JP5326903B2 - Document output apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To output related information corresponding to a phrase included in a document together with the document, in such a manner that the correspondence relation of a request source thereof to the phrase can be recognized, without breaking the layout of the document. <P>SOLUTION: An annotation area setting means 15 sets, apart from a document output area DP in which a document, including a requested word W for requesting the output of annotation information (one example of related information) C, is output in a page unit, an annotation output area CP in which the annotation information corresponding to the requested word in the document output area DP is output, without relatively changing the size of the document output area DP; an annotation information arranging means 16 arranges the annotation information C of the requested word W at a position in the annotation output area CP, corresponding to the position of the requested word W in the document output area DP; and a correspondence relation specifying means 17 adds a path line L, that shows a correspondence relation between the requested word W in the document output area DP and the annotation information C arranged in the annotation output area CP about the requested word W by the annotation information arranging means 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a document output apparatus and a program.

  Supplement the comment information such as the meaning of the vocabulary and supplementary explanation in the document according to the comment request from the user or based on the estimation of the part where the comment is necessary according to the user's learning / knowledge level and learning history. It is considered to print.

  As an example, Patent Document 1 discloses that an image read by an image reading unit is cut into line-by-line character image data, character recognition is performed, and a character string to be annotated is extracted from the character string that has been character-recognized. The character image data is searched for in the vicinity of the character image data including the character string to be annotated from the database, and the character image data interval is set according to the amount of the comment between the character image data cut out in units of lines. A technique is disclosed in which an annotated image is synthesized in a changeable manner, and this synthesized image is formed on a recording material by an image forming unit.

JP 2001-326804 A

  An object of the present invention is to output related information corresponding to a phrase included in a document together with the document in a manner in which the correspondence relationship with the requesting phrase can be grasped without destroying the layout of the document. To do.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, for a document including a request word for requesting output of related information and for which a paper size is specified at the time of printing, the paper is used by using one side of one or more sheets. A paper area larger than the size is formed, a document output area in which the content of the document is output is set as it is in the paper area, and the document output area in the paper area is different from the document output area. setting means for setting the related information output area related information is output corresponding to the request word document output area, the request to the position of the related information output area in response to the request word position of the document output area adding a placement means for placing the relevant information of the word, the display indicating the correspondence between the relevant information and placed in the related information output area by said arrangement means for request word and the request word document output region A pressurizing unit, a document processing apparatus characterized by comprising a.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the placement means is based on the position in the related information output area that is the shortest distance from the position of the request word in the document output area. The related information of the request word is arranged.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the document output area and the related information output area are divided into a plurality of sections with a corresponding relationship between the areas. The arrangement means arranges the related information of the requested word on the basis of the section in the related information output area having a correspondence relationship with the section where the requested word exists in the document output area.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the arranging unit displays a plurality of related information respectively corresponding to a plurality of request words as related information. In the process of arranging in the output area, the related information is arranged in order in the order of appearance of the request words in the document output area, with the margins between them in the order of the end of the related information output area. If the margin on the end side of the related information output area becomes insufficient, the related information is arranged after the related information already arranged is shifted to enlarge the margin on the end side.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, when the arrangement unit shifts the related information that has already been arranged, the margin other than the trailing margin in the related information output area is determined. The related information is shifted so that the margins are narrowed in the descending order of the margins.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the setting unit uses a single side of a sheet larger than the sheet size. An area is formed, a document output area is set in the paper area, and a remaining area in the paper area is set as a related information output area.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the setting unit uses a single side of a plurality of paper sheets of the paper size to form a paper area. , And a document output area is set for one sheet portion in the sheet area, and another sheet portion in the sheet area is set as a related information output area.

The invention according to claim 8 is the document processing apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the placement unit places a plurality of pieces of related information corresponding to a plurality of request words in a related information output area. in related when REFERENCES unplaced by lack of space output area occurs, the paper area related information output area is set to change to a larger sheet area, or to form a new sheet region Add the sheet region in the related information output area, with enhanced means for performing expansion of the relevant information output area, said positioning means, the related information of the undeployed the related information output area is expanded by the expansion means It is characterized by arranging.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the setting unit forms a paper area larger than the paper size , and the paper area is The central area of the three divided in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction is set as a document output area, and the remaining two areas in the paper area are set as related information output areas. respectively, in the process of placing the corresponding plurality of related information to the related information output area, information about unplaced occurs due to lack of space the one of the related information output area for additional information about the planned placement on one of the related information outputting region If the comprises moving means for one related information output area of the moves the document output region in a direction to expand, said positioning means, the related information of the undeployed to said moving means Placed enlarged the one related information output area of which, characterized in that.

A tenth aspect of the present invention is the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, further comprising an analyzing unit that analyzes a column configuration of the document output to the document output area, The setting means sets a plurality of related information output areas in which related information corresponding to request words in each column is arranged in a positional relationship according to the column structure analyzed by the analyzing unit; It is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 11 is the document processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the display unit displays the document output area and the related information output area on the display device, and the document output. Receiving means for accepting an operation for newly specifying a word and adding it to the requested word or canceling the designation of the requested word for the document displayed in the area, and the placing means receives the requested word by the accepting means. The related information is rearranged in response to an operation for adding or canceling the request, and the adding unit is configured to request a word in the document output area in response to the related information being rearranged by the arranging unit. And a display indicating the correspondence relationship between the request word and the related information arranged in the related information output area by the arranging means.

The present invention according to claim 12 is a document including a request word for requesting output of related information, and for a document in which a paper size at the time of printing is designated, using one side of one or more sheets. A paper area larger than the size is formed, a document output area in which the content of the document is output is set as it is in the paper area, and the document output area in the paper area is different from the document output area. , a setting function of setting the related information output area related information is output corresponding to the request word document output area, the request to the position of the related information output area in response to the request word position of the document output area be added to the arrangement function for arranging the relevant information of the word, an indication of correspondence between the relevant information arranged in the related information output area by said positioning feature for the requested word and the request word document output region Is a program for implementing additional functions and, to a computer.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the related information output area ( second area ) set for the document output area ( first area ) in which the document is output, it corresponds to a phrase included in the document. Related information can be output in a manner in which the correspondence relationship with the request word can be grasped without destroying the output layout of the document.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the related information of the request word can be arranged at the position (or the vicinity thereof) in the second area that is the shortest distance from the position of the request word in the first area.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the related information of the request word can be arranged in the section (or the vicinity thereof) in the second area corresponding to the section in which the request word exists in the first area. .

  According to the present invention described in claim 4, a plurality of related information can be efficiently arranged in the second region.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, even when a plurality of pieces of related information are arranged with blank spaces, the interval between the related information can be made to correspond to the interval between the corresponding request words.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the related information can be output to the same sheet area as the request word.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the related information can be output to another paper area adjacent to the paper area where the request word is output.

  According to the present invention as set forth in claim 8, the related information can be arranged in the second area for all the request words in the first area.

  According to this invention of Claim 9, the magnitude | size of two 2nd area | regions can be changed according to a condition.

  According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the related information can be arranged for the request words in each column in the positional relationship according to the column configuration of the page.

  According to the present invention described in claim 11, the related information of each request word can be rearranged in accordance with the subsequent addition or deletion of the request word by the operator with respect to the display page.

  According to this invention of Claim 12, in the 2nd area | region set with respect to the 1st area | region where a document is output, the relevant information corresponding to the phrase contained in the said document is destroyed. Without being able to output, it is possible to output in a manner in which the correspondence relationship with the request word can be grasped.

It is a figure which illustrates the functional block of the document processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the output example of the comment information which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the annotation request word / annotation information pair storage table which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the processing flow of the positional information acquisition process in the annotation request word page which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the outline | summary of position information acquisition in the annotation request word page which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the processing flow of annotation information amount calculation which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the processing flow of the annotation area | region setting process (at the time of initial setting) concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the setting aspect and expansion aspect of the annotation area which concern on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the processing flow of the annotation information arrangement | positioning process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the arrangement | positioning aspect of the annotation information which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the processing flow of the arrangement | positioning adjustment process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the arrangement | positioning adjustment process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the processing flow of the annotation area expansion process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the annotation area | region expansion process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the processing flow of the correspondence clarification process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the corresponding relationship clarification process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the arrangement position of annotation information by the mapping method concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the comment output area | region with respect to the output page of 2 steps | paragraphs of right and left concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates rearrangement of annotation information concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of the document output area movement process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the document output area movement process which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which illustrates the hardware constitutions of the document processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 illustrates functional blocks of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The document processing apparatus of the present example separately provides related information corresponding to a phrase specified as a request word in the output target document, and related information separately provided around the document output area where the document is output (displayed or printed). Annotation information display / print instruction means 11, annotation request word / annotation information pair acquisition means 12, annotation request word page position information acquisition means 13, annotation information amount calculation means 14, annotation area setting Means 15, annotation information arrangement unit 16, correspondence specifying unit 17, print setting changing unit 18, display / printing unit 19, and the like.

  In this example, the comment information indicating the semantic content of the request word is output as the related information corresponding to the request word. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the request word is re-expressed in another language. Various information related to the requested word, such as information and address information (or a summary of the page contents) of a Web page searched using the requested word as a search word, may be output.

An outline of processing by the document processing apparatus of this example will be described with reference to an output example of comment information (an example of related information) shown in FIG.
When an instruction to output comment information C corresponding to the request word W included in the target page of the output document is received from the operator by the comment information display / print instruction means 11, the comment request word / annotation information pair acquisition means 12 receives the target page. The request word W and its annotation information C are included in a pair, and the annotation request word page position information acquisition means 13 obtains the target page for the acquired request word W and the annotation information C. Is obtained for each request word W in the document output region DP, and the annotation information amount calculation means 14 calculates the region size necessary for the output of each annotation information C. Is calculated. In addition, the annotation area setting means 15 separates the annotation output area (related information output area) CP in which each annotation information C is output, without changing the size of the document output area DP separately from the document output area DP ( That is, it is set so that the output size does not change due to the setting of the comment output area CP.

  Thereafter, the annotation information arrangement means 16 arranges each annotation information C corresponding to each request word W at a position in the annotation output area CP according to the position of the request word W in the document output area DP, and The relationship specifying means 17 adds a display (in this example, a path line (connection) L connecting the request word W and the annotation information C) indicating the correspondence between the request word W and the annotation information C, and displays The printing means 19 outputs (displays or prints) the annotation output area CP together with the document output area DP. In the case of print output, if the output paper in the document output area DP and the output paper in the annotation output area CP are set separately, the pass line L can be seen when each output paper is placed on the desk. The print setting changing unit 18 adjusts the margin area provided at the periphery of each output sheet (for example, no margin) so that the connection is well established.

  The annotation area setting means 15 does not relatively change the size of the document output area DP when there is not enough area for placing all the annotation information C in the initially set annotation output area CP. It also has a function to expand the annotation output area CP. That is, in the document processing apparatus of this example, the annotation output area CP can be expanded in principle in any number, and the layout and size of the output document can remain unchanged.

Each functional unit of the document processing apparatus of this example will be described more specifically.
The comment information display / print instruction means 11 receives from the operator a display or print instruction (related information output instruction) of comment information (an example of related information) C corresponding to the request word W included in the target page of the output document. .
Specifically, for example, with respect to the page contents of the document displayed and output on the display device, after receiving an operation of selecting a word designated as the request word W, a related information output instruction for the display page is received. In addition, for example, a specific mark is explicitly added to a phrase specified in the request word W on a paper on which the page content of a document is printed out (for example, marked with a preset color) ) And a related information output instruction for the print page are received together with an instruction to read (scan) the image of the sheet in the state.

The annotation request word / annotation information pair acquisition unit 12 receives the request information W included in the target page (display page or print page) in response to receiving the related information output instruction from the annotation information display / print instruction unit 11. A pair (pair) with the corresponding annotation information C is acquired and stored in the corresponding item column of the annotation request word / annotation information pair storage table illustrated in FIG.
Here, in this example, in the case of a related information output instruction based on a display page, a word / phrase for which a selection operation designated for the request word W is specified is acquired on the display page, and related information output based on a print page is obtained. In the case of an instruction, character information obtained by analyzing a specific mark portion (for example, a marking portion) in the read image of the printed page is acquired as the request word W. In this example, the annotation information C as related information corresponding to the requested word W is acquired by referring to a vocabulary database (not shown), but other information such as translation information and Web page address information is also available. When the related information of the type is acquired, an internal or external information source corresponding to the type may be referred to.

The comment request word page position information acquisition means 13 is the position information of each request word W in the document output area DP where the target page is output for each request word W acquired by the comment request word / annotation information pair acquisition means 12. Is stored in the corresponding item column of the annotation request word / annotation information pair storage table illustrated in FIG.
In the comment request word page position information acquisition unit 13 of this example, when the request word W is acquired by the comment request word / annotation information pair acquisition unit 12 as illustrated in FIG. 4 (step S11). Then, the upper left and lower right position information (coordinates (x, y)) in the rectangular area surrounding the character string of the request word W is specified (step S12) and stored in the comment request word / annotation information pair storage table (step S12). Step S13).
That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the character string “The Geneva Account” is selected as the request word W, the upper left coordinate value p1 and the lower right coordinate value of the rectangular region r surrounding the character string p2 is specified as the position information of the request word W.
The position information of the request word W in the document output area DP is used to arrange the corresponding comment information C at the position in the comment output area CP corresponding to the position of the request word W in the document output area DP. .

The annotation information amount calculation means 14 calculates the annotation information amount (this book) for calculating the area size necessary for the output of each annotation information C for each annotation information C acquired by the annotation request word / annotation information pair acquisition means 12. In the example, the number of characters) is calculated and stored in the corresponding item column of the annotation request word / annotation information pair storage table illustrated in FIG.
In the annotation information amount calculation means 14 of this example, when the annotation request word / annotation information pair acquisition means 12 acquires the annotation information C corresponding to the request word W, as illustrated in FIG. S21), the number of characters in the annotation information C is counted (step S22), and stored in the annotation request word / annotation information pair storage table (step S13).
The annotation information amount of the annotation information C is used for determining whether the annotation information C can be arranged in the annotation output area CP, determining the number of annotation information C that can be arranged in the annotation output area CP, and the like.
Note that the amount of comment information of the comment information C can be substituted with other information such as the number of lines, the area of the character string region, and the data capacity of the character string.

The annotation area setting means 15 separates the annotation output area CP from which the annotation information C is output separately from the document output area DP (outside the document output area DP) without changing the size of the document output area DP. Set. In other words, due to the setting of the comment output area CP, the size in the output state of the document output area DP (the size of the paper area allocated to the document output area DP) in which the document to be output is output in page units. Do not change. The annotation area setting means 15 also performs processing for extending the annotation output area CP when the annotation information C is large and the area is insufficient.
In the annotation area setting means 15 of this example, the processing flow in the initial setting of the annotation output area CP is illustrated in FIG. 7, and the annotation output area CP is set based on a preset value or a preset value set by an operator or the like. By determining the arrangement and size, and setting the comment output area CP corresponding to the determined contents adjacent to the document output area DP, the output contents (output page) of the document output area DP and the output contents of the comment output area CP (Comment information C) is synthesized (as a series of documents) and output (step S31). In addition, in the annotation output area CP, an annotation information arrangement possible area CR (an area other than the margin part of the margin of the annotation output area CP) where the annotation information C can be actually arranged is set, and the area information is stored in the memory ( Step S32).

FIG. 8 illustrates a setting mode and an expansion mode of the annotation output area CP.
(A-1) to (a-7) of FIG. 8 illustrate an integrated setting mode in which the document output area DP and the annotation output area CP are assigned to the same sheet area.
(A-1) and (a-2) form a larger B4 side or A3 side paper area for the output page to which the A4 side paper area is assigned, and set the document output area DP at the center thereof. In addition, the remaining area (around the document output area DP) is set as the annotation output area CP.
(A-3) to (a-5) form a larger A3 horizontal paper area for the output page to which the A4 vertical paper area is allocated, and output the document to the right half, the left / right central part, or the left half of the output page. The area DP is set and the remaining area (the left half of the document output area DP or both the left and right sides or the right half) is set as the annotation output area CP.
In (a-6) and (a-7), a larger A2 horizontal paper area is formed for an output page to which an A4 vertical or A4 horizontal paper area is allocated, and a document output area DP is set at the center thereof. In addition, the remaining area (around the document output area DP) is set as the annotation output area CP.

(B-1) to (b-6) of FIG. 8 illustrate a division type setting mode in which the annotation output area CP is allocated to a paper area different from the document output area DP.
(B-1) to (b-3) indicate that an output page to which an A4 horizontal paper area is allocated is adjacent to the left side, right side, or both right and left sides of the paper area (document output area DP). A region is separately formed, and this is set as the annotation output region CP.
(B-4) to (b-6) indicate that an output page to which an A4 vertical paper area is assigned is adjacent to the left side, right side, or both left and right sides of the paper area (document output area DP). A region is separately formed, and this is set as the annotation output region CP.

(C-1) to (c-2) of FIG. 8 illustrate an extended form of an additional format when the comment area is insufficient.
(C-1) is to add an annotation output area CP to the divided annotation output area CP in the same arrangement as the existing annotation output area CP (overlapping the existing annotation output area CP).
(C-2) is to add the comment output area CP while shifting the divided comment output area CP so as to surround the document output area DP.

These setting modes and expansion modes are merely examples, and various variations can be adopted as the layout and size of the annotation output area CP.
In this example, when the related information output instruction is received by the comment information display / print instruction means 11, the setting mode and the extended mode of the annotation output area CP are received from the operator. If not, the predetermined setting mode and expansion mode are applied.

  The annotation information arrangement means 16 includes the annotation request word / annotation information pair acquisition means 12, the annotation request word page position information acquisition means 13, and the information acquired by the annotation information amount calculation means 14 (the annotation request word / example illustrated in FIG. Based on the contents of the annotation information pair storage table), in the order of appearance of each request word W in the document output area DP, each annotation information C is provided with a blank space between them, and the end direction of the annotation output area CP (for example, downward direction) ) In order. It is to be noted that an interval length (for example, how many lines are separated) between the request words W in the document output area DP is obtained, and comment information C is arranged using this as a constraint (the interval length between the request words W is the comment information C). However, if it is specified that a large number of annotation information C should be arranged without waste, the constraint condition is removed (that is, the interval length between the request words W is changed to the annotation information). (It is not reflected in the interval length between C).

In the annotation information arrangement means 16 of this example, as shown in FIG. 9, the processing flow is arranged based on the position coordinates of the request word W (the order of appearance of the corresponding request word W (in this example, the appearance order). (From upper left to lower right)) is determined (step S41), and each piece of comment information C is arranged in the following procedure along the determined arrangement order.
That is, the point of contact of the shortest distance from the position of the target request word W in the document output area DP to the frame of the annotation information arrangement area CR in the annotation output area CP (from the request word W to the annotation information arrangement area CR). The coordinates of the intersection of the straight line drawn at the shortest distance and the frame of the annotation information arrangement possible region CR) are obtained and set as the arrangement reference point (step S42), and from the number of characters of the annotation information C corresponding to the request word W, The area size required for the display (the size of the individual comment frame that is the output destination of each comment information C) is calculated (step S43), and the target comment information is based on the calculation result and the position of the placement reference point. It is determined whether or not C can be arranged in the annotation information arrangement possible region CR (step S44).

If there is a blank area in which the annotation frame of the target annotation information C can be placed at the end of the annotation information arrangement possible area CR (behind the arrangement reference point), the annotation information C is added to the trailing margin. Since it can be arranged in the area as it is, the annotation information C is arranged at the corresponding position (step S45). On the other hand, if there is no remaining blank area in which the annotation frame of the target annotation information C can be placed on the end side (after the placement reference point) of the annotation information arrangement possible area CR, the annotation information C is added to the trailing margin. Since it cannot be arranged in the area, an arrangement adjustment process (step S46) and an annotation area expansion process (step S47) described later are performed, and the annotation information C is arranged in the area secured by these processes (step S45).
Thereafter, the coordinates of the arranged annotation information C (in this example, the upper left and lower right coordinates of the annotation frame) are recorded (step S48), and whether or not there is a request word W in which the annotation information C is not arranged exists. Determination is made (step S49), and the processing of steps S41 to S45 is repeated for all the request words W. After the annotation information C corresponding to all the request words W is arranged, the process proceeds to the correspondence clarification process (step S50) by the correspondence clarification means 17.

In this example, when the arrangement reference point obtained for the annotation information C for the target request word W is located in the part of the annotation frame of other annotation information C (the arrangement frame is the annotation frame of the previous annotation information C) or If it is located within the reference interval S in the direction of the end of the annotation output area CP from the end of the annotation frame, the position shifted by the reference interval S in the direction of the end of the annotation output area CP from the end of the annotation frame The reference point is set again, so that a margin of at least the reference interval S is provided between the annotation information C.
That is, as illustrated in FIG. 10A, in the annotation information arrangement possible region CR, an arrangement reference point pb1 having the shortest distance from the first request word W1 on the output page is obtained, and the arrangement reference point pb1 is used as a reference (this example) Then, corresponding annotation information C1 is arranged in the upper right of the annotation frame). Thereafter, as illustrated in FIG. 10B, when the position of the shortest distance in the annotation information arrangement possible region CR is obtained for the request word W2 existing on the same line as the request word W1, the annotation information C1 for the request number W1 is obtained. Since it overlaps with the annotation frame, a position shifted by the reference interval S from the end of the annotation frame (lower right in this example) toward the end of the annotation output region CP (downward in this example) is set as the arrangement reference point pb2. The corresponding annotation information C2 is arranged with the arrangement reference point pb2 as a reference (in this example, the upper right of the annotation frame).

Here, in the annotation information arrangement process, the arrangement adjustment is performed when there is no remaining blank area in which the annotation frame of the target annotation information C can be arranged on the end side (after the arrangement reference point) of the annotation information arrangement possible area CR. Processing and annotation area expansion processing (steps S46 and S47 in FIG. 9) will be described with reference to the processing flows in FIGS.
When the placement adjustment process is called (step S51), each margin area in the annotation information arrangement possible area CR in which the annotation information C is arranged (a margin area in front of the first annotation information C and a margin area between each annotation information C). , The margin area behind the last annotation information C) is detected, and the other annotation information C is shifted while shifting the annotation frame so that the target annotation information C can be arranged in the trailing margin area. The margin area on the end side is expanded by narrowing the margin area by a certain width (for example, one line) (step S52). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the target annotation information C can be arranged in the expanded margin area (step S53), and the target annotation information C can be arranged by expanding the trailing margin area. If so, the annotation information C is arranged in the margin area (step S55). On the other hand, if the target annotation information C cannot be arranged even by enlargement of the margin area on the tail side, the annotation area extension process is called (step S54).
When the annotation area expansion process is called (step S61), an instruction to generate a new annotation output area CP is output to the annotation area setting means 15 (step S62), and the annotation area setting means 15 is responded to the instruction. Thus, a new paper area is formed and additionally set in the annotation output area CP (step S63). Thereafter, the processing returns to the request source (step S64), and the additional annotation output area CP (new paper is set). The annotation information C is arranged in the annotation information arrangement possible region CR of (region) (step S55).

FIG. 12 shows a specific example of the arrangement adjustment process.
That is, as illustrated in FIG. 12A, when 13 request words W are included in the document output area DP, the annotation information C up to the eighth request word W is annotated along the appearance order. As a result of the arrangement in the annotation information arrangement possible area CR of the output area CP, when the size of the margin area on the tail side of the annotation information arrangement possible area CR is insufficient for the arrangement of the annotation information C after the ninth, The margin areas are narrowed in order of increasing margin (from the area with more margins), and the margin area on the end side is expanded. As a result, the narrow margin area may be maintained as it is, and in this case, the trailing margin area can be enlarged while reflecting the interval length between the request words W.
In the example of FIG. 12A, a blank area ahead of the first (first) annotation information C (blank area a), a blank area between the second and third annotation information C (blank area b), and fifth Since the margin of the blank area (blank area c) between the 6th and 7th annotation information C and the blank area (blank area d) between the 6th and 7th annotation information C are relatively large, it is illustrated in FIG. As described above, each comment information C is shifted so that these blank areas are narrowed, and the blank area (blank area e) behind the eighth (tail) comment information C is expanded. The ninth comment information C is arranged for the blank area (blank area e).
In addition, by setting, the interval between the annotation information C can be made smaller than the reference interval S by rearranging the annotation information C. Further, the margin area on the end side may be enlarged by reducing the character size or character spacing of the annotation information C.

FIG. 14 shows a specific example of the annotation area expansion process.
That is, as illustrated in FIG. 14A, in the case where 13 request words W are included in the document output area DP, the tenth request word W with respect to the 10th request word W while performing the arrangement adjustment process in the order of appearance. As a result of arranging up to the annotation information C in the annotation information arrangement possible area CR of the annotation output area CP, the size of the margin area on the tail side of the annotation information arrangement possible area CR is insufficient for the arrangement of the eleventh and subsequent annotation information As shown in FIG. 14B, another newly formed paper area is additionally set in the annotation output area CP, and remains in the annotation information arrangement possible area CR of the annotation output area CP (11 Comment information C) is arranged.
Here, in this example, a new paper area is formed so as to overlap the paper area where the existing annotation output area CP is set, but a new paper area is formed in another direction (for example, on the right side of the document output area DP). A region may be formed. Also, the annotation output area CP may be expanded by changing the sheet area in which the annotation output area CP is set to a larger one instead of expanding the annotation output area CP by adding the sheet area. Good. In this example, the annotation output area CP is selected to be expanded according to the designation of the operator.

The correspondence specifying means 17 displays the correspondence between the request word W in the document output area DP and the corresponding comment information C in the comment output area CP (in this example, the request word W and its comment information C). Pass line L) is added.
In the correspondence clarification means 17 of this example, as shown in FIG. 15, the processing flow is shown at the center of the right end (document output area DP side) of the comment frame for all the comment information C in the comment output area CP. The coordinates are obtained (step S71), and the coordinates of the center of the left end (annotation output area CP side) of the rectangle surrounding the request word W corresponding to the comment information C are obtained (step S72). A straight line or a curve (pass line L) connecting the information C is drawn (step S73). These processes are performed for all output pages (step S74), the process result is stored in the memory (step S75), and the process proceeds to the display / print process (step S76).
Note that the pass line L may be drawn so as not to cover the character string in the document output area DP (the pass line L is drawn through a line space or a surrounding margin).

FIG. 16 shows a specific example of the correspondence clarification processing. The straight line L1 connecting the first request word W1 and the annotation information C1 with the shortest distance, and the second request word W2 and the annotation information C2 with the shortest distance. The corresponding relationship is clearly (visually) displayed by a straight line L2, a straight line L3 connecting the third request word W3 and its annotation information C3 with the shortest distance.
Since the correspondence relationship between the request word W and the comment information C only needs to be clarified, the position where these are connected by the pass line L is not limited to the central portion, and for example, the upper end portion or the lower end portion is connected. Other connection methods may be adopted. Further, in addition to the manner in which the correspondence relationship is represented by the pass line L, the correspondence relationship may be represented by adding a common number, an alphabet or other identification code to the corresponding request word W and the annotation information C, or The correspondence relationship may be expressed by changing the display attribute (for example, background color) for each set of the word W and the annotation information C.

  The display / printing means 19 causes the display device to integrally display and output the contents of the document output area DP and the contents of the annotation output area CP. Alternatively, the contents of the document output area DP and the contents of the annotation output area CP are printed out on the same sheet by the printing apparatus, or are printed out on different sheets of adjacent positional relationships. In the case where printing is performed on separate sheets of adjacent positional relationship, the margin setting provided at the periphery of each output sheet is adjusted (for example, no margin) by the print setting changing unit 18, so When the output paper is arranged on the desk, the pass line L is connected with good appearance.

The functions of the document processing apparatus described above and the processing contents thereof are merely examples, and some other configuration examples are shown below.
As an example of the configuration, the arrangement position of the annotation information C corresponding to the request word W is determined using an area-to-area mapping method instead of the shortest distance method described above. That is, the document output area DP and the comment output area CP are divided into a plurality of sections (areas) with a correspondence relationship between the areas, and the section where the request word W exists in the document output area DP. The annotation information C corresponding to the request word W is arranged with reference to the section in the annotation output area CP having the correspondence relationship with the request word W.

  Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 17, the document output region DP is divided into left and right, and each of the left and right regions is divided into 8 parts, whereby each of the 16 divided sections (L1 to L8, R1 to R8). ), Comment output areas CPL and CPR are provided on the left and right sides of the document output area DP, respectively, and each area CPL and CPR is divided into eight parts, and each section (A1 to A8) of the left comment output area CPL is output as a document. Corresponding to each left section (L1 to L8) in the area DP, each section (A1 to A8) in the right annotation output area CPR is associated to each right section (R1 to R8) in the document output area DP. Keep it. For example, for the request word W existing in the section L2 in the document output area DP, the annotation information C is arranged in the section A2 of the left-side annotation output area CPL corresponding to the section L2. If the annotation information C cannot be arranged because another annotation information C already exists in the section A2, it may be shifted to the lower side (for example, the section A3).

As one configuration example, an analysis means for analyzing the column configuration of the output page is provided, and a setting mode in which the annotation output region CP is arranged in a positional relationship according to the column configuration of the analysis result is proposed and operated. It is used to specify the setting mode and the expansion mode by the user, or it is automatically determined so that the annotation output region CP is arranged in a positional relationship according to the column configuration of the analysis result.
Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 18, when the output page is a left and right two-column set, a comment output region CP is set on the left and right of the document output region DP, and the left side column request word The annotation information C for W is arranged in the left annotation output area CP, and the annotation information C for the request word W in the right column is arranged in the right annotation output area CP.
As one configuration example, a blank area (a blank portion of the original text) in the document output area DP is set as the annotation output area CP, and is used continuously with the annotation output area CP outside the document output area DP.

As one configuration example, when the document output area DP and the annotation output area CP are displayed and output by the display device, a new word is specified for the output page and added to the request word W, or the request word W is specified. When an operation to cancel is received from the operator, each comment information C is rearranged in accordance with the addition or release of the request word W by the comment information arrangement means 16 or the like, and the request word W and the comment information are displayed by the correspondence clarification means 17. A display indicating the correspondence relationship of C (for example, pass line L) is added again, and the processing results are displayed and output by the display device.
Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 19A, in the case where eight request words W are designated and eight pieces of comment information C corresponding thereto are arranged, the ninth request is newly added. When the word W is added, as shown in FIG. 19B, the existing (1st to 8th) comment information is used to place the comment information C at the position corresponding to the request word W. A blank area is formed by shifting, and the ninth annotation information C is arranged in this blank area.

As a method of adding or canceling the request word W, for example, an operation of selecting the target word / phrase and selecting “display comment” from the menu is performed, and the word / phrase is added to the request word W, or When the word specified in W is selected and an operation of selecting “Hide Comment” from the menu is performed, the specification of the requested word W is canceled. Note that the comment information C may be rearranged in real time (immediately) in accordance with these operations, and in response to receiving a rearrangement instruction after an operation for adding or canceling the request word W. Information C may be rearranged or the like.
In addition, for example, a specific mark is explicitly added to a phrase specified in the request word W on a paper on which the page content of a document is printed out (for example, marked with a preset color) ) When the “scan with annotations” operation button is pressed with the paper in the state being read, the document output area DP and the annotation output area CP with the read image as the output page are displayed and output by the display device. The annotation information C may be rearranged in accordance with the operation of adding or canceling the request word W to the contents.

  As an example of the configuration, the comment area setting means 15 forms a paper area larger than the output page, sets the central area of the paper area divided into three in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction as the document output area DP, The remaining two areas (the upper area and the lower area, or the left area and the right area) in the paper area are set as the annotation output area CP, and are to be arranged in one annotation output area CP. A moving means for moving the document output area DP in the paper area in the direction in which the annotation output area CP expands when the annotation information C is not arranged due to the lack of the annotation output area CP. An annotation information C that has not been arranged is arranged in the annotation output area CP that has been provided and thus expanded.

That is, as illustrated in the processing flow in FIG. 20, when it is detected that unallocated annotation information C is generated in one of the initially set annotation output areas CP (step S81), the other annotation output is output. The number of characters (LC) that can be arranged in the region CP is calculated (step S82), the number of characters (ACn) in the annotation information Cn corresponding to the request word Wn is referred to (step S83), and the number of characters that can be arranged in the other annotation output region CP is It is determined whether or not the number of characters in the annotation information Cn is larger (LC> ACn) (step S84). If the number of characters that can be arranged in the other annotation output area CP is less than or equal to the number of characters in the annotation information Cn, the annotation information Cn is arranged. It is determined that it is impossible (step S89), and the annotation area expansion process described above is called (step S90).
On the other hand, if the number of characters that can be arranged in the other annotation output area CP is larger than the number of characters in the annotation information Cn, it is determined that the annotation information Cn can be arranged (step S85), and the movement amount of the document output area DP is calculated. Recording is performed (step S86), and this is repeatedly performed for each unallocated request word Wn (step S87). Thereafter, the document output area DP is moved according to the calculated movement amount, and the one annotation output area is recorded. The CP is enlarged, and the unassigned request words Wn are arranged in the expanded annotation output area CP (step S88).

  More specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 21A, for an output page to which an A4 vertical paper area is allocated, a larger A3 horizontal paper area is formed, and a document output area DP is formed at the left and right central portions thereof. Is set, and the left and right two areas equally divided by the document output area DP are set as the comment output areas CPL and CPR, respectively, as illustrated in FIG. If unplaced annotation information C is generated due to a shortage of the annotation output area CPL, the document output area DP is moved in the direction in which the annotation output area CPL on the left side expands as illustrated in FIG. In this example, the annotation information C that has not been arranged is arranged in the annotation output area CPL on the left side that has been enlarged.

FIG. 22 illustrates the main hardware of a computer constituting the document processing apparatus according to this example.
In this example, a CPU 21 that performs various arithmetic processes, a RAM 22 that is a work area of the CPU 21, a ROM 23 that records a basic control program, an auxiliary storage device that stores programs and various data according to an embodiment of the present invention (for example, 24), a display device for displaying and outputting various information, and an interface with an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse used for an input operation by an operator. The input / output I / F 25 is a computer having hardware resources such as a communication I / F 26 that is an interface for performing wired or wireless communication with other devices.
Then, the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized on the computer by reading the program according to the embodiment of the present invention from the auxiliary storage device 24 and the like, developing the program in the RAM 32, and causing the CPU 21 to execute the program. doing.

Note that the document processing apparatus may be realized by a single computer, or each functional unit may be distributed and provided in a plurality of computers to realize the document processing apparatus.
In addition, the program according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a computer according to the present example, for example, in a format read from an external storage medium such as a CD-ROM storing the program or a format received via a communication line. Set to
Moreover, it is not restricted to the aspect which implement | achieves each function part by software configuration like this example, You may make it implement | achieve each function part with a dedicated hardware module.

11: Annotation information display / print instruction means, 12: Annotation request word / annotation information pair acquisition means, 13: Annotation request word page position information acquisition means, 14 ... Annotation information amount calculation means, 15 ... Annotation area setting means, 16 ... annotation information arrangement means, 17 ... correspondence clarification means, 18 ... print setting change means, 19 ... display / printing means,
DP: Document output area, CP: Annotation output area, CR: Annotation information placement area, Request word W, C: Annotation information, L: Pass line

Claims (12)

Forming a paper area larger than the paper size by using one side of one or more papers for a document including a request word for requesting output of related information and having a paper size specified at the time of printing; In the paper area, the document output area in which the content of the document is output is set with the paper size as it is , and the request word in the document output area corresponds to a different area from the document output area in the paper area. Setting means for setting a related information output area in which related information is output;
Arrangement means for arranging the related information of the request word at a position in the related information output area according to the position of the request word in the document output area;
An adding means for adding a display indicating a correspondence relationship between the request word in the document output area and the related information arranged in the related information output area by the arrangement means for the request word;
A document processing apparatus comprising: The arrangement means arranges the related information of the request word with reference to the position in the related information output area of the shortest distance from the position of the request word in the document output area.
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1. The document output area and the related information output area are divided into a plurality of sections with a correspondence relationship between the areas.
The arrangement means arranges the related information of the request word with reference to the section in the related information output area having a correspondence relationship with the section where the request word exists in the document output area.
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1. In the process of arranging a plurality of pieces of related information respectively corresponding to a plurality of request words in the related information output area, the arrangement means provides a margin between the pieces of related information in the order of appearance of the request words in the document output area. Related information will be placed in order in the end direction of the output area, if the end side of the margin of the related information output area to be located destination of the related information is insufficient, the end-side by shifting the related information already arranged Expand the margins and place related information
The document processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the document processing apparatus includes: The arrangement means, when shifting the related information that has already been arranged, for the margins other than the trailing margin in the related information output area, the related information is shifted so that the margins are narrowed in order of increasing margins.
The document processing apparatus according to claim 4. The setting unit forms a paper area using one side of a sheet larger than the paper size , sets a document output area in the paper area, and outputs related information in the remaining area in the paper area. Set the area,
The document processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the document processing apparatus includes: The setting means forms a paper area using one side of a plurality of papers of the paper size, sets a document output area for one paper portion in the paper area, and sets other areas in the paper area. Set the paper part in the related information output area,
The document processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the document processing apparatus includes: In the process of arranging a plurality of related information corresponding to the plurality of request word by said locating means in the related information output area, if the relevant information unoccupied by lack of space-related information output area occurs, the related information outputting region An expansion unit that expands the related information output area by changing the paper area to which the value is set to a larger paper area or forming a new paper area and adding the paper area to the related information output area ,
The arrangement unit arranges the non-arranged related information in a related information output area expanded by the expansion unit.
The document processing apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein The setting means forms a paper area larger than the paper size , sets the central area of the paper area divided into three in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction as a document output area, and sets the remaining area in the paper area. Set two areas as related information output areas,
In the process of arranging a plurality of related information corresponding to the plurality of request word by said locating means in the related information output area, shortage area of the one of the related information output area for additional information about the planned placement on one of the related information output area And moving means for moving the document output area in a direction in which the one related information output area expands when unallocated related information occurs.
The arrangement means arranges the non-arranged related information in the one related information output area enlarged by the moving means,
The document processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the document processing apparatus includes: An analysis means for analyzing a column structure of pages output to the document output area;
The setting means sets a plurality of related information output areas in which related information corresponding to request words in each column is arranged in a positional relationship according to the column structure analyzed by the analyzing unit.
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document processing apparatus is a document processing apparatus. Display means for displaying the document output area and the related information output area on the display device;
With respect to the page displayed in the document output area, a reception means for accepting an operation for newly specifying a phrase and adding it to the requested word or canceling the designation of the requested word,
The arrangement unit rearranges the related information in response to an operation for adding or canceling a request word received by the reception unit,
The adding means includes a request word in the document output area and related information arranged in the related information output area by the arranging means for the request word in response to the related information being rearranged by the arranging means. Re-add the display showing the correspondence of
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document processing apparatus is configured as described above. Forming a paper area larger than the paper size by using one side of one or more papers for a document including a request word for requesting output of related information and having a paper size specified at the time of printing; In the paper area, the document output area in which the content of the document is output is set with the paper size as it is , and the request word in the document output area corresponds to a different area from the document output area in the paper area. A setting function to set the related information output area where related information is output,
An arrangement function for arranging the related information of the request word at a position in the related information output area according to the position of the request word in the document output area;
An additional function for adding a display showing a correspondence relationship between the request word in the document output area and the related information arranged in the related information output area by the arrangement function for the request word;
A program to make a computer realize.