JP4004875B2 - Database search control device and database control method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
【Technical field】
The present invention relates to a database search control device and a database control method.
[0002]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
When extracting data stored in a database, keywords are often entered into the database. Data matching the entered keyword is extracted from the database. A user who is accustomed to database operations can input appropriate keywords and find desired data relatively easily. However, it is relatively difficult for a user unfamiliar with database operations to input an appropriate keyword, and finding desired data is often not easy.
[0003]
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to find data relatively easily.
[0004]
The database search control device according to the present invention rotates around the bar indicating the first search condition along the axial direction, and is movable relative to the bar. First display control means for controlling the display device so as to display an object to be operated including a rotating body showing the search condition, and a subject displayed on the display device based on the control of the first display control means The operating means for operating the rotational position of the rotating body and the relative position of the rotating body and the bar, and the first search condition determined according to the relative position by the operating means and the rotating position Database control means is provided for controlling the database so as to find out the corresponding data based on the second search condition determined accordingly.
[0005]
The present invention also provides a method suitable for the database search control device. That is, this database control method is configured to rotate around the bar indicating the first search condition and the bar along the axial direction, and move relative to the bar. A target object including a rotator indicating a search condition is displayed on a display device, and is determined according to a relative position between the rotator and the bar of the target object displayed on the display device. The database is controlled so as to find out the corresponding data based on the second search condition determined according to the search condition and the rotation position of the rotating body.
[0006]
According to the present invention, an object to be operated including a bar and a rotating body that rotates around the bar and is relatively movable is displayed on the display screen of the display device. The rotational position of the rotating body constituting the operated body and the relative position between the rotating body and the bar are operated by the user. The first search condition is determined by the relative position between the rotating body and the bar, and the second search condition is determined according to the rotational position of the rotating body. The database is searched based on the determined first search condition and second search condition, and the corresponding data is found.
[0007]
The first search condition is determined by the rotational position of the rotating body of the operated body, and the second search condition is determined by the relative position between the rotating body and the bar (the second search condition determined on the surface of the rotating body). Search criteria may be displayed). Two search conditions can be specified by operating the object to be operated. Since the database can be searched by two search conditions, desired data can be found relatively easily.
[0008]
The database control means controls the image database so as to find out corresponding image data based on the first search condition and the second search condition, for example. In this case, the display device is controlled so that the image represented by the image data found based on the control by the database control means is displayed on the same display screen as the display screen on which the operated object is displayed. Second display control means will be further provided.
[0009]
For example, when searching the image database, the shooting year is defined as the first search condition defined along the axial direction of the bar. If the rotating body is a quadrangular prism, the side position of the quadrangular prism is the second search condition, and the seasons (spring, summer, autumn or winter) taken corresponding to the four lateral surfaces are defined. The shooting year can be specified by the relative position of the rotating body and the bar, and the season of shooting can be specified on the side of the rotating body according to the position. Image data can be found based on the shooting year and the shooting season. Of course, the first search condition determined based on the relative position between the rotating body and the bar is not limited to the year of shooting, and the second search condition determined based on the rotational position of the rotating body is the shooting. It may be an event such as an entrance ceremony, an athletic meet, an excursion, a graduation party.
[0010]
[Explanation of Examples]
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an image database apparatus.
[0011]
The overall operation of the image database apparatus is controlled by the CPU 2.
[0012]
The image database device includes an image database 4 in which image data representing a large number of images is stored. The image database 4 also stores data representing the characteristics of the image data corresponding to the stored image data. The characteristics of the image data include the shooting date of the image, the average brightness of the image, the average saturation of the image, and the color ratio of the image.
[0013]
The input device 3 includes a keyboard and a mouse. A signal output from the input device 3, for example, a signal indicating that the cursor has been dragged, a signal indicating that the mouse has been clicked, or the like is input to the CPU 2.
[0014]
Also connected to the CPU 2 is a video random access memory (VRAM) 1 that temporarily stores image data representing an image displayed on the display screen of the display device 6. Display of images on the display device 6 is controlled by the display control device 5.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is an example of a window displayed on the display screen of the display device 6.
[0016]
A setter 10 is displayed in the upper part of the window 20. This setting element 10 is shown in perspective in FIG. The setter 10 includes a bar-shaped year setter 11 and a cube-shaped season setter 12. The year setter 11 passes through the center of the season setter 12.
[0017]
The year setter 11 defines the shooting year as a first search condition. The shooting year is displayed corresponding to the year setter 11. When the season setter 12 is dragged to the right with the cursor C, the shooting year changes as if the year setter 11 is moved to the left. That is, when the season setter 12 is dragged to the right in the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shooting year displayed on the year setter 11 increases. Conversely, when the season setter 12 is dragged to the left by the cursor C, the shooting year changes so that the year setter 11 moves to the right. That is, the displayed shooting year decreases. Of course, it is needless to say that the year setter 11 may be dragged without dragging the season setter 12. The shooting year to be searched is determined by the position of the season setter 12 in the year setter 11.
[0018]
The season setter 12 defines the season of shooting as the second search condition. The four aspects of the season setter 12 include the shooting year and spring (for example, March to May), summer (for example, June to August), and fall (for example) determined according to the position of the season setter 12 For example, the season of September to November) or winter (for example, December to February) is displayed. The season setter 12 can be rotated around the year setter 12 by being dragged up and down with the cursor C. The year changes when the season changes from winter to spring. The season setter 12 is dragged upward by the cursor C and rotated 90 degrees to return to the previous season. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when “2000 spring” is displayed in front of the season setter 12, if the season setter 12 is dragged upward by the cursor C, the front of the season setter 12 is displayed. The letter “Winter 1999” appears. The season setter 12 is dragged downward by the cursor C and rotated 90 degrees to return to the next season. When “2000 spring” is displayed in front of the season setter 12 and the season setter 12 is dragged downward by the cursor C, the characters “2000 summer” are displayed in front of the season setter 12. Appears. The season shown in front of the season setter 12 is the season to be searched.
[0019]
A thumbnail image display window 15 is displayed on almost the entire surface of the window 20. A number of thumbnail image display frames 16 are formed in the thumbnail image display window 15. Thumbnail images of images found by the search are displayed in the large number of thumbnail image display frames 16. A scroll bar 17 is formed on the right side of the thumbnail image display window 15. By dragging the scroll bar 17 up and down, the thumbnail image displayed in the thumbnail image display window 15 is scrolled up and down. A first scroll button 18 is formed at the upper right of the thumbnail image display window 15, and a second scroll button 19 is formed at the upper left of the thumbnail image display window 15. When the first scroll button 18 is clicked, it is scrolled upward, and when the second scroll button 19 is clicked, it is scrolled downward.
[0020]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the image database apparatus.
[0021]
When the season setter 12 is dragged up or down (YES in step 31), the season setter 12 is rotated in a direction corresponding to the drag direction according to the drag amount. The rotated season setter 12 is displayed (step 35).
[0022]
When the season setter 12 is dragged downward and the season displayed on the front changes from winter to spring (YES in step 36), the shooting year displayed on the season setter 12 and the year setter 11 are displayed. Each shooting year is increased by one year. A season setter 12 and a year setter 11 in which the shooting year is increased by one year are displayed in the window 20.
[0023]
When the season setter 12 is dragged upward and the season displayed on the front changes from spring to winter (NO in step 36), the shooting year displayed on the season setter 12 and the year setter 11 are displayed. Each shooting year is reduced by one year. A season setter 12 and a year setter 11 in which the shooting year is decreased by one year are displayed in the window 20.
[0024]
If season setter 12 is not dragged upward or downward (NO in step 31) and season setter 12 is dragged left or right (step 32), the dragged position is read (step 33). ). The farther the read position of the season setter 12 is from the center reference position, the faster the change rate of the shooting year displayed on the year setter 11 is. The closer the position of the season setter 12 is to the center reference position The change rate of the shooting year displayed on the year setting member 11 is displayed slowly (step 34). It goes without saying that the shooting year displayed on the season setter 12 also changes according to the dragging of the season setter 12 left and right.
[0025]
Thereafter, when the input device 3 is operated by the user and a search command is given, the image data represents an image taken in the season specified by the year setter 11 and in the season specified by the season setter 12. Is found from the image database 4.
[0026]
In the above-described embodiment, the setter 10 is composed of a year setter 11 and a season setter 12, and the year setter 11 is used to set a shooting year as a search condition. The shooting season is set, but it goes without saying that not only the shooting year and shooting season but also other search conditions can be set. For example, the season setter 12 may be a columnar shape having 12 side surfaces, and the month taken in accordance with the side surfaces of the columnar shape may be set. Various events such as an entrance ceremony, excursion, athletic meet, graduation ceremony and the like may be set by the setter 12 without being limited to the time of shooting. Further, in the above-described embodiment, image data is searched from the image database to find image data, but it goes without saying that not only image data but also other data may be found. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an image database apparatus.
FIG. 2 is an example of a window displayed on a display screen of a display device of the image database device.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an operation element.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the image database apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 CPU
3 Input device 4 Image database 5 Display control device 6 Display device
10 Setting element (object to be operated)
11 year setter (bar)
12 Season setter (Rotating body)
15 Thumbnail image display window C Cursor

Claims (3)

A bar indicating the first search condition along the axial direction and a rotating body that rotates about the bar and is relatively movable with respect to the bar, and that indicates the second search condition according to the rotational position. First display control means for controlling the display device to display the object to be operated,
Operating means for operating the rotational position of the rotating body and the relative position between the rotating body and the bar of the operating body displayed on the display device based on the control of the first display control means, and the operation Database control means for controlling the database so as to find out corresponding data based on a first search condition determined according to the relative position by the means and a second search condition determined according to the rotational position;
A database search control device comprising: The database control means controls the image database so as to search out corresponding image data based on the first search condition and the second search condition,
A second control unit that controls the display device to display an image represented by the image data found based on the control by the database control unit on the same display screen as the display screen on which the object to be operated is displayed; Display control means,
The database search control device according to claim 1, further comprising: A bar indicating the first search condition along the axial direction and a rotating body that rotates about the bar and is relatively movable with respect to the bar, and that indicates the second search condition according to the rotational position. The object to be operated is displayed on the display device,
The first search condition determined according to the relative position between the rotating body and the bar of the operated object displayed on the display device and the second determined according to the rotational position of the rotating body Control the database to find relevant data based on search criteria,
Database control method.

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