JP4953080B2 - Search system and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a search system that can clearly specify criteria for re-inputting a target property when the target property is excluded when searching for a target property by inputting conditions such as genre, address, and facility name. Regarding the program.

  Conventionally, when searching for a target property by computer search, etc., various conditions (keywords) are selected and combined by trial and error, the number of search data is narrowed down, and a list is output when the appropriate number of data is reached. I am trying to get a property.

  By the way, in the conventional search system, when various search conditions are input and combined, and the target search target is obtained, it is actually impossible to know which search condition contributes to the search result. is there. For this reason, it has been difficult to find a criterion as to what search conditions are added or what search conditions are eliminated to obtain a target search target.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problem, and an object thereof is to specify a criterion for selecting a search condition.
The system of the present invention extracts an input means, a search condition generation means for generating a new search condition by combining the search conditions input by the input means, an input search condition, and data that satisfies the generated search condition Search means, registration means for registering the search condition and the extracted data, and a straight line / curve figure of an area corresponding to the number of data satisfying each registered search condition, and generating each single search condition. Each closed condition is calculated by multiplying the ratio of the number of data satisfying each search condition and the number of duplicate data satisfying other search conditions by the area generated according to the number of data satisfying each search condition. It comprises control means for determining and outputting a straight / curve figure overlapping portion, and display means for displaying each closed straight / curve figure output from the control means.
Further, the present invention provides a program for controlling search processing of a search system, a step of inputting search conditions by an input means, a step of generating new search conditions by combining the search conditions by a search condition generating means, and registration The step of registering the search condition and the extracted data by means, and the control means generates a closed / curved figure of the area according to the number of data satisfying each registered search condition, and sets each single search condition. Each closed condition is calculated by multiplying the ratio of the number of data satisfying each search condition and the number of duplicate data satisfying other search conditions by the area generated according to the number of data satisfying each search condition. Determining and outputting an overlapping portion of the straight / curve figure, and displaying each closed straight / curve figure output from the control means by the display means; Characterized in that to execute the computer.

Since the present invention can visually understand how much the search condition contributes to the search result, it is possible to specify the selection criteria for the search condition.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a search system according to this embodiment. The input device 1 is a general term for a keyboard for inputting search conditions and the like, a mouse for instructing and inputting a position on a display, a touch panel, and the like. The search processing device 2 is a computer, a search condition generation unit 21 that generates a combination of search conditions input from the input device 1, a search condition that is input, a search unit 22 that searches using the generated search condition, Registration means 23 for registering the extracted data, a closed curve figure of an area corresponding to the number of data extracted under each registered search condition, a closed straight line (polygonal line) figure, a closed straight line / curve figure combining a broken line and a curve (hereinafter, These figures are collectively referred to as closed / curved figures), the number of data that satisfy each search condition, and the number of duplicate data that satisfy other search conditions among the data that satisfy each search condition. And a control means 24 for determining and outputting the overlapping portion of each closed / curved figure. The display device 3 has a display screen for displaying a search result, and has a function of displaying a list of data by touching the screen, as will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of management data registered in the system of the present embodiment.
In this example, search condition 1 and search condition 2 are input from the user, the number of results searched by search condition 1 is 280, the number of results searched by search condition 2 is 619, and each search condition and result data Is registered as management data. Here, the system generates a search condition A (1 and 2), which is the logical product of the search condition 1 and the search condition 2, and performs a search. The number of results is 130, and the search condition A and the number of results are registered. Next, the search condition 3 is input from the user, the search is performed according to the search condition 3, and the number of results is 309. Here, the system generates all combination search conditions of all the search conditions already registered and the newly input search conditions. That is, a search condition B (1 and 3), a search condition C (2 and 3), and a search condition D (1 and 2 and 3) combining the search condition 1, the search condition 2, the search condition A and the newly input search condition 3. ) To search. In this example, the number of results in search condition B is 20, the number of results in search condition C is 279, and the number of results in search condition D is 0. Each search condition and the number of results are registered as management data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a search processing flow.
Step S0 is waiting for the search condition input, and represents the start and completion of the search process. First, if there is a search condition input, it is determined whether or not the input condition has been confirmed (step S1). If it is confirmed, data satisfying the condition is extracted (step S2), and the search condition and result data are used as management data. Register (step S3). Next, a condition that combines the registered search conditions is generated, and it is determined whether or not the data evaluation of the combined condition is completed (step S4). If completed, the process waits for condition input. If not completed, data that satisfies the combined condition is extracted (step S5), and the search condition and result data are registered (step S3). Thus, when the data evaluation of all the combined conditions is completed, the condition input is waited, and the search processing so far is completed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of search results.
Here, an example is shown in which the number of results according to three search conditions is displayed. The data extracted under the first condition is 1028, the data extracted under the second condition is 5607, the data extracted under the third condition is 208, and there are areas S1, S2, and S3 corresponding to the number of cases. Closed / curved figures 10, 11, 12 are generated. A closed / curved figure is a figure composed of a circle, an ellipse, or any other curved line, a figure formed by connecting broken lines, a figure formed by combining curves and broken lines, or the like. The overlapping degree of the figures 10, 11, and 12 is the ratio between the number of data satisfying each single search condition and the number of duplicate data satisfying other search conditions among the data satisfying each search condition. If the number of cases satisfying the first condition and the second condition is 130, the area obtained by multiplying 130/1028 by S1 and the area obtained by multiplying 130/5607 by S2 are overlapped portions of the figures 10 and 11. In this manner, the overlapping portions of the respective figures are sequentially determined and the graphics 10, 11, and 12 are drawn and displayed. For example, the overlapping portion A that satisfies all the conditions is highlighted. In this example, assuming that the number of overlapping portions A is 13, for example, when the overlapping portion A is touched on the screen, a list of 13 data is displayed.

  When each search condition and the number of results are visually displayed in this way, for example, if the target property is included in the overlapping portion A, the third condition effectively contributes to the search result. It can be seen that the condition does not contribute much. In addition, when the target property is not included in the overlapping portion A, it can be seen that the third condition is too narrowed down. Further, when the figure 12 is separated from the figures 11 and 12 and there is no overlapping portion, it can be understood that the third condition is an inappropriate search condition.

When the search result in the example of the management data shown in FIG. 2 is displayed, it is as shown in FIG. In this case, there are 130 data that satisfy both of conditions 1 and 2, 20 data that satisfy conditions 1 and 3, and 270 data that satisfy conditions 2 and 3, Data satisfying 3 is 0. In this case, the condition 3 does not overlap with the overlapping portion X between the condition 1 and the condition 2, and therefore, it is determined that the condition 3 is not an appropriate condition. When a list of cases is displayed, if a target property exists in this, it is understood that Condition 3 contributes effectively to the search result, and Condition 2 is a condition to be excluded. If there is no target property among the 20 cases, there are 270 overlapping portions Z between the condition 2 and the condition 3, and therefore the condition 3 can be determined as a condition to be excluded.

It is a figure which shows the example of the search system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the management data in the search system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows a search processing flow. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a search result. It is a figure which shows the search result display example of management data.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input device, 2 ... Search processing apparatus, 3 ... Display apparatus, 21 ... Search condition production | generation means, 22 ... Search means, 23 ... Registration means, 24 ... Control means.

Claims (3)

Input means;
Search condition generation means for generating a new search condition by combining the search conditions input by the input means;
A search means for extracting data that satisfies the input search condition and the generated search condition;
A registration means for registering search conditions and extracted data;
A straight line / curve figure corresponding to the number of data satisfying each search condition is generated, and the number of data satisfying each single search condition and other search conditions among the data satisfying each search condition are also generated. A control means for determining and outputting an overlapping portion of each closed / curved figure by multiplying a ratio of the number of overlapping data to be satisfied with an area generated according to the number of data satisfying each search condition ;
Display means for displaying each closed / curved figure output from the control means;
Search system with The search system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit has a display screen that displays by screen touch, and displays a list of data when an overlapping portion is touched on the screen . In a program that controls search processing of a search system,
A step of inputting a search condition by an input means;
A step of generating a new search condition by combining the search conditions by a search condition generating means ;
A step of registering search conditions and extracted data by means of registration;
The control means generates a closed / curved figure with an area corresponding to the number of data that satisfy each registered search condition, and the number of data that satisfy each search condition and other data that satisfy each search condition. Multiplying the ratio of the number of duplicate data that also satisfy the search condition with the area generated according to the number of data satisfying each search condition to determine and output the overlap portion of each closed / curved figure,
Displaying each straight / curve figure output from the control means by a display means ;
A program that causes a computer to execute.

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