JP5381032B2 - Work environment management apparatus, method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a work environment management apparatus, method, and program, and more particularly, to a work environment management apparatus, method, and program suitable for use in work performed while switching various documents.

  When business is performed using a computer terminal or the like, each time the business is switched or interrupted, the user needs to switch the work environment such as closing or opening a document related to the business. When there are a plurality of documents related to the business, the trouble of searching for and opening all the documents increases, which is a factor of reducing the efficiency of the business. The following is disclosed as a technique aimed at easily switching such a work environment.

  In the invention described in Patent Document 1, a user can save a work environment by associating one or more documents using file information displayed on a computer terminal, and selects a saved work environment. By restoring, the associated files can be easily displayed. As a result, the user can record and restore the display state of the current file as a work environment when necessary.

  In the invention described in Patent Document 2, the location information and designated character string information of the displayed Web page are acquired, registered as work environment information, and the user selects the work environment stored, thereby allowing the work environment to be selected. A web page associated with can be displayed.

  However, the above-described technique has the following problems. In Patent Document 1, the format of a document associated with a work environment is limited to “file”. In recent years, due to the evolution of Web technology and DB technology, documents are managed not only in file format but also in various formats such as Web pages and DB documents (for example, documents in LotusNotes (registered trademark)). Therefore, there is a problem that not all documents necessary for a business can be managed if only the document associated with the business is “file”.

  Further, in the invention described in Patent Document 1 or 2, when registering a work environment, it is possible to register related document information using information of “currently displayed document (file or Web page)”. Yes. However, in actual work, necessary documents are not always opened, and work is performed while closing unnecessary documents. For this reason, there is a problem that it is not possible to associate a document that has been closed immediately before with only the information of the “currently displayed document (file or Web page)”.

In the invention described in Patent Document 3, a user can manage and share a document in association with task information such as a schedule and Todo. Documents of different applications and document formats can be associated, and the user can easily access documents necessary for business by selecting a task. However, in the present invention, it is necessary to associate documents one by one, and there is a problem that when a plurality of documents are necessary for business, the association work becomes a burden on the user.
JP 2004-287999 A JP 2005-190281 A JP 2007-048240 A

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, in the business to perform while switching the various documents, an object of the Turkey to eliminate a decrease in work efficiency.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention having the following configuration is provided.

One aspect of the present invention is information relating to an operation on each document in a work environment management apparatus that manages a work environment in a task performed while switching a plurality of documents , including document identification information and a time at which the operation is performed. Document operation information acquisition means for acquiring document operation information including information for each operation, and document operation information acquired by the document operation information acquisition means related to an operation performed within a time set by a user , Work environment acquisition means for acquiring all of the document identification information of the acquired document operation information as work environment information in association with the work environment selected by the user , based on the time information included in the operation information. , displays the document associated with the working environment based on the work environment acquired by the working environment acquisition means selected by the user A work environment restoring means, characterized in that it comprises a.

According to the present invention, in operations carried out while switching the various documents, thereby enabling the Turkey to eliminate a decrease in work efficiency.

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

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 shows a hardware configuration of a work environment management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 114, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 115, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 116, a storage device 117, an output device 111, an input device 112, and a communication I are connected to the bus 110 of the work environment management device 100. / F (communication interface) 113 is connected.

  The configuration of the work environment management apparatus 100 will be described in detail. The CPU 114, which is an example of a control unit, controls each device of the work environment management device 100 by executing a program stored in the ROM 115. The RAM 116 is used as a work area when the CPU 114 executes a program, and is also used as a means for temporarily storing data generated during each process.

  The storage device 117 is configured by a storage medium such as a hard disk, and stores programs executed by the CPU 114 and various data used in each process.

  The output device 111 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), a PLD (Paper Like Display), and the like, and various information associated with the operation of the work environment management device 100 is displayed on the output device 111. The Note that the present invention is not limited to the above example as long as various types of information can be displayed.

  The input device 112 is a button or the like provided on a housing of the work environment management device 100 or a remote control device connected to the work environment management device 100 via a wireless or wired connection. The user can perform various inputs to the work environment management apparatus 100 by operating the input device 112. The display device described above may be configured as a touch panel and may also serve as the input device 112.

  The communication I / F 113 transmits data supplied from the CPU 114 to other information processing apparatuses or data transmitted from other information processing apparatuses via a network such as the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network). Can be received and supplied to the CPU 114. The communication I / F 113 according to the present embodiment also has a function as an interface for connection with an external device such as a digital camera, a scanner, or a printer. Note that the communication I / F 113 is not limited to a wired interface such as USB, and a wireless interface such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or IrDA (Infrared Data Association) can be used.

  Further, in the following embodiment, the description is given by taking an example that the object operated by the user is “document”. However, according to the technical idea of the present invention, the object operated by the user is “document”. It may be information such as an image that does not include a sentence (text), a mixed document in which an image and a sentence are mixed, a moving image, and sound.

  Therefore, in the description of the present invention and the following embodiments, “document” means a text document composed of text, an image not including a sentence (text), a mixed document in which an image and a sentence are mixed, a moving image, Various information such as voice is included.

Next, the functional configuration of this embodiment will be described.
FIG. 2 shows a functional configuration of the present embodiment. As illustrated, the work environment management apparatus 100 includes a document operation information acquisition unit 121, a document operation information management unit 122, a work environment acquisition unit 123, a work environment management unit 124, a display unit 125, an input unit 126, and a work environment restoration unit. 127, a document operation information storage unit 128, and a work environment storage unit 129. Each unit illustrated in FIG. 2 is realized by software using the hardware illustrated in FIG.

  Hereinafter, a rough flow of processing will be described.

(1) When the software is activated in this apparatus, the document operation information acquisition unit 121 starts acquiring a document operation on the apparatus. In this embodiment, it is assumed that an OS having a window system based on a GUI represented by Microsoft Windows (registered trademark) is operating in the apparatus. In the present embodiment, as the document operation information to be acquired, the opening / closing of the document window and the focus in / focus out (the front-most and non-front-most of the document window) are acquired. In addition, a login name to the OS, a document title, document identification information, and the like are acquired as user identification information. The document identification information here is location information of a document such as a file path or URL, and is used for document identification and document operation when restoring the work environment. The acquired document operation information is stored in the document operation information storage unit 128.

(2) The work environment acquisition unit 123 acquires work environment information according to a user instruction. The user can refer to the document information operated at any time or between any start time and end time in the work environment acquisition unit 123, and select one or more documents from the document information and store them as work environment information. Can do. Document opening / closing information and document focus information can be used as document operation information. The acquired work environment information is stored in the work environment storage unit 129.

(3) The work environment restoration unit 127 can refer to the stored work environment information, and can display a document associated with the designated work environment information on the display unit 125.

  Details of the processing will be described below.

<Acquire document operation information>
The document operation information acquisition unit 121 acquires operation information for a document performed by the user on the apparatus. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that an OS having a window system based on a GUI represented by Microsoft Windows (registered trademark) is operating. In this embodiment, “document opening / closing” and “document focus” (foremost document window) are acquired as document operation information to be acquired.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of document operation information. The document opening / closing information and the document focus information are acquired by acquiring a message to the window in the client OS.

  FIG. 4 shows a flow of document operation information acquisition processing by the document operation information acquisition unit 121. A message sent to a window displayed on the apparatus is acquired (steps S101 and S102), and it is determined whether “open / close” and “focus in / focus out” have been performed (steps S103 to S107). For example, document operation information as illustrated in FIG. 3 is generated (steps S104 and S106) and stored in the document operation information storage unit 128.

  In the open / close document operation information acquisition process, the document operation information as illustrated in FIG. 3 is acquired. In FIG. 3, “ID” is a document operation information identifier, and is given a unique ID. “User” is information for identifying a user, and acquires a login name to the OS in this embodiment. The “operation type” is information for identifying operation information, and in this embodiment, there are two types of “open / close” and “focus”. “Start time” is the operation start time of the document. “End time” is the document operation end time. “Document title” is the title of the document. In the present embodiment, the title of the window is acquired and used as the document title. “Application name” is the name of the application used for the operation of the document. “Document identification information (location)” is information for identifying a document, and is information representing a management location of the document such as a file path and a URL.

  FIG. 5 shows a flow of document identification information acquisition processing. FIG. 6 shows an example of a correspondence table between an application and document identification information acquisition processing.

The opening / closing operation information acquisition process and the focus-in / focus-out operation information acquisition process are as follows.
(1) The user ID at the time of login to the client OS is acquired and used as user information (step S201).
(2) The window title of the target window is acquired and used as document title information (step S202).
(3) The module name of the application that manages the target window is acquired and set as the application name (step S303).
(4) The document identification information acquisition processing method is acquired from the application name from the correspondence table of FIG. 6 (step S204).
(5) If the document identification information acquisition processing method can be acquired (step S205 / Yes), the document identification information information is acquired (step S206). If the document identification information acquisition processing method cannot be acquired (No at Step S205), the process proceeds to Step S207 without acquisition.
(6) The acquired document operation information is registered in the document operation information storage unit (step S207).

  The document identification information acquisition will be described. In obtaining document identification information, for example, in the case of Microsoft Windows (registered trademark), a technique called automation is used that allows an application or service to open an internal object or function to an external application or service. If the application is compatible with this automation, document identification information can often be acquired. In some cases, the document identification information displayed in the document window can be acquired by using a window message or the like even if it does not support automation. As described above, since the document identification information acquisition method (program code) is different for each application, a document identification information acquisition process is prepared for each application, and which document identification information acquisition process is to be used is determined according to the application information. Execute.

<Work environment acquisition>
The work environment acquisition unit 123 acquires and registers the work environment information using the document operation information. In response to an instruction from the user, a work environment registration dialog shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. The user can register a work environment by inputting a title and selecting a document in a dialog and pressing a “register” button.

  The document selection unit shown in FIG. 7 acquires the documents operated within the time specified from the document operation information management unit, and displays them in categories for each application. By specifying the document operation type, either “open document” or “focused document” can be displayed. The user can cause the document selection unit to display information on the document operated within an arbitrary start time and end time by specifying the set time and the time width.

A flow of the work environment acquisition process is shown in FIG.
(1) Set time and time width to initial values (set time is current time, time width is 30 minutes) (step S301).
(2) The document operated within the specified time is acquired from the document operation information management unit based on the “start time” and “end time” determined by the set time and the time width (step S302).
(3) The operation document information acquired according to the operation type designation (“open / close” “focus”) is displayed (step S303).
(4) If the set time is changed, the set time is corrected and the process returns to (2) (steps S304 and S310).
(5) When the time width is changed, the time width is corrected and the process returns to (2) (steps S305 and S310).
(6) If the registration button is pressed, the process proceeds to (7), and if not, the process returns to (4) (step S306).
(7) A title is acquired (step S307).
(8) The selected document information is acquired (step S308).
(9) The title, selected document information, and registration time are registered in the work environment storage unit (step S309).

  The registered work environment information is shown in FIGS. FIG. 9 is a table for storing work environment IDs, titles, and registration times, and FIG. 10 stores document information (application name, document title, document identification information) associated with the work environment.

<Work environment restoration>
The work environment restoration unit 127 activates a document registered in association with the work environment selected by the user from the stored work environment and displays the document on the display unit 125. A work environment restoration dialog is shown in FIG. The user selects a work environment to be restored in the work environment selection unit. Then, the document information registered in association with the selected work environment is displayed on the registered document selection unit. When the user selects the displayed document and presses the “Restore” button, the selected document is opened and displayed in the application.

A work environment restoration process flow is shown in FIG.
(1) All the registered work environment information is acquired from the work environment management unit (step S401).
(2) The work environment information is displayed on the work environment selection unit (step S402).
(3) The document information registered in association with the selected work environment information is displayed on the document selection unit (step S403).
(4) When different work environment information is selected, the process returns to (3) (step S404).
(5) If the restore button is pressed, the process proceeds to (6). If not, the process returns to (4) (step S405).
(6) The document information selected by the document selection unit is acquired (step S406).
(7) The document is opened by the application based on the acquired document information (step S407).

<Effect of this embodiment>
According to the above embodiment, documents necessary for work managed by various applications and systems can be easily collected and stored as a work environment, and can be restored as necessary. In other words, in work that is performed while switching various documents, it is possible to easily store and restore the work environment using the document operation history, eliminating the problem of reduced work efficiency due to the cost of switching and interrupting work. can do.

  In the above embodiment, information related to opening and closing of a document is included in the document operation information. As a result, documents opened at an arbitrary time or time width can be easily collected and stored as a work environment, and can be restored as necessary.

  In the above embodiment, information related to the focus of the document is included in the document operation information. As a result, a document focused at an arbitrary time or time width, that is, a document actually operated by the user can be easily collected and stored as a work environment, and can be restored as necessary.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment will be described. The configuration of the second embodiment is shown in FIG. In the second embodiment, the work environment is managed for each user and is intended to be shared among a plurality of users. As shown in FIG. 13, the present embodiment includes a user information storage unit 130 and a user information management unit 131, and achieves the above object by operating as described below. Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of this embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.

<Acquire document operation information>
Document operation information acquisition is the same as in the first embodiment.

<Work environment acquisition>
An example of a work environment registration dialog in the work environment acquisition unit 123 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 14, a user selection unit is added. The user can select and register a user who wants to share the work environment. In addition to FIGS. 9 and 10, the work environment information is stored in addition to the work environment information (user information) shown in FIG. In FIG. 15, user information is stored in association with a work environment ID. Further, when obtaining the document operation information, the operation information of the user is obtained.

The work environment acquisition flow is shown in FIG. 16 (in FIG. 16, only new steps are assigned to steps different from FIG. 8).
(1) The registered user information is acquired from the user information management unit 131 (step S501).
(2) The acquired user information is displayed on the user information selection unit (step S502).
(3) Set time and time width to initial values (set time is current time, time width is 30 minutes).
(4) The document operated by the user within the specified time is acquired from the document operation information management unit 122 based on the “start time” and “end time” determined by the set time and the time width.
(5) Display the operation document information acquired according to the operation type designation (“open / close” “focus”).
(6) If the set time is changed, the set time is corrected and the process returns to (2).
(7) When the time width is changed, the time width is corrected and the process returns to (2).
(8) If the registration button is pressed, the process proceeds to (7). If not, the process returns to (4).
(9) Obtain a title.
(10) The selected document information is acquired.
(11) The selected user information is acquired (step S503).
(12) The title, selected document information, selected user information, and registration time are registered in the work environment storage unit 129.

<Work environment restoration>
In the work environment restoration unit 127, when the work environment is acquired from the work environment management unit 124, the use user acquires the work environment registered as user information. The following is the same as in the first embodiment.

<Effect of this embodiment>
Thereby, work environment information can be managed for each user or shared by a plurality of users, and work environment management can be performed in an environment where work is performed in a group.

  As mentioned above, although each embodiment of this invention was described, it is not limited to said each embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

  For example, the operation (the operation shown in each flowchart) in each of the above-described embodiments can be executed by hardware, software, or a combined configuration of both.

  When executing processing by software, a program in which a processing sequence is recorded may be installed and executed in a memory in a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. Or you may install and run a program in the general purpose computer which can perform various processes.

  For example, the program can be recorded in advance on a hard disk or a ROM (Read Only Memory) as a recording medium. Alternatively, the program is temporarily or permanently stored on a removable recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), an MO (Magneto Optical) disc, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a magnetic disc, or a semiconductor memory. It can be stored (recorded). Such a removable recording medium can be provided as so-called package software.

  The program may be wirelessly transferred from the download site to the computer in addition to being installed on the computer from the removable recording medium as described above. Or you may wire-transfer to a computer via networks, such as LAN (Local Area Network) and the internet. The computer can receive the transferred program and install it on a recording medium such as a built-in hard disk.

  In addition to being executed in time series in accordance with the processing operations described in the above embodiment, the processing capability of the apparatus that executes the processing, or a configuration to execute in parallel or individually as necessary Is also possible.

  In addition, the system described in the above embodiment can be configured to have a logical set configuration of a plurality of devices or to mix the functions of each device.

  The present invention can be applied to a work environment management system, apparatus (apparatus), method, program, and the like.

It is a hardware block diagram of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the document operation information of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the document operation information acquisition process of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the document identification information acquisition process of embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a document location acquisition processing method correspondence table according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the work environment registration dialog of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the work environment acquisition process of embodiment of this invention. It is an example (the 1) of the work environment information of embodiment of this invention. It is an example (the 2) of the work environment information of embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the working environment restoration dialog of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the working environment restoration process of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of 2nd Embodiment. It is an example of the work environment registration dialog in 2nd Embodiment. It is an example of the work environment information (user information) in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the work environment acquisition process of 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Work environment management apparatus 121 Document operation information acquisition part 122 Document operation information management part 123 Work environment acquisition part 124 Work environment management part 125 Display part 126 Input part 127 Work environment restoration part 128 Document operation information storage part 129 Work environment management part 130 User information storage unit 131 User information management unit

Claims (6)

In the working environment management apparatus for managing a work environment in the business performed while switching a plurality of documents,
An information about the operation for each document, and the document operation information acquiring means for acquiring each time of operating the document operation information including information of the time when the document identification information and the operation is performed,
All the document operation information acquired by the document operation information acquisition unit related to the operation performed within the time set by the user is acquired based on the time information included in the document operation information, and the acquired document operation information A work environment acquisition means for acquiring the document identification information as work environment information in association with the work environment selected by the user ;
Work environment restoration means for displaying a document associated with the work environment based on the work environment acquired by the work environment acquisition means selected by the user;
A work environment management apparatus comprising: The document operation information acquisition means acquires document open / close information that is information relating to an open / close state of the document as the document operation information,
The work environment management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the work environment acquisition unit acquires the work environment information using document opening / closing information at a time specified by a user. The document operation information acquisition means acquires document focus information that is information relating to a document focus as the document operation information,
The work environment management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the work environment acquisition unit acquires the work environment information using document focus information at a time specified by a user. User information management means for managing user information is provided,
4. The work environment management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user information management unit manages the work environment information for each user and shares the work environment information among a plurality of users. 5. . In the working environment management method for managing the work environment in the business carried out while switching between a plurality of documents,
Document operation information acquisition step for acquiring document operation information each time an operation is performed on each document, and includes document identification information and information on the time when the operation was performed,
All the document operation information acquired in the document operation information acquisition step related to the operation performed within the time set by the user is acquired based on the time information included in the document operation information, and the acquired document operation information A work environment acquisition step of acquiring the document identification information as work environment information in association with the work environment selected by the user ;
A work environment restoration step of displaying a document associated with the work environment based on the work environment acquired in the work environment acquisition step selected by the user;
A work environment management method comprising: A work environment management device that manages the work environment for work that is performed while switching multiple documents.
An information about the operation for each document, and the document operation information acquiring means for acquiring each time of operating the document operation information including information of the time when the document identification information and the operation is performed,
Document operation information acquired by the document operation information acquisition means related to an operation performed within a time set by the user is all acquired based on the time information included in the document operation information, and acquired document operation information A work environment acquisition means for acquiring the document identification information as work environment information in association with the work environment selected by the user ;
A work environment management program that functions as a work environment restoration unit that displays a document associated with a work environment based on the work environment acquired by the work environment acquisition unit selected by a user.

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