JP4252990B2 - Browsing device for content evaluation - Google Patents

Description

The present invention can be used to evaluate the content of a paper medium for visual inspection finely and accurately and efficiently , and to feed back the result of the evaluation to the layout adjustment of content editing. The present invention relates to a content evaluation browsing apparatus capable of generating information, and a manuscript editing processing apparatus utilizing the information .

  In patent document 1, the technique regarding an electronic folding leaflet system is disclosed. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique in which an e-book publisher obtains a reader's reading status using an e-book mobile terminal and communication means, and uses this as marketing information. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133867 discloses a technique for finding and improving problems on a web site based on a total of access statuses to the web site.

Japanese Patent Publication 2001-357286 Japanese Patent Publication No. 2004-252869 Japanese Patent Publication No. 2005-189942

  However, all of them are technologies related to content that has been digitized. Therefore, there is no mention or suggestion regarding the evaluation of the content for visual viewing. For this reason, it cannot be used to evaluate visually browsed content.

The present invention, which solve such the conventional problems, is subjected to visual viewing, the evaluation of the content of the paper medium, performs fine accuracy, also efficiently from the results of the evaluation, the content It is an object of the present invention to provide a content evaluation browsing apparatus capable of generating information that can be used to feed back the editing layout adjustment .

First, the browsing device for content evaluation according to the first invention of the present application reads the content provided to the user in a paper medium that can be visually viewed as a two-dimensional image , and then performs OCR processing on the text information on the paper medium. Including an information on the arrangement position in the electronic book, as an evaluation target content, an electronic book conversion processing unit that converts it into electronic information, an electronic product storage unit that stores the converted electronic content, and the electronic content The electronic content is provided in response to pseudo browsing access to the digitized content from the evaluation operator client device, which is performed in order to perform pseudo monitoring of browsing of the paper medium content by the user. And an evaluation browsing processing unit for monitoring the browsing status of the access, and a browsing process log for storing the monitored result as a browsing log A storage unit, an evaluation information generation processing unit for generating evaluation information used for evaluating the paper medium content based on information stored in the browsing process log storage device, and based on the generated evaluation information In order to provide feedback to the layout adjustment for editing the content to be evaluated, the content items included in the content include the page position to be arranged, the arrangement position in one page, the arrangement order of the content items, the size and the color of the content item. By providing an evaluation information providing device that generates information that can be used for character selection , the above-described problems are solved.

Next, the document editing processing apparatus according to the second invention of the present application uses the feedback information obtained by the browsing apparatus for content evaluation according to the first invention to determine the frequency of browsing in editing the paper medium content for visual browsing . An automatic edit adjustment processing unit that adjusts the layout, including at least one of the high-level movement to the previous page and the layout change to the same page of content items that frequently move between each other , and the adjustment And a DTP processing unit that edits the paper medium content in accordance with an operation from the operator.

  The operation of the present invention will be briefly described below.

  In the present invention, first, the content provided to the user on a paper medium that can be viewed visually is converted into electronic information by the electronic book processing unit as content to be evaluated. The digitized content after the conversion is stored in the digitized product storage unit.

  Then, in order to perform a pseudo monitor of the browsing of the paper medium content by the user, according to the pseudo browsing access to the digitized content from the evaluation operator / client device by the evaluation browsing processing unit, The digitized content is provided. Further, at the time of the provision, the evaluation browsing processing unit monitors the browsing status of the access. The evaluation browsing processing unit stores the monitored result as a browsing log in the browsing process log accumulating unit.

Such pseudo-browsing, and after monitoring of the browsing, the evaluation information generation unit, based on the information stored in the viewing process log storage device, used to evaluate the paper medium content rating Generate information.

According to the present invention as described above, a detailed state during browsing can be monitored in a pseudo manner by pseudo browsing. Based on such evaluation information, information to be fed back to the editing of the evaluation target content is generated or superimposed on the display of the corresponding page of the evaluation target content and displayed on the screen of the evaluation requester or the like. Can do.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content evaluation browsing apparatus capable of performing fine, accurate, and efficient evaluation of content used for visual browsing.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  In this embodiment, the content provided to the user on a paper medium that can be viewed visually is set as the evaluation target content. Here, such content is hereinafter referred to as paper medium content. Further, the editing of the original of the paper medium content is performed by the original editing processing device 12 described later.

  Further, the above-mentioned paper medium content is once converted into a digitized product to be digitized content. Then, in order to perform pseudo monitoring of browsing of the paper medium content by the user, pseudo browsing of the digitized content from the evaluation operator / client device is performed by a content evaluation browsing device 10 to be described later. Provided by. The content evaluation browsing apparatus 10 provides digitized content for browsing and monitors the access browsing status. The pseudo browsing is performed by a pseudo user that simulates a user browsing the paper medium content, and the pseudo user browses the digitized content from the evaluation operator / client device 5A.

  The paper medium content is not particularly limited. The appearance of the paper medium content may be limited to one such as a leaflet, or may be a page such as a brochure, catalog, or book. The paper medium content may be sold at a bookstore or a store, or distributed free of charge like a newspaper flyer.

Also, the electronic content is not particularly limited. A two-dimensional image of a paper medium content read by a scanner device may be used as it is. Performs OCR (Optical Character Reader) processing on the read two-dimensional image, converts it into text data, HTML (hypertext markup language) data, and XML (extensible markup language) data, and those changes are converted into electronic content It may be used as Alternatively, if the manuscript of the paper medium content is digital data, it may be converted into text data, HTML data, or XML data as it is or may be converted as appropriate.
Unlike simple text data, if it is an electronic content such as HTML data or XML data, the position of the converted individual character information on the paper medium may be converted into data during OCR processing. It goes without saying that we can do it. Therefore, as will be described later, when evaluating the paper medium content, it is easy to store the coordinate position of the screen when browsing the digitized content by the pseudo user as the browsing process log. It is also easy to use when generating information to be fed back to the original editing.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall hardware configuration of a content evaluation browsing apparatus and a document editing processing apparatus according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

  In this figure, a document editing processing device 12 for editing paper medium content, a content evaluation browsing device 10 to which the present invention is applied, and a client device 5 are connected to a network 1.

  The on-premises equipment 14 is connected to the network 1 by the gateway 7. In the premises equipment 14, in addition to the gateway 7, the document editing processing device 12, the content evaluation browsing device 10, and the client device 5 are connected to the network 3.

  The client device 5 connected to the network 1 or the network 3 is used for various purposes as an evaluation operator / client device 5A or an evaluation requester client device 5B, as will be described later.

  The network 1 and the network 3 are not particularly limited. Typically, the network 1 is the Internet or the like, and the network 3 is a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like.

  The paper medium content edited by the document edit processing device 12 is not particularly limited as described above. The document edit processing device 12 is a computer device for creating a document layout for printing by so-called DTP (Desk Top Publishing). In the original editing processing apparatus 12, the editing result is referred to as original data and is digital data. Based on the original data, a paper medium content can be created by printing out the original editing processing apparatus 12 with the printer device 333 or the like, or performing a large amount of printing at a printing shop.

  The browsing apparatus for content evaluation 10 is for applying the present invention to accurately and efficiently evaluate a content that is prepared by editing a document as described above and is used for visual browsing. The content of the paper medium created by the document edited by the document editing processing device 12 is read as a two-dimensional image by the scanner device 334 described later in the content evaluation browsing device 10, or OCR processing is performed on the two-dimensional image. Or convert it to electronic content.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of hardware used for each device of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 2 shows a hardware of a certain type of computer device used as a content evaluation browsing device 10, a document editing processing device 12, a PC (Personal Computer) used for the client device 5, an EWS (Engineering Work Station), or the like. The hardware configuration is shown.

  The computer apparatus of this figure may be a general PC (Personal Computer) apparatus on which Windows (registered trademark) of US Microsoft Corporation is installed as an example of the OS (Operating System), and is not particularly limited. A PC device, a server device, or a so-called workstation such as EWS may be used, and such hardware can be used. In this figure, the hardware configuration is partially abstracted for the sake of explanation.

  In this figure, a computer device includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 310, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 311, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 312, a LAN-I / F (Inter Face) 313, a MODEM (modulator). -demodulator) 314 and various I / Fs 320 to 322. These are interconnected by a bus 301.

  Further, a screen display device 330 is connected to the bus 301 via the I / F 320. A keyboard 331, a mouse 332, a printer device 333, and a scanner device 334 that are interconnected by a bus 303 are connected to the bus 301 via an I / F 321.

  Further, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) device 340, a CD (Compact Disc) drive device 341, and an FDD (Floppy (registered trademark) Disc Drive) device 342 are connected to the bus 301 via the I / F 322. Has been. These are interconnected by a bus 302. Note that the CD drive device 341 and the like may be of a similar form, for example, a DVD (Digital Video Disc) drive device.

  In the hardware configuration as described above, the storage means and storage devices are RAM 311, ROM 312, HDD device 340, CD drive device 341, FDD device 342, and the like. In such storage means and storage devices, various programs executed by the CPU 310, databases and various files and data accessed in the present embodiment are stored, and can be accessed electronically. For example, an OS, a program for providing an environment for using software resources such as a database and JAVA (registered trademark), an application program according to the present embodiment, and a web browser program are stored in the HDD device 340. At the time of execution, the data is read into the RAM 311 and executed by the CPU 310. Note that the LAN-I / F 313 is used for connection to the network 3 and the network 1, and the application program executed by the CPU 310 includes those acquired via the network.

  Further, when executing an OS, an application program, or the like, an operator performs character input and various operations with the keyboard 331 while referring to information displayed and output on the screen display device 330, and coordinate input and various operations with the mouse 332. Or input. Further, necessary information can be printed out from the printer device 333 as appropriate. Further, the scanner device 334 can read the content of the paper medium as a two-dimensional image. Needless to say, these outputs and inputs are performed electronically by a program executed by the CPU 310.

  The CD drive device 341 and the FDD device 342 are used for application program installation and other offline information exchange when the present invention is applied.

  Next, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the content evaluation browsing device 10 and the document editing processing device 12 of the present embodiment. Each processing unit in this figure is realized centering on an application program executed in hardware as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the document editing processing apparatus 12 includes a DTP processing unit 48 and an automatic editing adjustment processing unit 49. The content evaluation browsing device 10 includes an electronic book processing unit 31, an electronic product storage device 32, an evaluation browsing processing unit 34, a browsing process log storage device 38, an evaluation information generation processing unit 43, and evaluation information. A storage device 44 and an evaluation information provision processing unit 46 are included. The evaluation browsing processing unit 34 includes an electronic product display unit 35 and an evaluation browsing monitoring unit 36.

  The electronic content evaluation browsing processing unit 40 is a particularly central part to which the present invention is applied. The electronic product storage device 32, the evaluation browsing processing unit 34, and the browsing process log storage described above. A device 38 is included.

  It should be noted that the electronic book conversion processing unit 31 performs pre-processing for the processing of the electronic content evaluation browsing processing unit 40. In addition, the evaluation information generation processing unit 43, the evaluation information storage device 44, and the evaluation information provision processing unit 46 perform post-processing on the processing of the electronic content evaluation browsing processing unit 40. Therefore, the electronic book conversion processing unit 31, the evaluation information generation processing unit 43, the evaluation information storage device 44, and the evaluation information provision processing unit 46 are configured in hardware different from the electronic content evaluation browsing processing unit 40. Or may be configured independently.

  Next, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the content original creation and its evaluation processing including processing to which the present invention is applied in the present embodiment.

  The operation of the present embodiment will be described below with reference to this flowchart and the block diagram of FIG.

  First, in step 110, the DTP processing unit 48 of the document editing processing apparatus 12 edits the document of the paper medium content. The editing utilizes so-called DTP application software.

  In step 110, the content of the paper medium is produced by printing or the like based on the document created after the editing is completed. The produced paper medium content is an evaluation target content 21 in FIG.

  In step 130, the evaluation target content 21 is sold or distributed according to the purpose of the evaluation target content 21 that is a paper medium, and is used for browsing. It should be noted that the visual browsing in step 130 may be performed after the content is evaluated after step 112.

  On the other hand, in step 112, the evaluation target content 21 to which the present invention is applied is evaluated. The step 112 is divided into details of steps 114 and 116.

  First, in step 114, the evaluation target content 21 is read as a two-dimensional image by the electronic book processing unit 31 while using the scanner device 334. The two-dimensional image is converted into an electronic product while being subjected to OCR processing, and stored in the electronic product storage device 32. The digitized product is expressed by digital data, and the expression form is not particularly limited. For example, data in XML format may be used.

  Next, in step 116, like one site in the network, the evaluation browsing processing unit 34 is evaluated as converted into the digitized product as described above by the process centered on the digitized product display unit 35. The content is provided so as to be accessible from the client device 5. The client device 5 used by the operator (pseudo user) at this time is called an evaluation operator / client device 5A as shown in FIG. At the time of the access, the operation when the operator browses the content to be evaluated in the evaluation operator / client apparatus 5A is monitored by the evaluation browsing processing unit 34 by a process centering on the evaluation browsing monitoring unit 36. The log is stored in the browsing process log storage device 38 as a browsing process log.

  The operations for browsing that are the targets of the monitor and the targets of the accumulation are as follows. Below, the contents of the browsing process log stored in the browsing process log storage device 38 corresponding to each of these operations are also shown.

(1) “Page turning” operation (operation of moving a page to be viewed from a certain page (From) to a specified page (To) such as the current page):
Accumulated log contents:
Move From = “10P” To = “11P”

(2) “Enlargement” operation (operation to change to the designated display magnification at the browsing location (coordinates (x, y))):
Accumulated log contents:
Page = “5P” Enlargement x = “100” y = “100” Magnification = “3”

(3) “Keyword search” operation (search for specifying a keyword (operation of a search result (including the searched page (P) and an outline of the position on the page) in the log)):
Accumulated log contents:
Keyword search Keyword = “Sumiteme” List number = “20”
Search result list
1P upper stage
2P lower stage
5P middle stage
...

(4) “Print” operation (operation of printing from a designated page (From) to a designated page (To)):
Accumulated log contents:
Print From = “3” To = “4” Attached information = “on”

(5) “Refer to internal link” operation (operation of moving the viewing location to the specified position (x, y) on the specified page (To)):
Accumulated log contents:
Internal link reference To = “1P” x = “10” y = “20”

(6) “Refer to external link” operation (operation to move to a specified URL page):
Accumulated log contents:
External link reference Page = “6P” Link ID = “123” Link name = “Smitem” href = “http://www.sumitem.co.jp”

(7) “Video playback” operation (playback operation of video of specified URL):
Accumulated log contents:
Video playback page = “7P” link ID = “456” link name = “Sumitem” href = “http://www.sumitem.co.jp/sumitem.mov”

(8) “Mail transmission” operation (operation of mail transmission to the specified destination (To)):
Accumulated log contents:
Mail transmission Page = “7P” Link ID = “789” Link name = “Sumitem” To = “mail@sumitem.co.jp”

(9) “Paste sticky note” operation (paste sticky note with designated form (color or other) on designated position (x, y)):
Accumulated log contents:
Sticky note pasting page = “3P” x = “300” y = “460” text = “note here!”
Type = “pros” Color = “pink” width = “100” height = “10”
State = “Normal”

(10) Operation of “handwritten memo” (operation for drawing a free curve that sequentially complements a plurality of consecutive designated positions (x, y)):
Accumulated log contents:

Handwritten memo page = “10P”
Handwritten notes
Point1 = “1,1”
Point2 = “2, 2”
...
...
Pointn = "100, 100"

(11) “Add bookmark” operation (operation for setting a bookmark on a specified page (Page)):
Accumulated log contents:
Add bookmark Page = “23”

In step 118 following step 116, information (hereinafter referred to as evaluation information) for evaluating the evaluation target content 21 by the evaluation information generation processing unit 43 is based on information stored in the browsing process log storage device 38. And is stored in the evaluation information storage device 44. The evaluation information is in units of pages of the evaluation target content 21, and will be described later with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8, reference numeral 200 denotes a so-called window or the like, which is the entire display range. In step 118, the evaluation information generation processing unit 43 may generate information to be fed back to the document editing processing device 12 as will be described later, and this may also be stored in the evaluation information storage device 44.
For example, in the case of digitized content converted as described above using HTML data, XML data, or the like, the arrangement position of each character information converted by the OCR process on the paper medium can also be referred to. . Therefore, information that can be used to select the character of the content item including the page position where the content item included in the content is arranged, the arrangement position on one page, the arrangement order of the content items, the size and the color is easily generated. be able to.

  In step 120, the evaluation information providing processing unit 46 allows the evaluation information generated in step 118 to be viewed by the client device 5 (hereinafter referred to as the evaluation requester client device 5B) used by the person who requested the evaluation (evaluation requester). provide. The provision of the evaluation information can also be performed by displaying a screen as shown in FIGS.

  In step 122, the evaluation information provision processing unit 46 generates information for feeding back the evaluation information generated in step 118 to document editing in the document editing processing apparatus 12. The generated feedback information or feedback information generated by the evaluation information generation processing unit 43 and stored in the evaluation information storage device 44 is transmitted to the document editing processing device 12.

  Based on the feedback information, the manuscript editing processing device 12 corrects the manuscript of the evaluation target content 21 that has already been edited, including a part of the operator's input, or automatically. The correction is adjustment of the layout. For example, layout adjustment such as page position to be arranged, arrangement position on one page, arrangement order of content items, selection of characters of content items including size and color, and the like. The above-mentioned content item is content content included in the evaluation target content 21 and is one group such as one table of contents.

Also, according to the information used for such layout adjustment, for example, a frequently viewed item is moved to the previous page, or content items that are frequently moved between each other are changed to the same page. It is also easy to do .

  5 to 8 are diagrams each showing a display of evaluation information. In particular, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the display of enlarged coordinates as evaluation information. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the display of scroll coordinates. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display of sticky note pasting. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a pen writing display. In these drawings, the outermost thick line frame is a display range of one screen when displayed on the screen display device 330. These displays may be one (one window) that is appropriately displayed as a so-called window in one screen.

  In these FIG. 5 to FIG. 8, the status of the designated page included in the evaluation target content 21 viewed by the operator who is evaluated in the evaluation operator / client apparatus 5A is displayed superimposed on the display of the corresponding page.

  In FIG. 5, the coordinate position designated by the operator in the enlargement operation is indicated by the position of the “x” mark. In FIG. 6, the coordinates (flow line) of the center of the screen that the operator actually scrolls by the scroll operation are indicated by arrows. In FIG. 7, the sticky note pasted on the corresponding page of the evaluation target content 21 is shown in a state of being stuck to the corresponding portion. In FIG. 7, a rectangle filled with diagonal lines is a tag. In FIG. 8, pen writing drawn on the corresponding page is indicated by a broken line, and all the pen writings are superimposed on the corresponding page.

  Note that the above-described enlargement operation is to designate a corresponding coordinate position and enlarge the display from the present center. The scrolling operation is to move the display location up and down or left and right. The sticking of a sticky note is a method in which a text sentence such as a memo is input, a corresponding sticking coordinate position is designated, and a sticky note on which the text sentence is displayed is pasted to the sticking coordinate position. Also, the operator performs the designation of the coordinate position of the enlargement operation, the scroll operation, the input of the text sentence of the sticky note, the designation of the pasted coordinate, and the pen writing by using the keyboard 331 and the mouse 332.

  In the enlargement operation according to FIG. 5, the scroll operation according to FIG. 6, the sticky note pasting operation according to FIG. 7, and the pen writing operation according to FIG. 8, the corresponding display on the display screen increases as the number of operations increases.

  Further, when attention is paid to the display ranges of the individual content items included in the content, the number of these operations in the display range of the individual content items can be grasped. In addition, content items with a large number of operations are frequently viewed. Therefore, it is also possible to automatically adjust the page position of the content item to be arranged, the arrangement position on the one page, and the arrangement order of the content items according to the browsing frequency.

  In addition, the browsing frequency can be grasped in the same manner for parts that are included in the content and are finer than such content items. Therefore, it is possible to select a character (character font) including the size and color of the portion. It is also possible to automatically change a portion having a high browsing frequency to a large character or a character with a conspicuous color such as red.

  Further, from the monitoring result of the operation status related to the enlargement operation according to FIG. 5 and the scroll operation according to FIG. Further, the browsing order among the content items can be grasped from the order of performing the enlargement operation and the scroll operation. Therefore, the arrangement order of the content items can be automatically set or changed according to the browsing order.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, the present invention can be effectively applied.

As described above, according to the present invention, the evaluation of the content of the paper medium that is provided for visual inspection is performed finely and accurately and efficiently , and the result of the evaluation is fed back to the layout adjustment for editing the content. The browsing apparatus for content evaluation which can produce | generate the information which can be used in order to do can be provided.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of hardware related to a content evaluation browsing apparatus and a document editing processing apparatus according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. The block diagram which shows the structure of the hardware used for each apparatus of the said embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a content evaluation browsing apparatus and a document editing processing apparatus according to the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the original creation of a content and its evaluation process including the process to which this invention is applied in the said embodiment. The diagram which shows the display of the enlarged coordinate which is the evaluation information in the said embodiment. The diagram which shows the display of the scroll coordinate in the said embodiment. The diagram which shows the display of sticky note sticking in the said embodiment. The diagram which shows the display of the pen writing in the said embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Network 3 ... Network 5 ... Client apparatus 5A ... Evaluation operator client apparatus 5B ... Evaluation requester client apparatus 7 ... Gateway 10 ... Browsing apparatus for content evaluation 12 ... Document editing processing apparatus 14 ... Premise equipment 21 ... Evaluation object content 31 ... Electronic book processing section 32 ... Electronic product storage device 34 ... Evaluation browsing processing section 35 ... Electronic product display section 36 ... Evaluation browsing monitoring section 38 ... Browsing process log storage device 40 ... Electronic content evaluation browsing processing Unit 43 ... Evaluation information generation processing unit 44 ... Evaluation information storage device 46 ... Evaluation information provision processing unit 48 ... DTP processing unit 49 ... Automatic editing adjustment processing unit 301-303 ... Bus 310 ... CPU
311 ... RAM
312 ... ROM
313 ... LAN-I / F
314 ... MODEM
320 to 322 ... I / F
330 ... Screen display device 331 ... Keyboard 332 ... Mouse 333 ... Printer device 334 ... Scanner device 340 ... HDD device 341 ... CD drive device 342 ... FDD device

Claims (2)

Content that is provided to the user on a paper medium that can be viewed visually is read as a two-dimensional image, and then includes information on the position of the character information on the paper medium by OCR processing. An electronic book conversion processing unit that converts information into
An electronic product storage unit for storing the electronic content after the conversion;
In response to the pseudo browsing access to the digitized content from the evaluation operator / client device, the digitized content is used for the pseudo monitoring of the browsing of the paper medium content by the user. An evaluation browsing processing unit that provides a computerized content and monitors the browsing status of the access;
A browsing process log storage unit for storing the monitored result as a browsing log;
An evaluation information generation processing unit that generates evaluation information to be used for evaluating the paper medium content based on information stored in the browsing process log storage device;
Based on the generated evaluation information, the content item included in the content is fed back to the editing layout adjustment of the evaluation target content , the page position to be arranged, the arrangement position on the page, the arrangement order of the content items, An evaluation information providing device that generates information that can be used to select characters of content items including size and color ;
A browsing apparatus for content evaluation, characterized by comprising: Content items that are frequently viewed but are moved to the previous page and frequently moved between each other in the editing of the paper medium content for visual browsing using the feedback information according to claim 1. An automatic edit adjustment processing unit for adjusting the layout, including at least one of layout changes to the same page ,
A document editing processing apparatus, comprising: a DTP processing unit that edits the paper medium content in accordance with the adjustment and an operation from an operator.

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