JP4902574B2 - Folder assignment program execution control device, folder assignment program execution control method, program thereof, and storage medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a programming technique.

Conventionally, there is a technique for creating (mashing up) new software, services, databases, etc. by combining information and services provided on the Web using GUI (Graphical User Interface) (see Non-Patent Document 1). ). In addition, there is a technique for assigning a process to be executed to a file (data) input to this folder to a folder and automating the process of the file input to this folder (see Non-Patent Document 2).
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  However, the technique described in Non-Patent Document 1 is a unique GUI, and it takes time to acquire the technique. In addition, the technique described in Non-Patent Document 1 is specialized in XML (Extensible Markup Language) data and RSS (Rich Site Summary) mashups, and there are various restrictions on the description content. Furthermore, the technique described in Non-Patent Document 2 has a problem that a process flow can be created only with contents fixed in advance. It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-described problems and provide a programming environment suitable for the user.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a folder assignment program execution control device that controls execution of a program assigned to each folder, and shows the name of the folder and the hierarchical relationship of the folder. For each folder name, a storage unit for storing a name management database indicating a program to be executed for the data input to the folder having the name, and referring to the folder information Referring to the file management unit that determines the hierarchical relationship, the data reception unit that receives data to be input to the folder, the name management database, and the name of the folder in which the data is input, the input data A folder assignment process management unit for selecting a program to be executed, and the folder assignment process When the processing execution unit that executes the program selected by the management unit on the input data and the file management unit determine that there is a lower folder of the folder, the program assigned to the folder Process result data that is an execution result is input to the lower folder , and when the file management unit determines that there are a plurality of lower folders under the folder, the program assigned to the folder is executed. A lower folder data input unit that inputs processing result data as a result to each of the lower folders, and the folder assignment process management unit, the process execution unit, and the lower folder data input unit For the processing result data, it is below the folder in which the data is input. The folder program assigned to each composed and folders allocation program execution control device, characterized in that to execute in the order in which the folder is continuous.

The invention according to claim 11 is a folder information indicating a folder name and a hierarchical relation of the folder, and a name indicating a program to be executed for data input to the folder having the name for each folder name. A folder assignment program execution control device that includes a storage unit that stores a management database, and that controls execution of a program assigned to each of the folders; the step of receiving data to be input to the folder; the name management database; A step of selecting a program to be executed on the input data with reference to the name of the input folder, a step of executing the selected program, and the folder information with reference to the folder information. A step of determining whether or not there is a lower-level folder and the corresponding folder When it is determined that there is a lower folder of the folder, the processing result data which is the execution result of the program allocated to the folder, and input to the lower folders, further, when a plurality of lower folders under the folder When it is determined, the process result data that is the execution result of the program assigned to the folder is input to each of the lower folders, and the input data or the process result data is repeated. The folder assignment program execution control method is characterized in that a program assigned to each of the folders connected in the lower order of the folder in which the data is input is executed in the order in which the folders are connected.

By doing so, the folder assignment program execution control device (program execution control device) executes the program assigned to each folder in each of the nested folders in the lower order of the folder in which the data is input. Can be made. In other words, the user of this program execution control device creates a folder with a hierarchical structure in the order in which the program is to be executed, and inputs a name (or identification information) indicating the program to be executed in each folder. By doing so, various programs can be easily assembled.
In addition, if there are a plurality of lower folders, the program execution control device transfers the processing result data of the program to each of the lower folders, so that the plurality of programs can be executed in parallel. That is, when the user of this program execution control device wants to assemble a program for executing a plurality of programs in parallel, a folder to which these programs are assigned may be created in parallel on the same hierarchy.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the folder assignment program execution control device according to claim 1, further comprising a display processing unit that displays the folder information, wherein the file management unit includes the display processing unit, The hierarchical relationship of the folders indicated in the folder information and the names of the folders are displayed in a tree structure.

  In this way, the user of the program execution control device can easily grasp the flow of the assembled program visually. For example, the program execution control apparatus can display the name of the folder indicated in the folder information and the hierarchical structure of the folder in a tree structure such as Explorer (registered trademark) of Windows (registered trademark).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the folder assignment program execution control device according to the first or second aspect, when the process execution unit fails to execute a program assigned to a lower folder of the folder , before Symbol file management unit, characterized in that it comprises a processing result management unit for storing the processing result data with each operation the lower folders in the folder, and a result notification unit for outputting a processing result in the processing execution unit It shall be the.

  By doing so, the user of the execution control device can easily grasp which folder the program is assigned to when there is a problem in the assembled program.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the folder assignment program execution control device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the file management unit adds an if statement to the plurality of subordinate folders. When it is determined that there is a folder having a name including the lower folder data input unit, the processing result data satisfying the condition indicated in the if statement is input to the folder having the name including the if statement. To do.

  In this way, the program execution control device can execute a program using conditional branching. That is, the user of this program execution control device can easily assemble a program using conditional branching by setting a name including an if statement as the name of the folder.

Invention according to claim 6, in a folder allocation program execution control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the folder allocation program execution control device further includes a general control unit, the name The management database includes an execution condition for this program for each program executed on the data input to the folder, and the overall control unit executes the execution condition for the program assigned to the folder. When the input data is determined to satisfy the execution condition of the program assigned to the folder, the input data is input to the process execution unit. On the other hand, the program is executed.

  In this way, the program execution control device can execute the program when the input data satisfies the execution condition of the program assigned to the folder. That is, the user of this program execution control device can easily assemble a program including the execution conditions of the program.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the folder assignment program execution control device according to the sixth aspect, when the execution condition of the program assigned to the folder is input of a plurality of predetermined data, the overall control unit Is determined whether there is data that has not yet been input to the folder among the plurality of predetermined data indicated in the execution condition, and when it is determined that there is data that has not yet been input to the folder, When the file management unit stores the data input to the folder in a folder other than this folder, and when it is determined that all of the plurality of predetermined data indicated in the execution condition is complete, the process execution unit executes the execution of the program It is characterized in that processing is performed.

  In this way, the program execution control device waits until all the predetermined data is input to the folder, and when all the predetermined data is input, executes the program assigned to the folder for this data You can do that. That is, the user of the program execution control device can easily assemble a program that is executed when all predetermined data is input.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the folder assignment program execution control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein when the parameter is included in the name of the folder, the process execution unit The program assigned to the folder name is executed using the parameter.

  By doing in this way, the program execution control device can perform the program execution process in which the parameter is set when the parameter of the program is included in the folder name. Therefore, the user of this program execution control device can easily set the parameters of the program assigned to this folder by setting the name including the parameter in this folder.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the folder assignment program execution control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the folder assignment management unit refers to the name management database and the data When it is determined that there is no program corresponding to the name of the folder to which is input, the file management unit stores the input data in the folder.

  By doing so, the program execution control apparatus can use a folder to which a program is not assigned as a normal folder.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the folder assignment program execution control device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the lower folder is linked from a folder stored immediately below the folder. A link destination folder is included.

  By doing in this way, the program execution control apparatus can use various folders as a lower folder by using a link. The link destination is described by, for example, a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of the link destination folder.

The invention described in claim 12 is the folder assignment program execution control program for causing the folder assignment program execution control device, which is a computer, to execute the folder assignment program execution control method described in claim 11.

  According to such a program, it is possible to cause a general computer to execute the folder assignment program execution control method described in claim 11.

  The invention according to claim 13 is a computer-readable storage medium storing the folder assignment program execution control program according to claim 12.

  According to such a storage medium, the folder assignment program execution control program according to claim 12 can be executed by causing a general computer to read the storage medium.

  According to the present invention, a programming environment suitable for a user can be provided.

<< First Embodiment >>
Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as an “embodiment”) will be described by dividing it into a first embodiment to a fourth embodiment. First, the outline of the folder assignment program execution control device (program execution control device) of each embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams for explaining the operation outline of the program execution control device of each embodiment. In the following description, the lower level of a folder means directly under the folder. That is, it means a hierarchy one level below the folder. Further, “upper folder” means a hierarchy one level higher than the folder.

  Here, “Program Example 1”, which is a simple process of extracting image feature amounts, will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, there is a “video format unification mpeg2” folder below the “program example 1” folder, and a “video cut representative diagram image extraction” folder below that. Subordinate to the “extract representative image in video cut” folder are a “detect face in image” folder and a “character recognition in landscape” folder.

  The program execution control apparatus manages such a hierarchical structure of folders by a file management unit (details will be described later). That is, the program execution control device manages which folder is under which folder, what is the name of each folder (folder name), and the like as folder information (details will be described later). The program execution control apparatus also has a name management database (DB) 132 that indicates the name of the program and the process assigned to the folder with that name (specifically, the storage location of the program for executing the process). Is provided.

  When data is input to the highest folder (for example, the “program example 1” folder in FIG. 1) of the group of folders having a hierarchical structure, the program execution control device names the folder in which this data is input. Then, the following processing is performed with reference to the name management DB 132.

  That is, first, processing is performed according to the process assigned to the “Program Example 1” folder (“/ folderprog / through”), and the process assigned to the “Video format unification mpeg2” folder below the input data ( Execute the program stored in “/ local / bin / convert”. Next, the program execution control device transfers the execution result (processing result data) of this process to the “extract representative image in video cut image” folder. Then, the process (program stored in “/ local / bin / cut”) assigned to the “representative image extraction in video cut” folder is executed. Then, the processing result data here is transferred to the “Face detection in image” folder and the “Character recognition in landscape” folder. Next, the process assigned to the “Face Detection in Image” folder (a program stored in “/ local / bin / face-detect”) and the process assigned to the “Landscape Character Recognition” folder (“/ local program stored in "/ bin / letter-detect"). Then, the program execution control device stores the processing result data of the process assigned to the “Face detection in image” folder in the “Face detection in image” folder, and the process execution data assigned to the “Character recognition in landscape” folder. The processing result data is stored in the “character recognition in landscape” folder.

  In other words, when data is input to the uppermost folder of these folders, the program execution control device sequentially performs the processing assigned to each of the lower folders connected to each folder in accordance with the hierarchical structure of the folders. Execute. Then, the program execution control device stores the final processing result data in the lowest folder.

  When the user assembles “program example 1” to be executed by the program execution control device, for example, the program is as shown in FIG. Here, a description will be given assuming that a “video format unified mpeg2” folder has already been created under “program example 1”. In the following description, a folder is described by way of example as being created by a program execution control device, but may be a folder created by an external device.

  As shown in the display screen 101 of FIG. 2, the program execution control apparatus displays a folder created based on an instruction input from the user together with its name. Then, an instruction for creating a lower folder of the currently focused folder (for example, the “video format unification mpeg2” folder) is received on the screen denoted by reference numeral 104.

  Note that the creation of the folder at this time is performed by inputting a creation instruction of a new folder and a name of a program assigned to the new folder. In this way, the user can assemble the program with the same feeling as normal folder creation. The folder may be created by the program execution control apparatus displaying the program selection screen 103 and creating the folder based on the folder name selected by the user.

  For example, when the program execution control apparatus detects that the folder selected from the program selection screen 103 has been copied to the folder creation area 104, a folder with that name may be created.

  As described above, when the “extract representative picture image in video cut” folder is created under the “video format unification mpeg2” folder, the display screen 102 is displayed. In other words, the “extract representative picture image in video cut” folder is added under the “unified video format mpeg2” folder, and the process of “unified video format mpeg2” → “extract representative picture image in video cut” is assembled. That is, at the time of data input to “Program Example 1”, the processing assigned to the lower-level “video format unified mpeg2” folder is executed, and then the “representative image extraction in video cut” folder is used using the processing result data. A series of processes is executed in which the process assigned to is executed.

<Configuration>
Next, the configuration of the program execution control device of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the program execution control apparatus of the present embodiment.

  The program execution control device 10 is realized by a computer including an input / output unit 11, a processing unit 12, and a storage unit 13. The input / output unit 11 controls input / output of various data. The processing unit 12 refers to the name management DB 132 of the storage unit 13, executes the process assigned to this folder for the data input to the folder, and transfers the processing result data to the lower folder. The storage unit 13 stores a name management DB 132 and the like that the processing unit 12 refers to in order to execute the process assigned to the folder. Note that the program execution control apparatus 10A will be described in a third embodiment.

  The input / output unit 11 includes an input / output interface and a communication interface. The processing unit 12 is realized by a program execution process by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) included in the program execution control device 10 or a dedicated circuit. Further, the storage unit 13 includes a storage medium such as a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a hard disk drive (HDD), and a flash memory. When the program execution control device 10 is realized by program execution processing, the storage unit 13 stores a program (not shown) for realizing the functions of the program execution control device 10. Further, the program execution control device 10 may be connected to an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse and an output device such as a liquid crystal monitor.

<Input / output unit>
The input / output unit 11 receives input of various data such as a folder creation instruction to the file management unit 121 and outputs data of a display screen.

<Processing unit>
As described above, the processing unit 12 executes the process assigned to this folder for the data input to the folder, and passes the execution result to the lower folder. Such a processing unit 12 includes a display processing unit 120, a file management unit 121, a data reception unit 122, a result notification unit 123, a lower folder data input unit 124, a result reception unit 125, and a folder allocation process management. Unit 126, processing execution unit 127, processing result management unit 128, and overall control unit 129.

  The display processing unit 120 displays folder information 131 (described later in detail) managed by the file management unit 121 on an external display device or the like as a display screen. For example, the hierarchical relationship of folders and folder names indicated in the folder information 131 are displayed in a tree structure such as Windows (registered trademark) Explorer (registered trademark).

  The file management unit 121 refers to the folder information 131 to determine the folder name and the hierarchical relationship of the folders. Then, the determination result is output to the folder assignment processing management unit 126 and the like via the overall control unit 129. When an input of a folder creation instruction is received via the input / output unit 11, a folder is created based on this instruction, a name is assigned, and the hierarchical relationship between the created folder and other folders and the folder name are displayed as a folder. Information 131 (details will be described later) may be recorded. The function of the file management unit 121 may be realized using a known file management technique.

  The data receiving unit 122 receives data input to each folder indicated in the folder information 131. The data input here may be a single file or a plurality of files (data). Moreover, the folder which stored these files may be sufficient, and the folder of an empty state may be sufficient. Furthermore, there may be a plurality of folders. When a plurality of data and folders are input in this way, the overall control unit 129 may control to execute processing in time series with reference to the time stamps of the data and folders. Further, the overall control unit 129 may perform control so that these data and folders are processed in parallel.

  The result notifying unit 123 notifies (outputs) the execution result of the process assigned to each folder. For example, the result notification unit 123 notifies that the process assigned to the folder has failed.

  The lower folder data input unit 124 inputs (inputs) the processing result data, which is the execution result of the processing assigned to this folder, to the lower folder of this folder. Which folder is a lower folder of the folder is determined based on a response result from the file management unit 121. As a result, the processing result data of the processing assigned to the folder is input to each of the folders connected to the lower level of the folder. When there are a plurality of lower folders to which data is input, data is input to each of the lower folders. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, when there are an “in-image face detection” folder and a “landscape character recognition” folder under the “image cut representative screen extraction” folder, the lower folder data input unit 124 The processing result data in the “extract cut image representative screen” folder is input to the “face detection in image” folder and the “character recognition in landscape” folder.

  The result receiving unit 125 receives the execution result of the process assigned to the folder (for example, the process assigned to the folder has failed). As a result, the user can immediately confirm whether or not the process assigned to the folder can be executed.

  The folder assignment process management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132 and the folder name of the folder in which data is input, and selects a process (l program) to be executed on the data input in this folder. Further, when the folder name includes a parameter, the folder assignment process management unit 126 first picks up a part indicating the process name (program name) from the folder name. Then, the folder assignment process management unit 126 selects the process contents from the name management DB 132 as a key for this process name.

  For example, if the folder name is “video format unification mpeg2” shown in FIG. 1, the folder assignment processing management unit 126 regards “mpeg2” as a parameter and uses the “video format unification” portion as a key from the name management DB 132. The processing content corresponding to this name is selected. Whether or not the folder name includes a parameter is determined based on whether or not there is a blank in the folder name, whether or not there is a part enclosed in “()” in the folder name, and the like. When the folder name includes a parameter, the folder assignment process management unit 126 determines that the part having the same name as that defined in the name management DB 132 is a process name (program name) and the other part is a parameter. Then, the folder assignment process management unit 126 outputs the selected process (more specifically, a storage area of a program for executing the process) and parameters used for the process to the process execution unit 127.

  The process execution unit 127 executes the process selected by the folder assignment process management unit 126 on the data input to the folder. When a parameter is included in the folder name, the process execution unit 127 executes the process assigned to the name of this folder using the parameter. For example, when the folder name is “Video format unification mpeg2”, the “Video format unification” is read from the program storage unit 133 based on the information “/ local / bin / convert” output from the folder assignment processing management unit 126. The program is read and the process is executed using the parameter “mpeg2”. That is, the process execution unit 127 performs a process of “unifying video format to mpeg2”.

  As described above, the folder assignment process management unit 126 determines the part indicating the name of the process and the parameter part for the folder name including the parameter, and selects the process. Further, since the process execution unit 127 executes the process by applying the parameter included in the folder name, the user who assembles the program can set this parameter together with the input of the folder name, which is very convenient. .

  When data is input to a plurality of folders by the lower folder data input unit 124, the process execution unit 127 may execute processes assigned to the respective folders in parallel or in a predetermined order. May be executed. That is, when the user wants to execute a plurality of processes in parallel (or in a predetermined order) using the same process result data, a folder to which each process is assigned may be created in the same hierarchy.

  The processing result management unit 128 notifies the file management unit 121 of the execution result of the processing assigned to each folder (whether the processing has succeeded or failed) and the output destination and storage destination of this processing result data.

The overall control unit 129 includes a display processing unit 120, a file management unit 121, a data reception unit 122, a result notification unit 123, a lower folder data input unit 124, a result reception unit 125, a folder allocation process management unit 126, a process execution unit 127, and The processing result management unit 128 is controlled. For example, in the processing execution unit 127, upon failure of a program assigned to the folder, the overall controller 129, the file management unit 121, and stores the data to the upper folder of the folder.

<Storage unit>
The storage unit 13 includes folder information 131, a name management DB 132, and a program storage unit 133.

  The folder information 131 is information indicating a folder name, a hierarchical relationship between the folders, data stored in each folder, and the like. This folder information 131 is updated and read by the file management unit 121.

  The name management DB 132 is information indicating information indicating the storage area of the program of this name for each program name (see FIG. 1). The name management DB 132 is referred to when the folder assignment process management unit 126 selects a process (program) assigned to the folder. For example, the folder assignment process management unit 126 is stored in a directory “/ local / bin / camwork” of the program storage unit 133 as a program for executing the process assigned to the “video camera work information extraction” folder shown in FIG. Select the program you are using. Then, the process execution unit 127 executes a program stored in the selected directory “/ local / bin / camwork”. The information in the name management DB 132 can be input and rewritten via the input / output unit 11. Further, in this name management DB 132, information indicating the storage area of the program is held, but the program main body may be held.

  By using such a name management DB 132, the program execution control apparatus 10 can execute the process even if the path name of the process assigned to each folder is long. In other words, the program execution control apparatus 10 may assign the process by directly describing the path name of the process assigned to the folder in the folder name, but the file management unit 121 may be assigned by a known file management system. When realized, the file management unit 121 may have a specification that limits the length of the folder name. In such a case, a relatively short name (program name or program identification information) is assigned to the folder, and the program execution control device 10 refers to the folder name and the name management DB 132 and assigns the folder. The path name of the processed process is read out. By doing in this way, the program execution control apparatus 10 can also execute the process for the folder indicated by the long path name. The name management DB 132A will be described in the section of the third embodiment.

  The program storage unit 133 stores various programs executed by the process execution unit 127.

  With such a configuration, the program execution control apparatus 10 causes the program assigned to each of the folders connected to the lower order of the folder in which the data is input to be executed in the order in which the folders are connected to the input data or the processing result data. be able to.

<Operation procedure>
Next, the operation procedure of the program execution control device 10 will be described. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the operation procedure of the program execution control device of FIG.

  Here, the description will focus on the viewpoint from the upper folder side among the folders of various levels. First, the data receiving unit 122 in FIG. 3 receives data input to a folder (S101). The subroutine of S101 will be described later with reference to FIG. 11 in the third embodiment.

  Next, the folder assignment process management unit 126 selects a process to be executed from the folder name to which this data is input (S102). That is, the folder assignment process management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132 and selects a process assigned to this folder using the folder name of the folder in which this data is input as a key.

  Here, when the folder allocation process management unit 126 can select the process allocated to this folder (Yes in S103), that is, when there is a process corresponding to the name in the name management DB 132, the process execution unit 127 executes the process assigned to this folder for the input data (S104) and creates process result data.

  On the other hand, when the folder assignment process management unit 126 cannot select the process assigned to the folder to which this data is input (No in S103), that is, there is no process corresponding to the name in the name management DB 132. At this time, the overall control unit 129 stores the input data received in S101 as it is in the folder (S107). That is, data is stored in the same manner as a normal folder. Then, the process ends.

  After S104, the result notifying unit 123 notifies the processing result of S104 (that is, that the processing assigned to the folder has been successful) (S105). The notification destination of the processing result is a folder (higher folder) that is the input source of this data, an external process or the like.

  Next, the overall control unit 129 determines whether there is a lower folder of the folder (S106). The determination at this time is made by the overall control unit 129 inquiring whether the file management unit 121 has a lower folder of the folder. In response to the inquiry, the file management unit 121 refers to the folder information 131 and returns the determination result to the overall control unit 129.

  Here, when it is determined that there is a lower folder of the folder (Yes in S106), the overall control unit 129 causes the lower folder data input unit 124 to input the processing result data in S104 and performs processing on the lower folder. Execute (S108). Then, when the process to the lower folder of the folder is finished, this process is finished. Details of the processing of the lower folder in S108 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no lower folder of the folder (No in S106), the overall control unit 129 causes the file management unit 121 to store the processing result data created in S104 in the folder (S109). Then, the process ends. That is, the overall control unit 129 holds the processing result data in the folder at the end of the series of processing flows.

  Next, the processing for the lower folder in S108 of FIG. 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  First, when it is confirmed in S106 in FIG. 4 that there is a lower folder of the folder (Yes in S106), the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the processing result data created in S104 to this lower folder ( S201 in FIG.

  Then, the program execution control apparatus 10 executes the same processing as S101 to S109 described above for this lower folder (S202). That is, the program execution control device 10 passes the processing result data in each folder to the lower folder, such as a lower folder of the folder and further lower folders. Then, the result notification unit 123 notifies the result reception unit 125 of this processing result.

  The result receiving unit 125 receives the processing result in the lower folder (S203), and when the received processing result indicates success (Yes in S204), the processing ends. On the other hand, when the received processing result indicates failure (No in S204), the processing result management unit 128 causes the file management unit 121 to store the processing result data to be input to the lower folder in the folder. An instruction is given (S205). That is, the data that has failed in the lower folder is returned to the folder that is the input source of this data. Further, the processing result management unit 128 causes the file management unit 121 to store information including the processing result (information indicating that the processing has failed) in the folder (S206). Then, the process ends.

  The display processing unit 120 displays the processing results stored in each folder (information indicating that processing has failed), the processing result data that has been returned, and the like, so that the user can view the execution results of each assembled program. Can be confirmed. That is, the user can easily check which part of the process has a problem when debugging the assembled series of processes. Furthermore, the user does not need to switch screens in such debugging. In addition, by using such a function, the user can drop (input) data into a folder with processing to be confirmed and immediately check whether or not expected processing result data is generated in the folder. I can confirm. In this way, for example, when the user is at a loss as to whether or not to use the folder with processing at the time of assembling the program, it is easy to make a determination, which is very convenient.

  Further, as described above, the file management unit 121 manages data and programs (processed folders) in the form of the same folder in a unified manner, so that the user may want to search for the created program later. , Making it easier to search.

<Example of First Embodiment>
Next, referring to FIG. 2 again, the processing procedure of the program execution control apparatus 10 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

  For example, when the data “News20070601.wmv” is input to the “program example 1” folder shown in FIG. 1, the program execution control device 10 reads “/ folderprog /” corresponding to “program example 1” in the name management DB 132. With reference to “through”, the “News20070601.wmv” is not processed, and the same processing result data as the input is obtained.

  Next, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the processing result data (“News20070601.wmv”) of the “program example 1” folder to the lower “video format unified mpeg2” folder. The folder allocation processing management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132 and confirms the processing allocation existence (“/ local / bin / convert”) of this “video format unification” folder. Then, the process execution unit 127 creates process result data obtained by converting the format of “News20070601.wmv” to “mpeg2” using the program read from “/ local / bin / convert”.

  Then, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the processing result data to the lower-level “extract cut image representative image” folder. The folder assignment process management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132 and confirms the existence of process assignment (“/ local / bin / cut”) in the “representative image extraction in video cut” folder. Then, the process execution unit 127 processes three image files, News20070601.-001jpeg, News20070601.-002jpeg, and News20070601.-003jpeg, as representative images in the cut by the program read from “/ local / bin / cut”. Create as result data. The lower folder data input unit 124 inputs this processing result data to the lower-level “in-image face detection processing” folder and “under-scape character recognition” folder.

  The folder assignment process management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132 to confirm the existence of process assignment of the “in-image face detection process” folder (“/ local / bin / face-detect”), and News20070601.-001jpeg, News20070601 For each input of .-002jpeg and News20070601.-003jpeg, the process execution unit 127 executes News20070601.-001.-face.xml, News20070601.- by the program read from “/ local / bin / face-detect”. Process result data 002.-face.xml and News20070601.-003.-face.xml are created. The lower folder data input unit 124 stores the processing result data in the “in-image face detection processing” folder because the processing result data cannot be passed to the lower processing folder.

  Similarly, the folder assignment processing management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132 to confirm the existence of processing assignment of the “character recognition in landscape” folder (“/ local / bin / letter-detect”), and News20070601.-001jpeg , News20070601.-002jpeg and News20070601.-003jpeg, the process execution unit 127 uses the program read from “/ local / bin / letter-detect” to execute News20070601.-001.-letter.xml, Create processing result data News20070601.-002.-letter.xml and News20070601.-003.-letter.xml. The lower folder data input unit 124 stores the processing result data in the “character recognition in landscape” folder because the processing result data cannot be passed to the lower processing folder. By doing in this way, the program execution control apparatus 10 can perform a series of processes according to the hierarchical structure of the folder for the program assembled by the folder creation process.

<Example of First Embodiment>
The program execution control device 10 of the first embodiment described above may be applied to program execution processing by UNIX (registered trademark). FIG. 6 is a diagram cited for explaining an application example of the program execution control device according to the first embodiment.

  Here, the program execution control device 10 uses a UNIX (registered trademark) PIPE to execute a script for counting the number of semicolon lines included in a file “FILE1.c” as indicated by reference numeral 1201. An example of this will be described. A folder group indicated by reference numeral 1202 shows an example in which the script indicated by reference numeral 1201 is assembled by folder hierarchization. The program execution control apparatus 10 will be described with reference to the name management DB 132 shown in FIG. 6 as an example.

  In this name management DB 132, “grep” indicates UNIX (registered trademark) “/ bin / grep (character string search processing)”, and “wc” indicates UNIX (registered trademark) “/ usr / bin / wc”. ("Number of lines counting process by adding"-| "option)" and "Program example 2" indicates "/ bin / cat (processing to pass a file as it is)" of UNIX (registered trademark). .

  For example, when a source file (for example, FILE1.c) described in C language is input to the “program example 2” folder indicated by reference numeral 1202, the lower-layer folder data input unit 124 stores this “FILE1.c”. Enter the “Program Example 2” folder as it is. That is, the folder allocation process management unit 126 confirms the process allocation existence (“/ bin / cat”) of the “program example 2” folder, and the process execution unit 127 adds “/ bin /” to “FILE1.c”. cat (processing to pass the file as it is) ”to obtain the processing result data. That is, the process execution unit 127 obtains “FILE1.c” as process result data. Then, the lower folder data input unit 124 further inputs the processing result data to the lower “grep ′;” folder. The folder allocation process management unit 126 confirms the process allocation existence (“/ usr / grep”) of the “grep” folder, and the process allocated to the “grep ';'” folder is “/ usr / grep (character string)”. Search process) ”. Then, the process execution unit 127 executes “/ usr / grep (character string search process)” in which the parameter “‘; ’” is set for “FILE1.c”. Then, the process execution unit 127 obtains data obtained by extracting a line including “;” in “FILE1.c” as process result data.

  The lower folder data input unit 124 further inputs the processing result data (data obtained by extracting the line including “;” in “FILE1.c”) into the lower “wc − |” folder. The folder assignment process management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132 to confirm the existence of process assignment of the “wc” folder (“/ usr / bin / wc”), and the process assigned to this folder is “/ usr”. Confirm that it is "/ bin / wc (counting the number of lines by adding the"-| "option)". Then, the process execution unit 127 adds a parameter “-|” to the line count process by adding the “-|” option, and counts the number of lines including “;” in “FILE1.c”. . After that, the lower folder data input unit 124 cannot pass this processing result data to the lower processing folder, and stores the processing result data in the “wc- |” folder.

  That is, when the user opens a file in the “wc-|” folder, the processing result data of a series of processing can be confirmed. Note that the name of the processing result data may be the name of the first input data (file name) and the name of the folder that passed through, such as “FILE1.c. + Grep. + Wc”, for example. Good. In this way, the user can easily understand the processing result data obtained through the processing result data by looking at the name of the processing result data.

<< Second Embodiment >>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The program execution control apparatus according to the second embodiment is characterized in that when there is a folder having a folder name indicating a conditional branch, the process is executed according to this condition. For example, when there is a folder having a folder name including an if statement, the program execution control apparatus inputs data satisfying the condition indicated in the if statement to the folder having the name including the if statement.

  That is, when the program execution control apparatus according to the second embodiment inputs the processing result data to the lower folder in S201 of FIG. 5 described above, is there a folder that includes an if statement in the folder name of each lower folder? Investigate whether or not. Then, the program execution control apparatus inputs data satisfying the conditions indicated in the if statement to the folder having the folder name including the if statement. Since the basic configuration of the program execution control device of the second embodiment is the same as that of the program execution control device 10 shown in FIG. 3, the description of the configuration is omitted.

  First, an example of processing performed by the program execution control apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a processing example of the program execution control apparatus according to the second embodiment.

  For example, the program execution control apparatus 10 includes a name management DB 132 as shown in FIG. 7, and when a folder as indicated by reference numeral 601 is registered in the folder information 131 (see FIG. 3), the program execution control apparatus When data is input to the “program example 3” folder 10, the following processing is performed with reference to the name management DB 132.

  First, when “DataFolder301” data is input to the “program example 3” folder shown in FIG. 7, the program execution control device 10 in FIG. 2 refers to “/ folderprog / through” in the name management DB 132, No processing is performed on the data, and the same processing result data as that input is obtained.

  Next, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the processing result data to the “processing 3-1” folder that is further lower than the “program example 3” folder. Then, the folder assignment process management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132 and confirms the existence of process assignment of the “process 3-1” folder (“usr / local / proc31”). Then, the process execution unit 127 creates process result data using the program read from “usr / local / proc31”.

  Here, the lower folder data input unit 124 further attempts to input this processing result data into a lower processing folder, which includes an “else” folder, “if (100 <val (*. Result)”. and val (* fesult) <200)) ”folder and“ if (val (*. result) ≧ 200)) ”folder.

  Therefore, the lower folder data input unit 124 tries to input “DataFolder302” to each folder other than else. Note that “val (* .result)” is an instruction for acquiring the first numerical value written in a file whose extension is “result” in the input data. The two if statement folders have an exclusive condition. When the previous numerical value is “over 100 and less than 200”, the lower folder data input unit 124 sets “DataFolder302” to “Process 3- 21 ”folder. The lower folder data input unit 124 stores the processing result data in the “processing result 3-21” folder because the processing result data cannot be passed to the lower processing folder.

  On the other hand, when the previous numerical value is “200 or more”, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs “DataFolder302” into the “Process 3-22” folder. The lower folder data input unit 124 stores the processing result data in the “processing result 3-22” folder because the processing result cannot be transferred to the lower processing folder.

  If it is not input to any of these two folders (that is, the previous numerical value is “100” or less), the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the “DataFolder302” folder to the “else” folder. . The folder assignment process management unit 126 confirms the process assigned to the “else” folder, and the process execution unit 127 does not add any process to the “DataFolder 302”. Then, the folder allocation process management unit 126 puts data into the “Process 3-23” folder below “DataFolder 302”, and the process result cannot be passed to a folder with lower processes. The processing result data is stored in the “processing result 3-23” folder.

For example, if “a.result” in the “DataFolder302” folder is referenced by val (),
If the content of “a.result” is “50”, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the “DataFolder 302” folder to the “Process 3-23” folder. If the content of “a.result” is “150”, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the “DataFolder 302” folder to the “Process 3-21” folder. Further, if the content of “a.result” is “300”, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs this “DataFolder 302” folder to the “processing 3-22” folder. In this way, the program execution control device 10 can execute processing for a program for which a conditional branch is set. The processing result data can be stored in each folder.

  That is, the user can easily assemble a program with conditional branching by including an if statement in the folder name in this way.

<Application Example of Second Embodiment Part 1>
In the second embodiment, the program execution control apparatus 10 may apply the if statement to processing performed after waiting for arrival of a plurality of data. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an application example of the program execution control apparatus according to the second embodiment. The program execution control apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment refers to the name management DB 132 shown in FIG. 8 and executes a process of “outputting a value obtained by adding two to the addition result of two random values on the screen”. An example of this will be described.

  In this name management DB 132, “random” indicates a process (“/ bin / random”) for generating an integer random number from 0 to the numerical value specified by the first argument, and “calculation” is the first argument. Shows the process of evaluating the calculation formula given as ("usr / local / bin / calculate"), and "screen output" shows the process of displaying the input file ("/ bin / print-message") . Furthermore, “program example 4” and “joining destination” indicate processing (“/ folderprog / through”) in which nothing is performed. Note that the “none” folder is not a folder with processing.

  For example, when data (for example, “DataFolder401”) including an empty folder is input to the “program example 4” folder denoted by reference numeral 1302, the folder allocation processing management unit 126 causes the “program example 4”. Confirming the existence of the process assignment assigned to the folder (“/ folderprog / through”), the process execution unit 127 does not do anything to “DataFolder 401” and obtains the same process result data as the input. The lower folder data input unit 124 further attempts to input the processing result data into a lower processing folder, which includes a “random 6> cy1.num” folder and “random 6> cy2.num”. There are two folders with processing, folders.

  Therefore, the lower folder data input unit 124 tries to input “DataFolder 401” to these two folders. First, the process execution unit 127 executes the process (“/ bin / random”) assigned to the “random 6> cy1.num” folder, and creates random numbers from 0 to 6. Here, the random number “cy1.num” created by the processing execution unit 127 is stored in the “DataFolder401” folder, and “DataFolder401 / cy1.num” is obtained as the processing result data.

  Next, the lower folder data input unit 124 tries to input the processing result data “DataFolder401 / cy1.num” to the lower processing folder, but there is a link “link / program example 4 / none / join destination”. There is. For this reason, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the processing result data to the “joining destination” folder that is the link destination. As described above, since the processing assigned to this “merge destination” folder is “do nothing”, the lower folder data input unit 124 further receives the processing result data “DataFolder401 / cy1.num” in the lower folder. hand over.

  Here, the lower folder data input unit 124 tries to input the processing result data “DataFolder401 / cy1.num” to “if (exist (cy1.num) and exist (cy2.num))”. However, “cy1.num” exists in the “DataFolder401” folder, but “cy2.num” does not exist. That is, the condition “if (exist (cy1.num) and exist (cy2.num))” is not satisfied. There is also no “else” folder. Therefore, the overall control unit 129 holds “DataFolder401 / cy1.num” as it is in the same hierarchy as the “if (exist (cy1.num) and exist (cy2.num))” folder.

  On the other hand, the process execution unit 127 executes the process (“/ bin / random”) assigned to the “random 6> cy2.num” folder and creates random numbers from 0 to 6. Then, the random number created by the process execution unit 127 is stored in “DataFolder401” (the folder having the same name as the folder storing the random number “cy1.num”), and obtained as “DataFolder401 / cy2.num”.

  Next, the lower folder data input unit 124 tries to input the processing result data “DataFolder401 / cy2.num” to the lower processing folder as in the case of obtaining “DataFolder401 / cy1.num”. However, there is a folder link "link / example 4 / none / destination". Therefore, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the processing result data to the “merge destination” folder that is the link destination.

  As described above, since the processing assigned to this “merge destination” folder is “do nothing”, the lower folder data input unit 124 further transmits the processing result data to the lower folder “if (exist (cy1.num)”. and exist (cy2.num)) ". Here, a “DataFolder 401” folder having the same name exists in the same hierarchy as this folder. Therefore, the overall control unit 129 merges with “DataFolder401 / cy2.num” and “DataFolder401 / cy1.num” so that both “cy1.num” and “cy2.num” exist in “DataFolder401”. To. Then, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs “DataFolder 401” obtained by merging the data to the “if (exist (cy1.num) and exist (cy2.num))” folder. Here, the `` if (exist (cy1.num) and exist (cy2.num)) '' folder satisfies the condition that both `` cy1.num '' and `` cy2.num '' exist. The data input unit 124 further inputs the “calculation“ val (cy1.num) + val (cy2.num) +2 ”” folder below the data input unit 124. Assuming that “val (Y)” is an instruction to obtain the first numerical value of the input data Y, the process execution unit 127 adds the first numerical value of each processing result data and further corrects the range of random numbers. "+2" is executed, and the processing result data is input to the lower "screen output" folder.

  The process execution unit 127 executes the process (“/ bin / print-message”) assigned to the “screen output” folder on the input process result data. The lower folder data input unit 124 stores the processing result data in the “screen output” folder because the processing result data cannot be passed to the lower processing folder. If you want to delete a file after screen output, you can place a link to the trash folder in the screen output folder. In this way, the processing result data after screen output is deleted.

  By doing this. The program execution control apparatus 10 can execute a process of outputting a value obtained by adding 2 to the addition result of two random number values on the screen.

<Application Example 2 of Second Embodiment Part 2>
In the second embodiment, the program execution control apparatus 10 can set a conditional branch using an if statement. However, the program execution control apparatus 10 may be applied to an iterative process using the conditional branch. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an application example of the program execution control device 10 according to the second embodiment. Here, the case where the program execution control apparatus 10 executes processing with reference to the name management DB 132 shown in FIG. 9 will be described as an example.

  In the name management DB 132, “counter addition” indicates a process (“/ folderprog / init-loop-cnt”) for generating a file “cnt” that stores a counter for repetition in a folder, and “calculation” Indicates the process ("usr / local / bin / calculate") that evaluates the calculation formula given as the first argument. "Screen output" is the process that displays the input file on the screen ("/ bin / print-message" )).

  For example, when an empty folder (for example, “DataFolder501”) or the like is input to the “program example 5” folder indicated by reference numeral 1401, the folder assignment processing management unit 126 assigns to this “program example 5” folder. The process execution unit 127 confirms the existence of the assigned process allocation (“/ folderprog / through”), and does not do anything for “DataFolder 501”, and obtains the same process result data as the input. The lower folder data input unit 124 further inputs the processing result data to the lower “counter addition 0> cnt” folder. The process execution unit 127 executes the process (“/ folderprog / init-loop-cnt”) assigned to the “counter addition O> cnt” folder to create a cnt file having a value of “0”. Then, the process execution unit 127 stores the cnt file having the value “0” in the “DataFolder 501” folder. This folder is used as processing result data.

  Then, the lower folder data input unit 124 tries to further input the processing result data (“DataFolder501” folder) to the lower processing folder, which includes the “else” folder and the “if (val (cnt)” 10) ”folder.

  Therefore, the lower folder data input unit 124 tries to input the “DataFolder 501” folder for the “if (val (cnt) <10)” folder. This “val (cnt)” is an instruction for acquiring the first numerical value written in the “cnt” file in the input folder. Here, since the value described in the “cnt” file is “0” at the beginning, the “if (val (cnt) <10)” folder contains an if statement (“if (val (cnt ) <10) ”). Therefore, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the “DataFolder 501” folder to the lower “screen output cnt” folder.

  The process execution unit 127 executes a screen display process (“/ bin / print-message”) assigned to the “screen output” folder. That is, the process execution unit 127 displays the contents of the “cnt” file on the screen. Then, the lower folder data input unit 124 transfers the processing result data here to the lower “calculation“ cnt ++ ”” folder. The process execution unit 127 executes the process assigned to the “calculation“ cnt ++ ”” folder for the process result data. That is, the process execution unit 127 executes a process of incrementing the value of the contents of the “cnt” file.

  Then, the lower folder data input unit 124 further inputs the processing result data to the lower processing folder, and there is a folder link “counter addition 0> cnt”. Therefore, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the processing result data to the “counter addition 0> cnt” folder that is the link destination.

  Hereinafter, screen output (“/ bin / print-message”) is repeated according to the if condition until the value of “cnt” becomes “10”, but when the value of “cnt” becomes “10” , If condition is not met. Therefore, the processing result data is input to the “else” folder in the same hierarchy. Since this “else” folder does not add any processing to the input data, the processing execution unit 127 does not execute the processing, and the lower folder data input unit 124 transmits the processing result data to this “screen output” loop. Type in the "Finish" folder. As a result, the process execution unit 127 executes the process (“/ bin / print-message”) assigned to the “screen output“ loop end ”” folder and displays a “loop end” message on the screen. Here, since the lower folder data input unit 124 can no longer pass the processing result data to the lower processing folder, the processing result data is stored in the “screen output“ loop end ”” folder.

  By doing in this way, the program execution control apparatus 10 can repeatedly perform a process until the conditions are satisfied.

<< Third Embodiment >>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The program execution control device refers to the name management DB when data is input to the folder, and the data satisfies the execution condition (for example, a predetermined data type) assigned to the folder in advance. Judge whether there is. When it is determined that this data does not satisfy the execution condition, the process assigned to this folder is not executed. Note that the same components as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Such a program execution control device 10A includes a name management DB 132A (see FIG. 3).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a name management DB of the program execution control device according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, in addition to the program name and the process for the data input to the folder of that name, the name management DB 132A executes the process assigned to this folder (the condition of the data format accepted in this folder). Etc.).

  For example, in the name management DB 132A shown in FIG. 10, the processing (“/ usr / bin / merge-jpeg”) assigned to “Proc-Jpeg superposition” is input data “A.jpg” and “B.jpg”. Indicates that it will be executed when That is, the process execution unit 127 (see FIG. 3) waits for the input data “A.jpg” and “B.jpg” to be input, and executes the process assigned to “Proc-Jpeg superposition”. Indicates.

  Also, the execution condition of the process (“/ folderprog / through”) assigned to “Program Example 6” shown in FIG. 10 is “NULL (accepts even if the input folder is empty)” and assigned to “if”. The execution condition of the processed processing (/ folderprog / eval-if) is “ALL (accept anything).” Furthermore, “* (wild card)” or the like may be used for this condition, for example, , The execution condition of the process (“usr / bin / telop-insert”) assigned to “Proc-insert telop in video” indicates that the input data is “mpeg file” or “txt file”.

  The execution condition of the process (“usr / bin / merge-gif”) assigned to “Proc-Anime Gif creation” shown in FIG. 10 is “* .gif [] (accepts variable number of gif files)”. And “start” are aligned. That is, in the “Proc-Anime Gif creation” folder, input of a variable number of gif files is accepted, and when the start file is input, the process execution unit 127 executes this “Proc-Anime Gif creation”. Show. For example, the process execution unit 127 creates an animation by arranging a plurality of input gif files in the order of file IDs. Based on such an execution condition, the determination as to whether or not to execute the process assigned to each processing folder is performed by the overall control unit 129 of FIG.

  The operation procedure of the program execution control apparatus 10A will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12 with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are flowcharts shown in the characteristic part in the operation procedure of the program execution control apparatus of the third embodiment.

  The program execution control apparatus 10A executes processing in the same procedure as that shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 described above, but executes processing for receiving data input (S101 in FIG. 4) and processing assigned to the folder. The processing to be performed (S104) is different. First, the data input acceptance process will be described with reference to FIG.

  That is, in the data input reception step in S101 of FIG. 4, the data reception unit 122 (see FIG. 3) receives the data input stored in the folder (S301 in FIG. 11: folder input reception). That is, the data receiving unit 122 (see FIG. 3) receives data input for each folder. The overall control unit 129 determines whether there is a folder having the same name as the folder input in S301 in the same hierarchy as the input destination folder of this folder (S302).

  For example, when the folder input to the “Proc-Jpeg overlay” (see FIG. 10) folder is the “Data Folder99” folder, the overall control unit 129 has the same hierarchy as the “Proc-Jpeg overlay” folder. It is determined whether there is a folder with the same name (“Data Folder99”).

  Here, when the overall control unit 129 determines that there is a folder having the same name as the folder input in S301 in the same hierarchy as the input destination folder (Yes in S302), the data of the folder having the same name are collected. To receive data (S303).

  For example, when there is a “Data Folder99” folder in the same hierarchy as the “Proc-Jpeg superposition” folder, the overall control unit 129 collects data in these folders and stores the data in the “Proc-Jpeg superposition” folder. It will be received data.

  On the other hand, when the overall control unit 129 determines that there is no folder having the same name as the folder input in S301 in the same hierarchy as the data input destination folder (No in S302), the process returns to S301.

  After performing such processing, the program execution control apparatus 10A executes processing subsequent to S102 in FIG.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 12, the steps of executing the process assigned to the folder in S104 of FIG. 4 will be described. In S103 of FIG. 4, the folder assignment process management unit 126 refers to the name management DB 132A (see FIG. 10), and when the process can be selected (Yes in S103), performs the following process.

  That is, the overall control unit 129 (see FIG. 3) of the program execution control apparatus 10A refers to the name management DB 132A and assigns the input folder (specifically, data in this folder) to the input destination folder. It is determined whether or not an execution condition for executing the processed process is satisfied (S401 in FIG. 12).

  Here, when the overall control unit 129 determines that the data input to the input destination folder satisfies the execution condition of the process assigned to the folder (input destination folder) (Yes in S401), the process execution unit 127 executes the process assigned to this folder (input destination folder) for the input data and creates process result data (S402). And the process after S105 of FIG. 4 is performed.

  On the other hand, when the overall control unit 129 refers to the name management DB 132A and determines that the data input to the folder does not satisfy the execution condition of the process assigned to the folder (input destination folder) (S401). No), the acceptance in the folder (input destination folder) is rejected. Then, the overall control unit 129 saves each folder in the same hierarchy as the folder (S403). That is, the overall control unit 129 restores the data once input to the input destination folder, and saves the folder in the same hierarchy as the input destination folder. And the process after S105 of FIG. 4 is performed.

  The operation procedure of the program execution control apparatus 10A will be described using a specific example. FIG. 13 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an operation procedure of the program execution control device according to the third embodiment. Here, the program execution control apparatus 10A will be described as referring to the name management DB 132A illustrated in FIG.

  Here, when “A.jpg” and “B.jpg” are prepared as input data to the “Proc-Jpeg superimposition” folder, the process execution unit 127 selects “A.jpg” and “B.jpg”. ”And the case where the process assigned to the“ Proc-Jpeg superposition ”folder is executed will be described as an example. In FIG. 13, the data ("A.jpg" or "B.jpg" or "Data Folder99" storing "A.jpg" or "B.jpg") input to "Program Example 6" is It may be processing result data after being processed by another folder with processing (not shown). In other words, the program execution control apparatus 10A may execute processing by another processing-added folder before or after the processing shown in FIGS.

  (1) First, when “B.jpg” stored in the “Data Folder99” folder is input to the “Program Example 6” folder, the process execution unit 127 performs processing on this “Data Folder99” folder. The same processing result data as the input is obtained without performing the above. Therefore, the lower folder data input unit 124 inputs the “Data Folder99” folder as it is to the “Proc-Jpeg overlay” folder. Here, since there is no folder having the same name as the “Data Folder99” folder input this time in the same hierarchy as the “Proc-Jpeg superposition” folder, the overall control unit 129 does not collect the data.

  (2) Next, since “A.jpg” has not yet been input, the overall control unit 129 changes the “Data Folder99” folder in which this “B.jpg” is stored as the “Proc-Jpeg overlap” folder. Keep it in the same hierarchy (save it). That is, the overall control unit 129 waits for “A.jpg” to be input to the “Proc-Jpeg overlay” folder.

  (3) Next, when “A.jpg” stored in the “Data Folder99” folder is input to the “Program Example 6” folder, the lower folder data input unit 124 sets “Proc” for each “Data Folder99” folder. -Jpeg input into the folder. When the overall control unit 129 confirms that the “Data Folder99” folder is also in the same hierarchy as the “Proc-Jpeg superposition” folder, the data in these folders (that is, “A.jpg” and “A.jpg” and “ B.jpg ”) are collected and used as the reception data of the“ Proc-Jpeg overlay ”folder.

  (4) By the input of “A.jpg” in (3), the execution conditions of the processing assigned to the “Proc-Jpeg superposition” folder shown in the name management DB 132A are complete. Therefore, the overall control unit 129 executes the processing assigned to the “Proc-Jpeg superimposition” folder for “A.jpg” and “B.jpg” to the processing execution unit 127 and the processing result data. Create and do. That is, the overall control unit 129 causes the process execution unit 127 to execute the process (“usr / bin / merge-jpeg”) assigned to the “Proc-Jpeg superposition” folder.

  By doing so, the program execution control apparatus 10A can execute the process assigned to the folder when a plurality of predetermined data is prepared. For example, even if the data received by the folder in the program execution control apparatus 10A is data transmitted by a protocol that receives continuous data one by one, such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), it waits for a series of data to be prepared. Thus, the process assigned to the folder can be executed.

  In addition, by setting the file format, schema, etc. that can be received in the folder with processing in the name management DB 132A in this way, the program execution control apparatus 10A can process each folder with processing assigned to that folder. The target data can be defined.

<< Fourth Embodiment >>
Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. The fourth embodiment is characterized in that information on the name management DB and the program storage unit in each program execution control device is managed by a server. In other words, the program execution control apparatus may download the information of the name management DB and the program with the name from the server via the network. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a system including a program execution control device according to the fourth embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the system includes one or more program execution control devices 10B and a server 20 connected to the program execution control device 10B via a network 30. The number of program execution control devices 10B and servers 20 constituting the system is not limited to the number shown in FIG. The network 30 is, for example, the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network). The program execution control device 10B includes a communication interface for performing communication via such a network 30. The server 20 is also provided with a communication interface for performing communication via the network 30. For each program name, the server 20 includes a name management DB 232 for information indicating a storage area for the program with this name, and a program storage unit 233 for storing various programs. Details thereof are the same as those of the program execution control apparatus 10 (10A) described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  The server 20 transmits information stored in the name management DB 232 and the program stored in the program storage unit 233 via the network 30 in response to a request from the program execution control device 10B.

  For example, the server 20 displays the program list stored in the name management DB 232 on the display device of the program execution control device 10B as a program selection screen as indicated by reference numeral 103 in FIG. That is, each folder is displayed on the screen with the program name attached. When the server 20 receives the program selection information from the program selection screen 103, the server 20 transmits the folder with the name and the program with the name to the program execution control apparatus 10B. The file management unit 121 of the program execution control apparatus 10B stores the received folder in the folder information 131. Further, the received program is stored in the program storage unit 133.

  In this way, the program execution control device 10B can assign various programs published by the server 20 to folders. The server 20 may transmit the program name (name assigned to the folder) and the storage area of the program to the program execution control apparatus 10B, and the server itself may have the program itself. That is, the program may be executed on the server 20 side.

  In each of the embodiments described above, all the folder groups for executing a series of programs are held in the program execution control devices 10, 10A, 10B, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, some folders in the folder group are held by the program execution control devices 10, 10A, and 10B, and other folders are folders of external devices and WebDAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol for the WWW) Web folders. You may make it hold | maintain.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram exemplifying a folder group for executing a process of extracting an image feature amount and a name management DB referred to by the program execution control device in the present embodiment. In the name management DB 132, the description of the execution condition column in the name management DB 132A is omitted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the folder group indicated by reference numeral 1601 is assembled, the folder group indicated by reference numeral 1602, that is, the folder to which the program indicated by reference numeral 1321 of the name management DB 132 is assigned, A folder with processing of an external device may be used. In this case, if the relationship is such that the folders are connected via the network 30, a URI, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), or the like may be described in the folder name as information of the link destination.

  According to the program execution control devices 10, 10 </ b> A, and 10 </ b> B described above, when a user wants to assemble various programs according to the data, such as a Web server or a sensor installed at each point. It is very convenient because you can easily assemble the program.

  In addition, the display processing unit 120 of the program execution control devices 10, 10A, and 10B according to the above-described embodiments may display the processed folder in a color different from that of the normal folder on the display screen. Furthermore, the display processing unit 120 may display different folders for data (processing result data) remaining in the folder. In this way, the user can easily identify a folder with processing and a folder in which processing result data remains in the folder on the display screen.

  Further, the program execution control devices 10, 10A, 10B convert the folder hierarchical structure indicated by the folder information 131 into XML data and output the data, or the data input as XML data indicates the folder hierarchical structure. Or may be converted to In this way, the folder information 131 stored in the program execution control devices 10, 10A, 10B can be easily used in other systems.

  Further, the folder assignment processing management unit 126 of the program execution control devices 10, 10A, 10B determines whether or not the folder is a folder to which processing is assigned with reference to the name management DB 132. You may make it judge by the identifier etc. which are included in the name. For example, if a folder name includes a character or symbol serving as an identifier such as “processing:” or “@” at the beginning of the folder name, the folder allocation processing management unit 126 designates this folder as a folder (with processing). If these characters and symbols are not included, it may be determined that the folder is a normal folder. In this way, the folder assignment process management unit 126 can determine whether the folder is a processed folder or a normal folder without referring to the name management DB 132.

  Further, when the folder assignment process management unit 126 determines the process assigned to the input destination folder with reference to the folder name of the data input destination folder and the name management DB 132, the determination result is cached. You may memorize | store in the memory | storage part 13, and when an inquiry regarding the same folder name is received, you may return a reply using this cache. By doing in this way, the folder allocation process management part 126 can process the inquiry regarding the same folder name at high speed.

  In the above-described embodiment, in the program execution control device 10, 10A, 10B, a process assigned to a folder with a process (if a parameter is included in a part of the folder name, the parameter The processing result data may not be input to the lower folder even if there is a folder below the folder with the treatment. That is, the program execution control apparatuses 1010A and 10B shown in FIG. 3 may not include the lower folder data input unit 124.

  The program execution control devices 10, 10A, 10B according to the present embodiment can be realized by a program for executing the processing as described above, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium (CD-ROM or the like). It can be stored and provided. It is also possible to provide the program through a network such as the Internet.

It is the figure explaining the outline | summary of the program execution control apparatus of each embodiment. It is the figure explaining the outline | summary of the program execution control apparatus of each embodiment. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the program execution control apparatus of this Embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the operation | movement procedure of the program execution control apparatus of FIG. It is the flowchart which showed the operation | movement procedure of the program execution control apparatus of FIG. It is the figure quoted in order to demonstrate the application example of the program execution control apparatus of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a process of the program execution control apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the application example of the program execution control apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the application example of the program execution control apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. It is the figure which illustrated name management DB of the program execution control device of a 3rd embodiment. It is the flowchart shown to the characteristic part in the operation | movement procedure of the program execution control apparatus of 3rd Embodiment. It is the flowchart shown to the characteristic part in the operation | movement procedure of the program execution control apparatus of 3rd Embodiment. It is the flowchart shown to the characteristic part in the operation | movement procedure of the program execution control apparatus of 3rd Embodiment. It is the figure which illustrated the system containing the program execution control apparatus of 4th Embodiment. In this Embodiment, it is the figure which illustrated the folder group for performing the process which extracts the feature-value of an image, and the name management DB which a program execution control apparatus refers.

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10, 10A, 10B Program execution control device 11 Input / output unit 12 Processing unit 13 Storage unit 20 Server 30 Network 120 Display processing unit 121 File management unit 122 Data reception unit 123 Result notification unit 124 Lower folder data input unit 125 Result reception unit 126 Folder allocation processing management unit 127 Processing execution unit 128 Processing result management unit 129 Overall control unit 131 Folder information 132, 132A, 232 Name management DB (database)
133,233 Program storage unit

Claims (13)

A folder assignment program execution control device that performs execution control of a program assigned to each folder,
A storage unit that stores folder information indicating the name of the folder and the hierarchical relationship of the folder, and a name management database indicating a program to be executed for the data input to the folder having the name for each folder name When,
A file management unit that refers to the folder information to determine a hierarchical relationship of the folders;
A data receiving unit for receiving data to be input to the folder;
A folder assignment processing management unit that selects a program to be executed on the input data with reference to the name management database and the name of the folder in which the data is input;
A process execution unit for executing the program selected by the folder allocation process management unit on the input data;
When the file management unit determines that there is a lower folder of the folder, processing result data that is an execution result of the program assigned to the folder is input to the lower folder, and further, the file management unit A lower folder data input unit for inputting processing result data, which is the execution result of the program assigned to the folder, to each of the lower folders when it is determined that there are a plurality of lower folders under the folder. ,
The folder assignment process management unit, the process execution unit, and the lower folder data input unit are assigned to the input data or the processing result data, respectively, for each of the folders connected to the lower level of the folder in which the data is input. A folder assignment program execution control device, wherein a program is executed in the order in which the folders are arranged. The folder assignment program execution control device further includes a display processing unit for displaying the folder information,
The file management unit
2. The folder assignment program execution control device according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit displays the hierarchical relationship of the folders and the names of the folders indicated in the folder information in a tree structure. Wherein the process execution unit, upon failure of the programs assigned to the lower folders of the folder, before Symbol file management unit, a result processing for storing the processing result data with each operation the lower folders in the folder The management department ,
The folder assignment program execution control device according to claim 1, further comprising: a result notification unit that outputs a processing result in the processing execution unit. The lower folder data input unit
When the file management unit determines that there is a folder having a name including an if statement in the plurality of lower folders, the processing result data satisfying the condition indicated in the if statement includes the if statement. The folder assignment program execution control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the folder assignment program execution control device inputs a name to a folder. The lower folder data input unit
When the file management unit determines that there is a folder having a name including an if statement in the plurality of lower folders, the processing result data includes a condition indicated in the if statement in any of the folders. 5. The folder assignment program according to claim 1, wherein the processing result data is input to an else folder provided as one of the plurality of lower folders when the condition is not satisfied. Execution control device. The folder assignment program execution control device further includes an overall control unit,
The name management database is
For each program to be executed on the data entered in the folder, including the execution conditions of this program,
The overall controller is
It is determined whether or not the input data is data satisfying the execution condition of the program assigned to the folder, and the input data is data satisfying the execution condition of the program assigned to the folder. When it is determined that there is
The process execution unit, wherein the input data, a folder allocation program execution control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that to perform the execution processing of the program. When the execution condition of the program assigned to the folder is input of a plurality of predetermined data,
The overall controller is
Of the plurality of predetermined data indicated in the execution condition, it is determined whether there is data that has not yet been input to the folder, and when it is determined that there is data that has not yet been input to the folder,
Let the file management unit hold the data entered in the folder in a folder other than this folder,
7. The folder assignment program execution control device according to claim 6, wherein when it is determined that all of the plurality of predetermined data indicated by the execution condition has been prepared, the process execution unit is caused to execute the program. . The process execution unit
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein when a parameter is included in the name of the folder, the program assigned to the name of the folder is executed using the parameter. The folder assignment program execution control device described. When the folder assignment management unit refers to the name management database and determines that there is no program corresponding to the name of the folder in which the data is input,
The file management unit
9. The folder assignment program execution control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input data is stored in the folder.   10. The folder assignment program execution control device according to claim 1, wherein the lower folder includes a link destination folder linked from a folder stored immediately below the folder. A storage unit is provided for storing a folder information indicating a folder name and a hierarchical relationship of the folder, and a name management database indicating a program to be executed for data input to the folder having the name for each folder name. A folder assignment program execution control device for performing execution control of the program assigned to each of the folders,
Receiving data to be input to the folder;
Selecting a program to be executed on the input data with reference to the name management database and the name of the folder in which the data is input;
Performing an execution process of the selected program;
Determining whether there is a lower folder of the folder with reference to the folder information;
When it is determined that there is a lower folder of the folder, processing result data that is the execution result of the program assigned to the folder is input to the lower folder, and there are a plurality of lower folders under the folder. When it is determined that the processing result data, which is the execution result of the program assigned to the folder, is input to each of the lower folders ;
By repeating the above, the program assigned to each of the folders connected below the folder in which the data is input is executed in the order in which the folders are connected to the input data or the processing result data. Folder assignment program execution control method. A folder assignment program execution control program for causing the folder assignment program execution control device, which is a computer, to execute the folder assignment program execution control method according to claim 11.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the folder assignment program execution control program according to claim 12.

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