein the product information registration program is additionally stored in the storage unit in association with each other. Computer
When an input of a character string is accepted, a first partial character string that matches the first input character string and the second input character string, the first input character string, and the second input character string, And referring to the storage unit that stores the second partial character string that does not match in association with it, and determines whether or not there is the first partial character string corresponding to the character string that has received the input,
As a result of the determination, if there is the first partial character string corresponding to the character string for which the input has been accepted, the second partial character string associated with the first partial character string is stored in the memory. The second partial character string obtained from the part is output as an input option following the character string for which the input has been accepted,
As a result of the determination, if there is no first partial character string corresponding to the character string that has received the input, data of a third input character string that does not include the first partial character string is stored. Referring to the storage unit, it is determined whether or not there is a third partial character string that matches the third input character string among the character strings that have received the input,
If there is the third partial character string, a fourth partial character string other than the third partial character string is detected from among the character strings that have received the input,
The third partial character string is associated with the first partial character string, and the fourth partial character string is associated with the second partial character string, and each process of additionally storing in the storage unit is executed. Product information registration method. A first partial character string that matches the first input character string and the second input character string, and a second partial character string that does not match the first input character string and the second input character string And a storage unit that stores a third input character string that does not include the first partial character string,
A determination unit that determines whether or not there is the first partial character string corresponding to the character string for which the input has been received with reference to the storage unit when the input of the character string is received;
As a result of the determination by the determination unit, if there is the first partial character string corresponding to the character string that has received the input, the second partial character string associated with the first partial character string Output from the storage unit, the output unit that outputs the acquired second partial character string as an input option following the first partial character string,
As a result of determination by the determination unit, when there is no first partial character string corresponding to the character string that has received the input, an input character that includes the character string that has received the input with reference to the storage unit It is determined whether or not there is a third partial character string that matches the third input character string in the data of the column, and if there is the third partial character string, the character string that has received the input A detection unit for detecting a fourth partial character string other than the third partial character string,
A storage unit that associates the third partial character string with the first partial character string and associates the fourth partial character string with the second partial character string, and additionally stores the third partial character string in the storage unit. Product information registration device.

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