JP2021163249A - Method, system, program and recording medium for preventing semantic dissipation of information in document preparation and/or correction management - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a method, system, program and recording medium for preventing semantic dissipation of information in document preparation and/or correction management.SOLUTION: When a correction object or place of a document is designated, a comment input box is automatically displayed, the correction object or place is visually associated with the comment input box, correction comments from a plurality of persons concerned to the correction object or place are stored while discriminating originators and forming a comment chain, the correlation between the correction object or place and the comments are visually and clearly displayed, consequently, time series and sematic correlation between the correction object or place and the comments are handled without being dissipated, and correction confirmation and end determination are performed on the basis of the handling.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to methods, systems, programs, and recording media that prevent semantic dissipation of information, for example in document creation and / or modification management.

There are many ways in which experts from different disciplines can work together to achieve one goal (for example, creating advertisements and brochures, creating specifications and designs for software development, medical records in medical care). Creation etc.). For example, in the creation of advertisements and pamphlets, creative directors, art directors, copywriters, designers, illustrators, photographers, proofreaders / reviewers, and editors (hereinafter, individually or collectively, they may be referred to as "related persons". ) And many other experts work together to create a single advertisement or proofreading (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "printed matter").

One of the characteristics of printed matter production is that it handles images, figures, and sentences at the same time, and that corrections to it cover details of images, figures, and sentences. Usually, a lot of exchanges take place between the parties concerned until the printed matter is completed. Conventionally, a PDF (Portable Document Format) of an intermediate completed version such as a pamphlet has been created and sent to the persons concerned by attaching an e-mail. From the person concerned who received the electronic data of the intermediate completed version, for example, the correction target is indicated by e-mail, and a comment for it and a further correction proposal are returned. Images may be sent and received as email attachments. In response to this, corrections are made to the places to be corrected, and the corrected printed matter is attached to the e-mail and sent again to the parties concerned. Such exchanges may also take place over the telephone. In this case, the part to be corrected or discussed is explained in words, and the content of the correction is also explained in words. Such exchanges are performed multiple times, and the correction in one place is completed for the first time. Completion of corrections and agreement / approval with related parties are often done by e-mail or telephone in the intermediate state.

In this way, many exchanges are often performed for one correction target, so that a large number of exchanges are accumulated in the entire printed matter in which there are a plurality of correction locations. It is very important to organize and accumulate this exchange in order to clarify the process of correction, clarify the cause and responsibility when a problem occurs later, and minimize the confusion of discussions.

When this sort of organization and storage is done using the traditional paper-based method, the current situation is to print out the page containing the correction target, mark the correction target in the page, and send it by e-mail correspondingly. I used to print out comments and attachments, make notes for discussions over the phone, associate them with corrections in some way, and save them in chronological order. Not surprisingly, these were done manually and forced the physical filing of the archival documents.

However, in the case of such a method, it is not possible to prevent the failure of association due to forgetting to file, the failure of time-series filing due to misunderstanding, or the disappearance due to dissipation / disposal. .. In addition, human errors occurred due to correction instructions with bad writing and ambiguity of the instructions themselves, and wasteful correction work occurred due to misreading and assumptions, and there were a considerable proportion of exchanges caused by these.

On the other hand, there is also a method of converting related documents into PDF and filing them electronically. In this case, the possibility of disposal can be reduced as compared with the above-mentioned paper-based method. However, forgetting to file or failing to associate can also occur in electronic filing. On the other hand, while the PDF-based filing may take less time than the paper-based filing described above, the association with the correction target and the time-series filing may take more time.

On the other hand, groupware may be used as a collaborative tool. However, with groupware, although it was possible to accumulate all the documents related to the parties concerned, it was not possible to save and display the exchanges in chronological order by semantically associating them with each discussion subject.

In this way, in any of the paper-based method, the PDF method, and the groupware method, in order to look back on the discussion later, the place of discussion and the multiple comments that are the accumulation of the discussion are associated. However, in order to do so, it is necessary to understand the contents of the documents arranged in chronological order and reconstruct the relevance, which not only requires a great deal of effort but also restores the relevance in some cases. Sometimes I failed.

Japanese Patent No. 57170777 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-219905

Focusing on the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method, a system, a program, and a recording medium for preventing semantic dissipation of information in document creation and / or modification management.

As a result of repeated various considerations, the present inventor has found that the root cause of the troublesome or unsuccessful association and its accumulation / confirmation as described above can be found in any of the paper-based, PDF, and groupware methods. The stored information is not semantically related to each other and is stored as a mere physical collection of information in a semantically disjointed state, or the stored information is semantically related in an incomplete manner. Alternatively, the association relied on human memory, and as a result, it was concluded that semantic dissipation had occurred in the physical assembly of information.

For that purpose, first of all, the comments attached to each correction target and the exchange information such as various files attached to it must be saved while maintaining the time series and semantic relevance so that they can be reviewed at any time. Must be. With this point as a starting point, the present inventor automatically associates between a comment and a discussion target regarding corrections to data such as characters, images, moving images, and sounds, and between a plurality of comments and comments, and discusses the matter. I think that the essence of preventing the semantic dissipation of information is to form a comment chain and accumulate and display it without dissipating the temporal and semantic relationships.

In addition, one document can be shared on the network, and multiple parties with different roles and abilities can work together to quickly create, modify, review, and make decisions about the document. It was concluded that it is necessary to definitely specify and to record and display in detail the history process of changes including the intermediate state of creation, modification, examination, and judgment for the specified point of interest. As a result, the invention of the present application has been completed.

That is, in order to solve the above problems, the system for preventing the semantic dissipation of the history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to the first aspect of the present application is a plurality of parties having different roles and / or abilities. The first establishment to establish the correspondence between the correction target part in the document and the comment for it in the work of creating, modifying, examining, confirming, or determining the end of the document in cooperation with each other. The means, the second establishment means for establishing the correspondence between the plurality of comments from the plurality of parties, and the time-series and semantic relevance between the correction point and the plurality of comments are maintained. It is characterized by comprising means for displaying the correction location and / or the plurality of comments, and confirming the correction and / or approving the completion of the correction by a plurality of parties based on the comments. ..

In other words, when you specify the location to be modified in the document, the comment input box is automatically displayed, the location to be modified and the comment input box are visually related, and the location to be modified is corrected by multiple parties. Comments are accumulated by forming a comment chain that distinguishes the originator, and the relationship between the correction target location and the comment is visually clearly displayed, thereby the time series between the correction target location and the comment. Semantic relevance is handled without dissipation, and corrections are confirmed and termination decisions are made based on that. This makes it possible to automatically associate, accumulate, and display between comments and discussion targets regarding corrections to data such as text, images, videos, and sounds, and between multiple comments and comments. It becomes.

As a second aspect of the present application, in the first aspect, when the correction target location is specified for the document, a comment input box is automatically displayed, and the correction target location and the comment input are automatically displayed. Further provision may be provided for visually demonstrating the association with the box.

As a third aspect of the present application, in the second aspect, a series of reply comments from the plurality of related parties to the comment input in the comment input box is a sender who has input the comment in the comment input box. By visually clarifying the relationship between the storage means in which the relationship is formed and accumulated as a comment chain and the series of comments forming the comment chain, the target location and the series of comments are clearly shown. Further may be provided with means for retaining the time series and semantic relevance of.

As a fourth aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to third aspects, the document is at least one of a document, an image, a moving image, and an audio data that can be handled by a computer. It may be.

As a fifth aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the system is formed by a hardware configuration including a computer and a network, and a target location in the document is designated. Then, the first work of inputting the comment can be performed on it, and the second work of sharing the target location and the input comment among all the parties concerned can be performed. The third work, in which the change history is accumulated without dissipating the relevance between the comments, the fourth work in which the target location and the input comment are displayed, and the final confirmation and / or approval are performed. It may be possible to enable all the operations of the work of 5 to be performed in a timely manner.

As a sixth aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the designation of the target location is a combination of a rectangle, a circle, an arbitrary curve or a straight line with respect to the image. , Including being specified by brightness and color coordinates, including being specified by an underline or marker for the character data, and being specified by visualization data for the moving image data or the audio data. It may be.

As a seventh aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to sixth aspects, the comment chain can be folded as needed so that only necessary comments can be displayed. May be good.

As an eighth aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to seventh aspects, the comment includes an icon image including the name, affiliation, and face of the worker involved, and the comment. It may be possible to display information including at least one of the attributes of the worker who issued the message.

As a ninth aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to eighth aspects, the comment includes an attached document, a telephone conversation record, a voice call record, and a video conference. It may include at least one of a record, a record at a web conference, and a record of exchanging information by email.

As a tenth aspect of the present application, in the ninth aspect, a comment in any one of the telephone, the voice call, the TV conference, and the web conference is converted into a character string by using voice recognition technology, and an email. The corresponding part of may be input and saved as a comment.

As the eleventh aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to tenth aspects, in the display of the comment chain, where in the document the process of discussion forming the comment chain is focused. Is displayed, and conversely, when the comment chain for the attention point in the document is displayed, the progress of all discussions about the attention point may be displayed.

As a twelfth aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to eleventh aspects, when a comment is input to the target location, who is a related person is set by a human or AI. The related party setting means to be performed may be further included.

As the thirteenth aspect of the present application, at least one of the text data, the image data, the voice data, and the data in which these are mixed, which are created as a modification result in any one of the above-mentioned first to twelfth aspects. For one of them, a comparison means for comparing the documents before and after the modification may be further included.

As the fourteenth aspect of the present application, in any one of the first to thirteenth aspects, experts in a plurality of different fields jointly work for the correction work related to the correction target location in the document. AI learns the tendency of points that humans tend to overlook, including at least one of forgetting to reply, omission of check, and omission of confirmation, and / or a means to call attention to the worker. Further means may be provided to warn of the possibility of an error.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the computer-readable program according to the fifteenth aspect of the present application, a plurality of parties having different roles and / or abilities cooperate to create, modify, and examine a document. A computer-readable program for a system that performs at least one confirmation or termination decision, and a comment input box is automatically displayed on the computer when the target location for document correction is specified. The sender is given a first function, a second function in which the target location and the comment input box are visually related, and a series of correction comments from the plurality of parties to the target location. A third function that distinguishes and accumulates a comment chain, and a semantic relationship between the target location and a series of the comments by visually and clearly displaying the relationship between the target location and the comment. It is configured to execute the fourth function that handles without dissipating the sex and the fifth function that displays a screen for confirming the correction and determining the end based on the display related to the fourth function. Will be done.

As the 16th aspect of the present application, it may be realized as a recording medium on which the program according to the 15th aspect is recorded.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the method of preventing the semantic dissipation of the history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to the 17th aspect of the present application is a method of preventing a plurality of parties having different roles and / or abilities. Establishes a correspondence between the location to be modified in the document and the comment on it in the work of creating, modifying, examining, confirming, or determining the end of the document in cooperation with each other. Establish a correspondence between a plurality of comments from related parties, maintain the time-series and semantic relevance between the correction location and the plurality of comments, and maintain the correction location and / or the plurality of comments. It is characterized by displaying comments and displaying a screen for confirming corrections and / or approving completion by a plurality of parties based on them.

More specifically, the above aspect and the process leading to the idea of the aspect will be described. That is, in order to solve the above problems, the present inventor first conceived an unprecedented concept of a timely information exchange enablement / visualization function realization system and method having a tense / semantic relationship. After deepening various considerations, in order to realize the timely information exchange enablement / visualization function that has a timely / semantic relationship, it is necessary to create a document using a computer, tablet, smartphone, etc. connected to the network. In a system that performs correction management, 1) the target of interest can be specified accurately (target specification), 2) the target and the comment are definitely associated (target-comment association), and 3) the input comment is immediately sent to the parties concerned. Being able to publish (quickness), 4) Being able to reply to comments on published comments at your own convenience (timeliness), 5) Being able to form and accumulate associations between related comments (formation of a comment chain)・ Accumulation), 6) Comment history for specific corrections and attention targets can be displayed in chronological order (comment chain display), 7) Final decision (final delivery in printed matter, diagnosis result and treatment policy in medical practice) It was concluded that it is most preferable to have the ability to confirm and approve (confirmation / approval). However, certain functions are realized even if some of these 1) to 7) are provided, if not all. This partial case is also included in the invention of the present application.

Hereinafter, 1) to 7) of the above-mentioned required items as means for solving the above-mentioned problems of the present application will be described separately. Here, what is created by the cooperation of experts with different abilities is called a document (the above printed matter and medical record are a kind of document, but the subject of the present invention is not limited to these). The document is not limited to character data, and may include, and is not limited to, image, moving image, audio data, and the like.

First, 1) the targeting function, especially the means for realizing the targeting function, will be shown. The target document is displayed on the display device of the computer. When the image data in the target document is the target of correction, the conventional specification method (rectangle, circle, ellipse by moving the mouse, designation by arbitrary curve, designation by brightness) is used for a part or all of the image to be corrected. , Designation by color coordinates, etc.). When the character data is the target of correction, the target of correction or discussion may be specified by an electronic marker, underline, or the like, or the search result for a specific character string may be specified. The designation for the video data may be performed by the normal method in the video editing software, and the designation for the audio data may be performed in the method of the audio editing software, but neither of them is limited to these.

Since the video data and the audio data are data having a time dimension, it is difficult to specify the target location. In one aspect of the present application, a time division may be introduced, or a background image, a foreground image, or a unit in which the audio spectrum changes significantly may be used as a clue to reach the target location. Furthermore, in order to quickly reach the previously specified target location, the presence / absence of the specified target location, the number of existing locations, and the rough (on the time axis) location are displayed on the top screen of the video data or audio data. It may be configured as such, and by clicking on it, the target location may be reached directly. The first (first) comment (in this case, it is likely to be a correction proposal or an opinion on the target) is entered while referring to the target location specified in this way (as appropriate by the parties concerned). ..

Next, the 2) object-comment association function, which is one of the points of one aspect of the present application, will be described, in particular, the means for realizing the function. In order to make sure that the specified target and the comment for it are associated with each other, in one aspect of the present application, when the target location is specified by the method of 1), a comment input box for correction / discussion is automatically displayed. Make it visible. At this time, the designated place and the comment input box are associated with each other by a visible line. As a result, the semantic association between the discussion subject and the comment is automatically made, and it becomes possible to prevent the semantic association from being dissipated. Moreover, it is preferable that information such as the date and time and the caller is added to each comment box and saved. This makes the background, time, and semantic relevance of comments clearer. Moreover, since the correspondence between the point of interest and the comment input box is clearly presented, the parties concerned can always be aware of the object of interest, and as a result, the divergence of comments and / or discussions is prevented, and as a result, It also has the additional effect of making it possible to enter logical comments.

The association between the specified target and the comment box is not limited to the combination by lines, but for example, in the case of specifying the image range by a circle, some kind of visual, such as matching the color of the circle with the color of the comment input box, The association may be made by auditory means. Further, the relevance may not be displayed all the time, but may be dynamically displayed when the mouse is moved to an object such as a comment box. Such an association method is applicable not only between the specified target and the comment box, but also for the association between the comment boxes described later.

Next, 3) the rapid performance function, particularly the means for realizing the function will be described. As described above, one aspect of the present application presupposes a network and a computer system. Because of this premise, the current network connection technology inevitably guarantees the immediate transmission function of information, and therefore the speed that meets this purpose is inevitably satisfied. That is, if the first comment is input, the same screen can be shared among all parties almost immediately. In such a system, the target document itself is placed in the cloud and all the parties concerned enter comments on the same document, or the same original document is placed on each PC and the difference from other PCs is set on each PC. It is realized by each processing mode and the like, but the realization means is not limited to these.

Next, 4) the timely function, particularly the means for realizing the function, will be described. Participants may be working online at the same time, or there may be offline parties who are not doing the work. In order to deal with such a situation, it is necessary that the side sending the comment can immediately send the comment, and the side sending the comment can reply at his / her convenience. One method for this is the so-called "chat (registered trademark)" function. In chat, the sender's comment is immediately sent to the parties concerned, so the sent comment is immediately displayed on the PCs of all the parties who are logged in. On the other hand, offline parties can see comments (including previously undisplayed ones) when they log in. As a result, the reply to the comment can be made at the convenience of the recipient, so that timeliness is realized. The realization of timeliness is not limited to this, for example, an e-mail notifying that a comment has been raised is sent to the parties concerned, and each party concerned operates the system according to one aspect of the present invention at his / her own convenience. It is also realized by.

Next, 5) the function of forming and accumulating the comment chain, particularly the means for realizing the function will be described. The person concerned confirms the content of the received comment, inputs the second comment (reply comment), and replies. The input box for the reply comment is automatically displayed by an operation such as clicking a specific part of the received comment, and is connected to the received comment by a visible line. By ensuring such a function, it becomes possible to input and send a reply comment in a state where it is clarified which received comment the reply is for. Furthermore, this ensures that the semantic associations between the comments are constructed, and the comment chain can be saved as a chain of comments including the semantic associations. It is preferable that all comments are saved with information such as the date and time and the caller added. By doing so, it is possible not only to prevent the correspondence between comments from disappearing, but also to display the time-series and semantic relationships between comments in a required form later while preserving them. ..

With respect to the comment replied in this way, the second comment is displayed together with the first comment not only on the PC of the first comment input person but also on the PCs of all the parties who are online. At this time, the second comment is associated by connecting a line visible from the first comment, and it is clarified that the second comment is a reply comment to the first comment. At this time, a plurality of workers may issue reply comments to the first comment. In this case, there will be a plurality of second comments by different workers with respect to the first comment. To deal with this situation and easily distinguish which worker's reply comment is, the color of the line drawn from the first comment, and / or the frame of the comment, and / or the background color of the comment. , For example, is set for each worker so that it is possible to distinguish at a glance which party's comment is. This clarifies the connection between comments for each related party. By storing this series of information, the function of forming and accumulating a comment chain is realized.

Multiple contents may be written in one comment. In this case, comments may be returned separately for each of the plurality of contents. Alternatively, multiple contents may be written in the reply comment. In such a case, it is preferable to form a subsequent comment chain for each content, and to divide and structure the discussion (for example, visualization of comments by a system diagram or a dendrogram) at the same time. In order to decide whether to create / draw another comment chain formation, there are a method specified by the comment sender, a method of deciding by majority vote, a method of semantic analysis by software including AI, and one aspect of the present application. Includes, but is not limited to, at least one of these.

Next, 6) the comment chain display function, particularly the means for realizing the function, will be described. As described above, a large number of comments are associated in chronological order and semantically, and preferably, information such as the date and time and the caller is added to save the comment chain. It is possible to display. The basis of this display is a time-series display, but in consideration of the case where there are many branches of discussion, the whole picture is displayed as a tree, comments for each worker are displayed for each theme, or all themes are displayed. They may be displayed together in chronological order. In this way, the number of comments in the comment chain can be enormous. In such a case, the display area of the document may be used instead of the display area of the comment chain. It should be noted that the above 1) to 5) are basically shared among all the parties concerned, but since various methods can be prepared in advance for displaying the comment chain, the same display is not performed among the parties concerned. You may. That is, the comment chain may preferably be selected from the methods prepared in advance by each related party.

As described above, a comment often has a plurality of replies from a plurality of related parties, and a comment chain in which a large number of comments are chronologically associated with one object of interest is formed. The comment chain may be displayed on the above-mentioned target document, but when the comment chain becomes large, the important target part is hidden, and it becomes difficult to distinguish between comments and their relevance. Therefore, the display area of the comment chain on the computer display device may be separated from the display area of the document. At this time, the comment chain related to a plurality of attention targets of the display document may be displayed in its entirety, or only the designated comment chain may be displayed, and further, the designation in the comment chain may be displayed. Various display methods may be adopted, such as displaying only comments including a specified period, a specified related party, or a specified keyword, and one aspect of the present application includes at least one of these. However, it is not limited to these. Further, when the comment chain becomes long, a configuration that can be "folded" by any method is preferably provided. When the comment chain is displayed in a display area different from the target document in this way, it may be difficult to understand the relationship with the point of interest. There is no need to worry about this because the place and the comment are connected by a line.

Finally, 7) the confirmation / approval function, especially the means for realizing the function, will be shown. Once the discussion on an object is over and a certain conclusion or tentative conclusion is reached among the parties concerned, confirmation and / or approval is carried out. Therefore, a confirmation and / or approval start button is provided, and confirmation and / or approval is performed by pressing the confirmation and / or approval button after logging in for confirmation and / or approval. It should be noted that a review enable function for (related parties) to make a final review of the comment may be provided before the confirmation and / or approval button is pressed. In addition, confirmation and / or approval authority is given only to some related parties, and a final responsible person who performs final confirmation and / or final approval after confirmation and / or approval of all related parties is set. Also, confirmation and / or approval work may be performed according to the structure of confirmation and / or approval authority.

In a work environment where specialists with different advanced skills jointly achieve one goal, such as advertisement creation, software development, medical care, etc., multiple correction histories such as corrections, comments and related documents for the same document However, since the temporal and semantic relationships between them are preserved and displayed in chronological order at any time, the semantic relationships of information are not dissipated. Therefore, in the unlikely event that an error occurs in the final printed matter, a developed product such as software, or a judgment such as a disease diagnosis, it is possible to retroactively identify the cause. This point is considered to contribute to solving certain social problems by clarifying the responsibility when a legal problem arises.

As described above, the above object of the present invention is realized by electronically performing 1) to 7) using a computer and a network. The document is not limited to PDF and has various formats, all of which are the subject of one aspect of the present invention.

According to one aspect of the present invention, when a location to be modified in a document is specified, a comment input box is automatically displayed, and the target location and the comment input box are visually related to each other. For correction comments from multiple parties, a comment chain is formed and accumulated by distinguishing the sender, and the relationship between the target location and the comment can be visually and clearly displayed. Document creation and / or revision management that allows the semantic relevance between the target location and comments to be handled without dissipation, and based on which corrections can be confirmed and deliveries and judgments approved. The provision of methods, systems, programs, and recording media to prevent the semantic dissipation of information in the above can be realized, thereby significantly reducing unnecessary correction work and exchanges.

This is an example of a conceptual diagram of a document modification and modification management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of a hardware block diagram of terminals 11 to 17 used in the document creation and correction management system shown in FIG. This is an example of a computer screen related to a document correction and correction management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of an approval screen related to a document modification and modification management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a display example of the document comparison tool which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart from inputting the first comment in the modification and modification management system of the document which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and is shared. It is a flowchart from the correction of the document which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention and the input of the reply comment in the correction management system, and is shared.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following, the range necessary for the explanation for achieving the object of the present invention will be shown, and the range necessary for the explanation of the relevant part of the present invention will be mainly described. Shall be.

FIG. 1 is an example of a conceptual diagram of a document creation and / or modification management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the program main body that executes the system according to the embodiment of the present invention may be placed on the server 18 (not shown), or may be placed on the terminals 11 to 17. .. Here, for example, terminals 11 to 14 and terminals 16 are PC-type terminals, terminal 15 is a so-called tablet-type terminal, and terminal 17 is a portable terminal. The same applies to the document to be modified, and the document before modification is placed only on the server 18, and if there is a modification request, the modification is performed one by one, and the result is sent to each terminal and displayed. Alternatively, the document data on the server 18 is not modified, and the modification request from each terminal 11 to 17 is saved, which is temporarily reflected in the document before modification and displayed on each terminal 11 to 17. , A method in which changes are made (or reflected) in the document data (on the server 18) when the correction is confirmed, or a method in which some or all of these methods are mixed. May be executed with.

In FIG. 1, the server 18 may be installed, for example, in the cloud 10 on the network. On the other hand, for example, in the case of modifying printed matter, 11 to 17 PCs, tablets, smartphones, etc. owned by creative directors, art directors, copywriters, designers, illustrators, photographers, etc. (hereinafter, "terminals"). Is connected to a server on the cloud via a network, and the program of the document modification and modification management system according to the embodiment of the present invention operates on each terminal and the server.

FIG. 2 is an example of a hardware block diagram of terminals 11 to 17 used in the document creation and / or modification management system shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, each terminal has, as an example, hardware components 21 to 32, that is, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23, and an HDD ( It has a Hard Disk Drive) 24, a speaker 25, a monitor 26, a keyboard 27, a mouse 28, a network control device 29, a camera 30, a microphone 31, and a bus line 32. With these hardware, communication with the server, display / correction of documents, creation / reply of comments, construction of comment chains, approval, etc. are performed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a main screen of a computer screen related to a modification and / or modification management system of a document according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the main screen is functionally divided into three parts, a specific page of the document to be modified is displayed in the central part 301, and each page of the document is thumbnailed in the left adjacent part 302. It is displayed, and a series of comment chains are displayed in the right adjacent portion 303 of the entire page display. In order to display the page to be modified in the document in the central portion, the work of identifying the corresponding page 304 of the thumbnail display on the left side is performed by the persons concerned (for example, the corresponding page 304 is clicked). The page displayed in the central portion 301 can be enlarged / reduced, and the person concerned can specify the correction target portion for the appropriate display. When the correction target part is an image, a method including a conventional specification method (rectangle, circle, ellipse specification by moving the mouse, specification by an arbitrary curve, specification by brightness or color coordinates, etc.), for example, a method of specifying by a circle 305, The specified operation is performed with. When the character data is the target of correction, the target of correction or discussion may be specified by an electronic marker, underline, or the like, or the search result for a specific character string may be specified. In the case of moving image data and audio data, they are also specified by a method suitable for each, but all of them are included in the present embodiment. That is, the present embodiment includes at least one of those designation methods, but may include a method in which a plurality of these designation methods are combined. If the entire document cannot be displayed in the left adjacent portion 302, scrolling is possible. Further, the thumbnail image may be framed to indicate the page currently displayed in the central portion 301. In addition, a group may be displayed for each date by inserting a line as a date delimiter or changing the background color for each date. Further, this part may be used not only as a thumbnail display but also as a Windows (registered trademark) Explorer (registered trademark) by displaying a list of file names.

It should be noted that the page 304 displayed on the left adjacent portion 302 may be allowed to be added by an operation such as drag and drop in order to deal with a case where a new page is added to the matter. On the other hand, although it cannot be modified / changed / deleted, for the purpose of convenience of work, for example, the display order of pages can be changed or the display of specific pages can be prohibited only on the worker's screen within the same day. It may be possible to do so. These are for the convenience of the actor, and the changes may not be saved and the display of the part of the other worker may not be changed. Further, it may be possible to prohibit the display of all or part of the image displayed in the central portion 301 and the comment chain displayed in the right adjacent portion 303. These are also for the convenience of the actor, and the changes may not be saved and the display of the part of the other worker may not be changed. Further, the display of the central portion 301 and the right adjacent portion 303 in FIG. 3 may be arbitrarily interchanged.

When the correction target portion is specified, the first comment input box 306 is automatically displayed, and the designated location and the comment input box are connected by a line 307 to form a visual relationship. A comment is entered in the comment input box 306 (by a person concerned), and then the comment is confirmed by clicking, for example, the confirmation button 308. Information related to the comment, such as comment entry information, is stored in the computer together with the comment content. At the same time, the information related to the above comment or a part of it will be shared among the related parties via the server, and the related parties will be able to see the same screen contents. At this time, the content of the comment is analyzed by AI etc., and who is closely related among multiple related parties is automatically and / or rule-based, and the related parties estimated to be closely related are estimated. May display this comment with some mark indicating that it is a related party to the comment. The date and time 309 when the comment confirmation button 308 is pressed may be displayed near the comment input box so that the time series can be easily visually recognized and / or confirmed.

In this way, according to the method according to the above embodiment, the comment number is associated with the designated correction target, and the relationship between the correction target location and the comment for the correction target is automatically constructed and saved. As a result, the relationship between the specified target location and the comment for it is saved without being lost, and it is possible to reproduce it with the necessary information whenever and when necessary.

Next, since the substantially same screen or the completely same screen for the above target location and the comment content is displayed on the terminal of the related party, the related party can input the reply comment. For that purpose, for example, when the reply button 310 of the received first comment is clicked, the reply comment box 311 is displayed, and the comment can be input by the persons concerned. At this time, in order to clearly indicate which comment the reply is to, the received first comment 306 and the reply comment box 311 are connected by a line 312. A comment is input, for example, the comment is confirmed by clicking the confirmation button 313, and information related to the comment such as the correction target location and specified range, the comment number for the comment, the comment content, the comment date and time, and the comment writer information. Is stored in the computer together with the comment content. At the same time, the information related to the above comments will be shared among the parties concerned via the server computer, and the parties concerned will be able to see the same screen contents. The time when the confirm button is clicked may be displayed at the time at the lower right of each comment box.

Although not shown, the correction target identification number and the comment box identification number may be assigned and / or displayed in the correction target location and the comment box including the first comment. By doing so, when exchanging corrections by telephone or the like, the person concerned can specify the object of interest by the number, and the exchange can be made smooth.

In the example of the above form, the case where the first comment input person and the second comment input person are different is shown, but they may be the same person. When both input persons are different, in order to distinguish visually clearly, the color and line type of the frame of the comment box, the background color, the line indicating the relevance, etc. are used for the first comment and the second comment. May be changed. In FIG. 3, an example of distinguishing comment input persons is shown by showing a comment frame with a solid line and a broken line. The line 312 connecting the comment boxes 306 and 311 may also be distinguished by using a color or a line type.

A comment may contain multiple different contents. For example, in FIG. 3, the reply comment 311 which is the second comment contains two contents, and shows a case where a reply comment is individually sent to each of them. In this case, the comment identification number of the reply comment for the second comment is assigned a different number based on the creation date and time. If these are called the third and fourth comments, and if different respondents send them, the color and line type of the frame of the comment box, the background color, the line indicating the relevance, etc. will be the same as above. It may be possible to change each separately. In this way, it is possible to specify the location to be corrected, create / share the first comment, and create / share the second and third comments for it. This is corrected without dissipating the semantic relevance because the designated target location and the comments after the first comment are saved in chronological order while ensuring mutual relevance at the same time. It will lead to the ability to trace the process without fail.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, all comment chains are displayed while maintaining chronological order and mutual semantic relation, but only a part of the comment is collapsed or a comment issued by a specific person concerned. May be added, a function to display only comments of the same theme, or a function to display only comments in a specified date and time range may be added.

The document page displayed in the central portion of FIG. 3 has a plurality of correction target locations. The comment chain currently displayed is for one modification target location, but if you click on another modification target location 314, the comment chain for that location will be displayed (not shown).

The comment chain may have a function to sort the correction dates in ascending or descending order. In the case of a document that spans multiple pages, we have added a function that allows you to check only the pages of interest in chronological order by focusing on the modified pages and arranging only those pages in ascending or descending order of date. You may. Further, it is possible to add a function of picking up only the correction target part of the document and sorting and displaying only that part in ascending or descending order of the correction date.

At the top of the comment chain display unit, the icon (some image) 315 or the name of the person concerned who has commented on the relevant correction location may be displayed. Alternatively, the icons of all the parties concerned may be displayed, and the parties concerned who have commented on the relevant corrections may be identified. Furthermore, by clicking the relevant part of each comment box, information such as the name, affiliation, contact information, occupation (copywriter, illustrator, etc.) of the person who created it will be displayed with the icon. good.

All of the above exchanges are correct to the extent that the operator can be careful, but sometimes errors occur. Therefore, there is a function that AI learns trends such as forgetting to reply, omission of checks and confirmations, etc., which workers are likely to make mistakes in exchanges, alerting workers, and taking error mitigation measures. You may.

In this way, comments are exchanged for the relevant corrections, and when the corrections are finally finalized, the parties concerned confirm and / or approve. Various methods can be considered as systematic methods that allow stakeholders to confirm and / or approve. For example, display a screen to compare before and after correction of the relevant part, check all comment chains, or check only specific comments, and let them enter some confirmation and / or approval work. Methods are conceivable and, but not limited to, at least one confirmation and / or approval method including these is provided.

Approval after correction is done for each correction, for multiple corrections as a whole, for the entire document, or any two or more of these. It may be realized by the combination of. Approval when all corrections are completed, for example, when the printed matter is delivered to the requester, is a method of manually requesting the entire approval again after the approval of each correction place is completed, or the approval of each correction place is all. A method of automatically issuing a final approval request at the time of completion is conceivable, and all of these are included in this embodiment.

An example of the approval screen is shown in FIG. In this example, a plurality of approval boxes 121 are prepared (the number of approval boxes is arbitrary), and the parties concerned perform electronic approval there. For example, by pressing the electronic stamp 120 of "Iso" in the leftmost approval box, it is shown that the person concerned has approved.

FIG. 5 shows a display example of a document comparison tool for confirming correction of text data and comparing before and after correction. In this example, the position of the correction location in the entire text data is shown by the scroll bar 501 at the right end, and at the same time, the range 502 of the text data currently displayed is also displayed. In some cases, the corrected part has been corrected multiple times. In this case, it is necessary to select two or more texts to be compared and display them side by side. The example of FIG. 5 shows an example of comparing the old and new documents. In FIG. 5, the text part having different contents is clearly shown in the old document 1 and the new document 1'(the part on the right half side) which is a modification of the old document 1. The parts different from each other are indicated by a broken line rectangle 504. In addition, although FIG. 5 shows an example of comparison of text and image data, at least two or more comparison targets, old and new, are arranged for moving images and sounds, and different parts are clearly shown visually and / or audibly. (In this case, for example, in a moving image, it may be displayed as a collection of still images in a frame-by-frame format, and in an audio, for example, visual information including characters of audio data may be displayed).

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart from input of the first comment in the system according to the embodiment of the present application to sharing. Here, correction of image data is taken as an example. First, the method of designating the correction location is selected (step 601). For example, when the range specification is selected, the range specification mouse cursor appears, and the correction location is specified by the drag operation of the mouse (step 602). When the specification is completed, the first comment input box is automatically displayed (step 603). For example, when the correction proposal is input as the first comment and the confirmation button is pressed, the correction proposal is confirmed and the information is shared via the server placed in the cloud (step 604). At the same time, all necessary information is saved, not limited to the correction target location, comment number, comment content, attached file and its information if there is an attached file, comment input person, input date and time, etc. (step 605). ..

FIG. 7 shows a flowchart from input of a reply comment in the system according to the embodiment of the present application to sharing. First, the received comment to be replied to is selected by the parties concerned (step 701). For example, the target comment is specified by clicking the reply button in the received comment box by a person concerned. When the specification is completed, the second comment input box is automatically displayed (step 702). For example, when a new image is proposed as the second comment and it is transmitted as a pasted file, the attached image is specified in addition to the input of the reply comment. After that, when the confirmation button is pressed, the comment is confirmed (step 703), and the information is shared via the server placed in the cloud (step 704). At the same time, all necessary information is saved, not limited to the reply target comment number, reply comment number, comment content, attached file and its information if there is an attached file, comment input person, input date and time, etc. (step 705). ).

It should be noted that the above-described embodiment shows an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be carried out within a range not deviating from the gist thereof.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is systematically realized that a plurality of parties having different roles and / or abilities cooperate to prevent semantic dissipation of information in document creation and / or modification management. Therefore, the embodiment of the present invention can be industrially manufactured, can be a target of commercial transactions, has economic value, and is widely used in various industries such as advertising industry and printing industry. Has the potential.

301 ・ ・ ・ Central part of the main screen 302 ・ ・ ・ Left part of the main screen 303 ・ ・ ・ Right part of the main screen 304 ・ ・ ・ Thumbnail display 305 ・ ・ ・ Graphic that specifies the correction part 306 ・ ・ ・ First Comment input box 307 ・ ・ ・ Line between the specified location and the comment input box 308 ・ ・ ・ First comment input box Confirmation button 309 ・ ・ ・ Date and time when the confirmation button was pressed 310 ・ ・ ・ Reply button 311 ・ ・ ・ Reply comment Box 312 ・ ・ ・ Line between comment boxes 313 ・ ・ ・ Reply Comment box confirmation button 314 ・ ・ ・ Location to be corrected 315 ・ ・ ・ Information such as images of related parties who commented

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Where multiple parties with different roles and / or abilities work together to create, modify, review, confirm, or make at least one end decision on a document, and where to modify it in the document. The first means of establishing a correspondence with comments,
A second establishment means for establishing a correspondence relationship between a plurality of comments from the plurality of parties concerned,
Means for maintaining chronological and semantic relevance between the corrections and the plurality of comments,
Creation of a document, characterized in that the correction location and / or the plurality of comments are displayed, and a means for confirming the correction and / or approving the completion by a plurality of parties based on the comments is provided. And / or a system that prevents semantic loss of history in correction management. A comment input box is automatically displayed when the correction target location is specified for the document, and a means for visually clarifying the relationship between the correction target location and the comment input box is further provided. A system for preventing semantic loss of history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to claim 1, characterized in that the document is provided. A series of reply comments from the plurality of parties to the comment input in the comment input box are accumulated as a comment chain by distinguishing the caller who input the comment in the comment input box. Accumulation means and
By visually clarifying the relationships between the series of comments forming the comment chain, further means for maintaining the time-series and semantic relationships between the target location and the series of comments without dissipating. A system for preventing semantic dissipation of history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to claim 2, characterized in that it is provided. The document according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the document is at least one of a document, an image, a moving image, and an audio data that can be handled by a computer. Or a system that prevents the semantic loss of history in correction management. When the system is formed by a hardware configuration including a computer and a network and a target location in the document is specified, the first operation of inputting the comment can be performed on the target location. The second work, in which the place and the input comment are shared among all the parties concerned, can be performed, and the change history is accumulated without dissipating the relevance between the comments. It is characterized in that all the work of the fourth work in which the location and the input comment are displayed and the fifth work in which the final confirmation and / or approval is performed can be performed in a timely manner. A system for preventing semantic loss of history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The designation of the target location includes the designation by a combination of a rectangle, a circle, an arbitrary curve or a straight line, a brightness or a color coordinate for the image, and an underline or a marker for the character data. The preparation of the document according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which includes being designated, and including being designated by visualization data for the moving image data or the audio data. / Or a system that prevents the semantic loss of history in correction management. The comment chain can be folded as needed, and only the necessary comments can be displayed. The history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A system that prevents semantic dissipation of. The comment is characterized in that it can display an icon image including the name, affiliation, and face of the worker involved, and information including at least one of the attributes of the worker who issued the comment. A system for preventing semantic loss of history in the creation and / or correction management of the document according to any one of 1 to 7. That comment includes at least one of the attached document, telephone conversation record, voice call record, video conference record, web conference record, and information exchange record by email. A system for preventing semantic loss of history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which is characterized. The comment in any of the telephone, the voice call, the TV conference, and the web conference is converted into a character string by using voice recognition technology, and the corresponding part of the mail is input and saved as a comment. , A system for preventing the semantic loss of history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to claim 9. In the display of the comment chain, it is displayed where in the document the discussion process forming the comment chain is focused, and conversely, the comment chain is displayed for the point of interest in the document. Prevents semantic dissipation of history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the progress of all discussions about the point of interest is displayed. System to do. One of claims 1 to 11, further comprising a party setting means in which a person or AI sets who is a party when a comment is input to the target location. A system that prevents the semantic loss of history in the creation and / or modification management of the documents described in the section. It is characterized by further including a comparison means for comparing the documents before and after the correction with respect to at least one of the text data, the image data, the audio data, and the data in which these are mixed, which are created as the correction result. , A system for preventing semantic loss of history in the creation and / or modification management of the document according to any one of claims 1 to 12. A person who includes at least one of forgotten reply, omission of check, and omission of confirmation while experts in multiple different fields collaborate to perform correction work related to the location to be corrected in the document. 13. A system that prevents the semantic loss of history in the creation and / or correction management of the document described in any one of them. A computer-readable program for a system in which multiple parties with different roles and / or abilities work together to create, modify, review, confirm, or make at least one end decision on a document. To the computer
The first function that the comment input box is automatically displayed when you specify the target location for document correction,
A second function that visually associates the target location with the comment input box,
A third function of forming a comment chain to distinguish the sender and accumulating a series of corrected comments from the plurality of related parties to the target location, and
A fourth function that handles the semantic relationships between the target location and the series of comments without dissipating by visually clearly displaying the association between the target location and the comment.
A computer-readable program for executing the fifth function of displaying a screen for confirming correction and determining the end based on the display related to the fourth function. A recording medium on which the program according to claim 15 is recorded. Where multiple parties with different roles and / or abilities work together to create, modify, review, confirm, or make at least one end decision on a document, and where to modify it in the document. Establish a correspondence with comments,
Establish a correspondence between multiple comments from the multiple parties,
Maintaining the chronological and semantic relevance between the corrections and the plurality of comments,
Display the correction location and / or the plurality of comments, and display a screen for confirming the correction and / or approving the completion by a plurality of parties based on them.
A method of preventing semantic loss of history in document creation and / or modification management.

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