JP2021117689A - Information processor, control method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processor, a control method thereof, and a program that can reliably reconfigure, if there is any, a file or a folder already saved into a folder configuration desired by a user without requiring time and effort of the user.SOLUTION: In an information processor 104, a CPU 206 causes a display 201 to display a UI screen 600, thereby receives a folder configuration change instruction from a user through a keyboard 204 or a PD 205, acquires, when a file and a folder are already saved according to a folder configuration before the change instruction, at least one information among a folder name, a name, and a file attribute from the file and the folder, and reconfigures, based on the acquired information, the folder and the file into the folder configuration that receives the change instruction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and its control method and a program, and more particularly to an information processing device and its control method and a program for storing a file in a folder according to a set rule.

Conventionally, an information processing device that acquires a file from an external device and stores the file in a folder according to a set rule (folder structure) has been known.

For example, an information processing device that detects the type of attribute information of a file used in the folder hierarchy of an external device, classifies it into multiple folders so that it is stored in the folder corresponding to the selected attribute information, and stores it. Yes (in particular, see Patent Document 1).

There is also an information processing device that directly changes the directory management information of the file management system and rearranges the folders (in particular, see Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent No. 5149570 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 8-194637

However, in Patent Document 1, after classifying a file acquired from an external device into a plurality of folders and storing the file, if it is desired to change the type of attribute information of the file in the same manner as the external device, the stored file is discarded together with the folder. Therefore, it is necessary to acquire it again from the external device. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time and effort for the user.

On the other hand, in Patent Document 2, the user needs to directly operate the management information of the file management system when rearranging the folders, and there is a risk that the management information will be corrupted. In addition, the user could not perform operations such as grouping or dividing files and folders in multiple folders into one folder.

Therefore, the present invention provides an information processing device and a control method thereof that can surely reconstruct a folder structure desired by the user without taking time and effort of the user when there is a file or folder already saved. The purpose is to provide a program.

The information processing device according to claim 1 of the present invention is an information processing device that stores files in a folder according to a set folder structure, and is a receiving means for receiving a change instruction of the folder structure from a user and the change instruction of the change instruction. If the files and folders have already been saved according to the previous folder structure, the acquisition means for acquiring at least one information of the folder name, the file name, and the file attribute from the saved files and folders, and the above-mentioned acquisition means. The folder structure for which the change instruction is received based on the information acquired by the acquisition means is provided with the folder and the reconstruction means for reconstructing the file.

According to the present invention, if there is a file or folder that has already been saved, it can be reliably reconstructed into the folder structure desired by the user without requiring the user's time and effort.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the network system which includes the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the folder structure which a user can specify in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the file storage process which concerns on embodiment of this invention executed in an information processing apparatus. It is a flowchart of the folder structure change processing which concerns on embodiment of this invention executed in an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the UI which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network system 100 including an information processing device 104 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the network system 100 includes an information processing device 104, a file relay device 103, and an external device 101, which are connected to each other via a network 102.

The external device 101 uploads a file to the file relay device 103 via the network 102. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, a case where the external device 101 is a camera and the file uploaded to the file relay device 103 includes information related to shooting such as shooting image data and the shooting date and time thereof will be described as an example.

The file relay device 103 relays the file uploaded from the external device 101 to the information processing device 104.

The information processing device 104 downloads a file from the external device 101 relayed by the file relay device 103 via the network 102.

The information processing device 104 stores the downloaded file in a folder according to the file storage process of FIG. 4 described later. As a result, the information processing device 104 can acquire the file from the external device 101 and store the file in the folder according to the set rule (folder structure).

The present invention is not limited to the file acquisition method as shown in FIG. 1, as long as the information processing device 104 can acquire a file from the external device 101. For example, the information processing device 104 may take in a file directly from the external device 101 by connecting to the external device 101 by wire or wirelessly without going through the network 102 or the file relay device 103. Further, after the user saves the file from the external device 101 to the external recording device, the external recording device is replaced with the information processing device 104 from the external device 101 so that the information processing device 104 can take in the file. You may.

In any of the imports, the information processing apparatus 104 stores the acquired file in the folder according to the rules (folder structure) preset in the information processing apparatus 104 in the file storage process described below.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the information processing device 104.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 104 includes a display 201, a VRAM 202, a BMU 203, a keyboard 204, a PD 205, a CPU 206, a ROM 207, and a RAM 208. Further, the information processing device 104 includes an HDD 209, a flexible disk 210, a network I / F 211, and a bus 212.

The display 201 displays, for example, images of icons, messages, menus, and other user interface information that manage the information processing apparatus 104.

Image data for display on the display 201 is generated in the VRAM 202. The image data generated in the VRAM 202 is transferred to the display 201 according to a predetermined regulation, whereby the image of the user interface information is displayed on the display 201.

The BMU (bit move unit) 203 controls, for example, data transfer between each memory and data transfer between each memory and each I / O device (for example, network I / F211). Here, the term "between each memory" refers to VRAM202, ROM207, RAM208, HDD209, and flexible disk 210, which are the memories included in the information processing device 104.

The keyboard 204 has various keys for the user to input characters and the like.

The PD (pointing device) 205 is used, for example, for the user to select an icon, a menu, or other content displayed on the display 201, or to drag and drop an object.

The CPU 206 controls each device in the information processing apparatus 104 based on a control program such as an OS stored in the ROM 207, the HDD 209, or the flexible disk 210 or a program described later.

The ROM 207 stores various control programs and data. In the present embodiment, the file acquired from the external device 101 and the folder for storing the file are stored in the ROM 207, but other memories such as the RAM 208 and the HDD 209 may be used as the storage destination for these files.

The RAM 208 has a work area of the CPU 206, a data save area at the time of error processing, a control program load area, and the like.

The HDD 209 stores data such as each control program executed in the information processing apparatus 104 and temporarily stored data.

The network I / F 211 communicates with the external device 101 and the file relay device 103 via the network 102.

Bus 212 includes an address bus, a data bus and a control bus.

The control program for the CPU 206 can also be provided from the ROM 207, the HDD 209, and the flexible disk 210. It can also be performed from another information processing device (not shown in FIG. 1) via the network I / F211 via the network 102.

Next, a method for the user to specify the folder structure during the file storage process of FIG. 4 and the folder structure change process of FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 6.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a folder structure that can be specified by a user in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the folder structure 301, a parent folder 304 common to the folder structure and a subfolder of the date are created in the lower layer of the picture folder for each user, and the files are stored.

In the folder structure 302, a parent folder 304 common to the folder structure, a subfolder of the year, and a subfolder of the date are created in the lower layer of the picture folder for each user, and the files are stored.

In the folder structure 303, the parent folder 304 common to the folder structure, the year subfolder, the month subfolder in the lower layer, and the date subfolder in the lower layer are created in the lower layer of the picture folder for each user, and the files are stored. NS.

The user operates the keyboard 204 or PD205 to specify the import destination folder in the external device 101 of the file to be acquired and store the file on the UI screen 600 of FIG. 6A displayed on the display 201. You can specify the folder structure at the time.

For example, when the user selects the "shooting date" check button 600a on the UI screen 600, the folder structure 301 is specified as the folder structure when the acquired file is stored. Similarly, when the user selects the check button 600c of "shooting year \ shooting date" on the UI screen 600, the folder structure 302 is specified as the folder structure when the acquired file is stored. Further, when the user selects the check button 600d of "shooting year \ shooting month \ shooting date" on the UI screen 600, the folder structure 303 is specified as the folder structure when the acquired file is stored.

When the user selects the "None" check button 600e on the UI screen 600, the folder structure for storing the acquired file is the same as the folder structure in the external device 101.

When the user selects the import destination folder and the folder structure on the UI screen 600 and then selects the OK button, the CPU 206 acquires the file in the import destination folder specified by the user from the external device 101, and then the file in FIG. 4 Start the storage process. As a result, the files acquired from the external device 101 can be stored in the folder according to the folder structure specified by the user.

However, there is a case where the file already acquired from the external device 101 already exists in the ROM 207 before the folder structure is specified by the user. In this case, when the user selects the OK button on the UI screen 600, it is necessary to reconfigure the folder structure in the ROM 207 to the one specified by the user. Therefore, when the CPU 206 detects the selection of the OK button on the UI screen 600, it confirms whether the acquired file exists. As a result of this confirmation, if the acquired file does not exist, the process directly proceeds to the file storage process shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the acquired file exists, the UI screen 601 of FIG. 6B is displayed in order to ask the user whether to change the folder structure in the ROM 207 to the folder structure specified by the user. When the user selects the OK button on the UI screen 601, the keyboard 204 or PD205 (reception means) outputs a folder structure change instruction (folder structure change request) by the user to the CPU 206. Upon receiving the folder structure change request, the CPU 206 first executes the folder structure change process of FIG. 5 to change the folder structure in the ROM 207 to the folder structure specified by the user. After that, the file in the import destination folder specified by the user is acquired from the external device 101, and the file storage process of FIG. 4 is started. As a result, the folder structure in the ROM 207 can be changed according to the folder structure specified by the user, and the file acquired from the external device 101 can be stored in the folder according to the folder structure specified by the user.

The folder structure change process of FIG. 5 may be started at the timing when the user wants to change the folder structure in the ROM 207, and is not limited to the above example of starting at the timing of fetching a file from the external device 101. For example, the user may be able to instruct to change the folder structure in the ROM 207 by operating the keyboard 204 or the PD 205 to display the UI screen 602 of FIG. 6C on the display 201. .. In this case, if the user selects the OK button after specifying the folder structure on the UI screen 602, the CPU 206 executes only the folder structure change process shown in FIG.

The folder structure illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 6 is an example of a suitable folder structure and is not limited in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a file storage process according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is executed in the information processing apparatus 104. This process is executed by the CPU 206 reading the program stored in the ROM 207.

As described above, when the OK button is selected after specifying the import destination folder and folder structure on the UI screen 600 of FIG. 6A, this process is performed directly or after executing the folder structure change process of FIG. Starts.

First, the file list acquired from the external device 101 is acquired in step S401.

In step S402, the variable CNT is set to the total number of file lists acquired in step S401, and the variable I is set to 0.

The variable CNT and the variable I are compared in step S403, and if the variable I is less than the variable CNT (YES in step S403), the process proceeds to step S404, and if the variable I is greater than or equal to the variable CNT (NO in step S403). This process ends.

In step S404, the file indicated by the variable I in the file list acquired in step S401 is acquired from the import destination folder specified by the user of the external device 101.

In step S405, the information related to the subfolder (user-specified import destination folder) of the file indicated by the variable I in the file list acquired in step S401 is acquired. In the present embodiment, the information acquired here is the shooting date and time.

The folder structure specified by the user in step S406 is acquired, and it is confirmed from the acquired folder structure and the information acquired in step S405 whether or not there is a corresponding subfolder in ROM 207. As a result of this confirmation, if there is no corresponding subfolder (NO in step S406), the process proceeds to step S407, and if there is a corresponding subfolder (YES in step S406), the process proceeds to step S408.

The corresponding subfolder is generated in the ROM 207 from the folder structure specified by the user in step S407 and the information acquired in step S405.

The file acquired in step S404 in step S408 is stored in the corresponding subfolder. In the present embodiment, at this time, the shooting date and time acquired in step S405 is set as the generation date and time of the file to be stored.

In step S409, 1 is added to the variable I, and the process returns to step S403.

By the above processing, the information processing device 104 can store the file acquired from the external device 101 in the folder with the folder structure specified by the user.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the folder configuration change process according to the embodiment of the present invention, which is executed in the information processing apparatus 104. This process is executed by the CPU 206 reading the program stored in the ROM 207.

As described above, when the OK button on the UI screen 601 of FIG. 6B is selected, or when the OK button is selected after the folder structure is specified on the UI screen 602 of FIG. 6C. This process starts. The case where the folder structure in the ROM 207 is the folder structure 302 shown in FIG. 3 and the folder structure specified by the user on the UI screen 600 or the UI screen 602 is the folder structure 303 will be described below as an example.

First, in step S501, the folder structure change request from the keyboard 204 or PD205 is accepted.

In step S502, the folder structure in ROM 207 is changed from the name "Capture" of the parent folder to "Capture1".

In step S503, the list of subfolders to be leaves is acquired from ROM 207 and the folder changed in step S502. In the present embodiment, the list of leaf subfolders acquired here is a list of folder names composed of the date of "yyyymdd".

In step S504, the variable CNT is set to the total number of the list of subfolders acquired in step S503, and the variable I is set to 0.

The variable CNT and the variable I are compared in step S505, and if the variable I is less than the variable CNT (YES in step S505), the process proceeds to step S506, and if the variable I is greater than or equal to the variable CNT (NO in step S505). The process proceeds to step S512.

In step S506, the subfolder indicated by the variable I in the list of subfolders acquired in step S504 is acquired from ROM 207.

In step S507, the folder to be moved in the folder structure specified by the user of the subfolder indicated by the variable I acquired in step S506 is acquired. In this embodiment, since the folder structure 302 is changed to the folder structure 303, the folder names of the subfolders of each leaf are also composed of the date of "yyymmdd", so that the subfolders are moved to which year and month. Can be easily obtained. If the folder name of the leaf subfolder is not composed of the date, the shooting date and time (file attribute) and the file name stored as the file generation date and time in step S408 are acquired from the file management of the OS. This makes it easy to get which year and month to move to the subfolder. By doing so, it is possible to change (reconstruct) the folder structure without having to re-analyze each file even if the folder structure is based on information that cannot be obtained without analyzing the file management such as the shooting date and time. .. When a part of the information stored as the folder name of the folder is deleted due to the change of the folder structure, it is preferable to retain the deleted information as auxiliary information in the DB or the index file. For example, when the folder structure of the ROM 207 is the folder structure 301 and the user selects the check button 600b on the UI screen 600, the shooting date information deleted from the folder name when the folder structure is reconfigured is used as auxiliary information. Be retained. As a result, by appropriately using the deleted information, it is possible to reliably reconstruct the folder to be executed thereafter.

In step S508, the destination folder acquired in step S507 is confirmed, and if there is no corresponding subfolder (NO in step S508), the process proceeds to step S509. On the other hand, if there is a corresponding subfolder (YES in step S508), the process proceeds to step S510.

In step S509, the folder to be the destination acquired in step S507 is generated.

The subfolder indicated by the variable I acquired in step S506 is migrated to the destination folder acquired in step S507 in step S510.

In step S511, 1 is added to the variable I, and the process returns to step S505.

In step S512, the folder changed in step S502 is deleted, and this process ends. At this time, if there is an unmigrated folder in the folder changed in step S502, the subfolder is migrated to the lower layer of the new (after reconstruction) parent folder as it is. The file included in the unmigrated folder may be analyzed, and the file may be stored in a folder suitable for the folder structure specified by the user based on the analysis result. In this case, if the corresponding folder does not exist, the folder is created and then the file is saved in that folder.

By doing so, when the folder configuration setting is changed, if the file has been acquired from the external device 101 by then, the folder in which the file is already stored is discarded and the external device 101 is used again. You don't have to get the file again. Further, in such a case, it is possible to combine or divide the management information of the file management system into one folder without directly manipulating the management information.

As a preferred embodiment, the shooting date and time is included in the file attribute, but it may be a normal file generation date and time or another file attribute, and is not limited in the present invention.

Although the present invention has been described in detail based on the preferred embodiments thereof, the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and various embodiments within the scope of the gist of the present invention are also included in the present invention. included. Some of the above embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

Further, when a software program that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment is supplied to a system or device having a computer capable of executing the program directly from a recording medium or by using wired / wireless communication, and the program is executed. Is also included in the present invention.

Therefore, in order to realize the functional processing of the present invention on a computer, the program code itself supplied and installed on the computer also realizes the present invention. That is, the computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention is also included in the present invention.

In that case, the form of the program does not matter, such as the object code, the program executed by the interpreter, and the script data supplied to the OS, as long as it has the function of the program.

The recording medium for supplying the program may be, for example, a hard disk, a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic tape, an optical / optical magnetic storage medium, or a non-volatile semiconductor memory.

Further, as a method of supplying the program, a method in which the computer program forming the present invention is stored in a server on the computer network and the connected client computer downloads and executes the computer program can be considered.

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Claims (8)

In an information processing device that stores files in folders according to the set folder structure
A receiving means for receiving an instruction to change the folder structure from the user,
When a file and a folder have already been saved according to the folder structure before the change instruction, the acquisition of at least one information of the folder name, the file name, and the file attribute from the saved file and the folder is acquired. Means and
An information processing apparatus characterized in that the folder structure for which the change instruction is received based on the information acquired by the acquisition means is provided with the folder and the reconstruction means for reconstructing the file. When a part of the information retained as the folder name of the folder is deleted by the reconstruction by the reconstruction means, the holding means for retaining the deleted information in at least one of the DB and the index file as auxiliary information. When,
The reconstruction means is characterized in that when it is not possible to reconstruct the folder structure for which the change instruction has been received based on the information acquired by the acquisition means, the auxiliary information is also used at the time of the reconstruction. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. When the change instruction is received, if the file has already been saved in the information processing apparatus with the folder structure before the change instruction, the user is asked whether or not to reconstruct the folder structure by the restructuring means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a confirmation means. Any of claims 1 to 3, wherein if there is a folder that does not match the folder structure before the change instruction, a migration means for migrating the folder to the parent folder after the reconstruction is further provided. The information processing apparatus according to item 1. If there is a folder that does not match the folder structure before the change instruction, an analysis means for analyzing the files contained in the folder is further provided.
The information according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the reconstructing means reconstructs the file into a folder structure that has received the change instruction based on the analysis result by the analysis means. Processing equipment. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the receiving means receives an instruction to change the folder structure when a new file is acquired from the external device. In an information processing device that stores files in folders according to the set folder structure
A reception step that receives an instruction to change the folder structure from the user,
When a file and a folder have already been saved according to the folder structure before the change instruction, the acquisition of at least one information of the folder name, the file name, and the file attribute from the saved file and the folder is acquired. Steps and
A control method comprising: a reconstructing step for reconstructing the folder and the file in a folder structure for which the change instruction is received based on the information acquired in the acquisition step. A program comprising executing the control method according to claim 7.

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