JP5612930B2 - Terminal device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device that detects a description of a date included in an article in a page of an electronic publication and registers a part or all of the article in an application on a server.

  Conventionally, software for browsing electronic publications and devices capable of performing similar processing have been developed. (For example, refer nonpatent literature 1). By using such a device, the user was able to browse electronic publications.

“Adobe-Reader 9”, [online], Adobe Systems Inc., [Search June 24, 2010], Internet <URL: http://www.adobe.com/jp/products/reader/features/>

  However, in a conventional terminal device, when a date described in an electronic publication page and an event related thereto are registered in, for example, a calendar application, the user drags the date and the event with a mouse. I had to copy it and register it in the calendar application. Moreover, based on the date described on the page, for example, when referring to a schedule registered in the calendar application, the user copies the date by a drag operation with a mouse or the like, and on the calendar application, There was a problem that a schedule corresponding to the copied date had to be searched.

  The terminal device according to the first aspect of the present invention is a terminal device that constitutes an object processing system including a terminal device and a server device, and the terminal device includes at least two objects including at least a character string or an image. A page information storage unit that stores first page information that is information of the first page, a date description determination unit that determines whether each of the two or more objects includes date information that is information indicating a date, and A date object information transmission unit configured to transmit date object information in which part or all of the objects determined by the date description determination unit include date information and date information are associated with the server device; The apparatus can store calendar information having two or more schedule information including date information and event information that is event information related to the date indicated by the date information. Date object information as event information corresponding to the date indicated by date information included in the date object information received by the date object information received by the date object information receiving unit, the date object information receiving unit receiving the date object information from the terminal device Is a terminal device that constitutes an object processing system including a calendar information storage unit that stores a part or all of objects included in the calendar information storage unit.

  With such a configuration, the page indicated by the page information and the schedule information of the server device can be easily linked with the date information included in the object arranged in the first page information.

  The terminal device according to the second aspect of the present invention stores information indicating an area on one or more objects that the date description determination unit has determined to include date information and calendar information of the server device, as compared with the first invention. A link area management information acquisition unit that acquires link area management information having link information corresponding to the schedule information of each copy, and an output unit that outputs the first page information and link area management information in association with each other Furthermore, it is the terminal device which comprises the object processing system which comprises.

  With such a configuration, an object including date information and schedule information of the server device can be easily linked.

  The terminal device according to the third aspect of the invention generates second page information that is information of the second page in which one or more objects arranged on the first page are arranged with respect to the second invention. And a link area management information acquisition unit that includes information indicating an area on one or more objects arranged on the first page and a second page on which one or more objects are arranged. Link area management information having link information corresponding to the second page information, which is information, is acquired, the output unit is the first page information, the second page information generated by the page generation unit, and a link It is a terminal device that outputs region management information in association with each other.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to create second page information in which an object arranged in the first page information is arranged.

  The terminal device according to the fourth aspect of the invention further includes a group management information storage unit for storing one or more group management information, which is information indicating one or more objects belonging to one object group, as compared with the third aspect of the invention. The page generation unit generates second page information that is information of a second page on which one or more objects indicated by the group management information are arranged, among the objects arranged on the first page; The link area management information acquisition unit is a second page that is information of an area including an area on one or more objects indicated by the group management information and a second page in which one or more objects indicated by the group management information are arranged. It is a terminal device that acquires link area management information having associated link information with information.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to create second page information in which objects are arranged for each group of objects.

  The terminal device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in contrast to the fourth aspect of the invention, divides the objects arranged on the first page into one or more object groups and assigns objects belonging to each of the grouped object groups. The terminal device further includes a group management information storage unit that acquires the group management information shown and stores it in the group management information storage unit.

  With such a configuration, the objects can be divided into object groups.

  Further, in the terminal device of the sixth invention, the first page information has one or more objects and arrangement information which is information indicating an area in which the objects are arranged, as compared with the fifth invention. , Further comprising an attribute designation information storage unit for storing attribute designation information which is information for designating attributes of one or more objects classified into one group, and the group management information storage unit is arranged on the first page The object management information is divided into one or more object groups for each object having the attribute designated by the attribute designation information using object arrangement information, and group management information indicating objects belonging to each of the one or more object groups is displayed. It is a terminal device that acquires and accumulates in the group management information storage unit.

  With this configuration, the objects can be grouped according to the attribute and the position where the object is arranged.

  The terminal device according to the seventh aspect of the invention relates to any one of the third to sixth aspects of the invention, the screen size information, which is the screen size information on which the first and second page information is output, A size limit information storage unit that stores size limit information having size threshold information that is information indicating a size threshold, and a screen size that is information for specifying a screen size from which the first and second page information is output A screen size designation information receiving unit that receives the designation information, and the page generation unit includes size threshold information corresponding to the screen size information corresponding to the screen size designation information among the objects arranged on the first page. For smaller sized objects, a second page with the object placed with at least one of the other objects placed on the first page. A terminal device for generating information.

  With such a configuration, for an object that is too small for the screen size to be output, do not create the second page information alone, and create a link area that makes operation difficult in the first page information. Can be prevented.

  According to the terminal device or the like according to the present invention, the page and the calendar information can be easily linked by the date information on the page.

Conceptual diagram of object processing system 1 in the embodiment Block diagram of the terminal device 11 Block diagram of the server device Flow chart showing the overall operation of the terminal device 11 Flowchart for explaining generation processing of the group management information Flowchart explaining the transmission process of the same date object information The flowchart explaining the judgment processing of the second page information generation A flowchart showing the overall operation of the server device 12 The figure which shows the example of a display of the same page information Figure showing an example of the same page management table The figure which shows the example of the group management information The figure which shows the example of the same attribute designation information The figure which shows the example of the same size restriction information The figure which shows the example of the link area management information Figure showing an example of the calendar information The figure which shows the example of the schedule information The figure which shows the example of the schedule information Figure showing an example of the calendar information The figure which shows the example of a display screen of the output data corresponding to the first page information The figure which shows the example of the display screen of the calendar information The figure which shows the example of a display screen of the output data corresponding to the second page information The figure which shows the example of a display of the menu Block diagram of the terminal device 11 The figure which shows the example of the display screen of the menu Figure showing an example of the calendar information Overview of the computer system Block diagram of the computer system

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a terminal device and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an object processing system 1 in the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, one or more terminal devices 11 and a server device 12 are connected via a network 13. The network 13 is a wired or wireless communication line, such as the Internet, an intranet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a public telephone line network, or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the terminal device 11 in the present embodiment.

  The terminal device 11 includes a page information storage unit 1101, a date description determination unit 1102, a date object information transmission unit 1103, an attribute designation information storage unit 1104, a group management information storage unit 1105, a group management information storage unit 1106, and a size restriction information storage unit. 1107, a screen size designation information reception unit 1108, a page generation unit 1109, a link area management information acquisition unit 1110, and an output unit 1111.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the server device in the present embodiment.

  The server device 12 includes a calendar information storage unit 1201, a date object information reception unit 1202, and a calendar information storage unit 1203.

  The page information storage unit 1101 constituting the terminal device 11 stores first page information. The first page information is information on a page on which one or more objects including at least a character string or an image are arranged. The first page information is information including an object. Further, the first page information may include, for example, page identification information that is information for identifying a page on which an object is arranged, and arrangement information that is information indicating an area on which the object is arranged. Further, the first page information may include page definition information that defines a page size and the like. The first page information includes, for example, page identification information for identifying one page, one or more objects arranged on the page indicated by the one page identification information, and arrangement information indicating an area in which these objects are arranged. And have.

  Note that the object, page identification information, layout information, page definition information, etc. included in the first page information may be the information itself, or information that can identify the information. Also good. In the latter case, the object or the like included in the first page information may be, for example, a pointer or address indicating an area in which the object or the like is stored, or may be object identification information.

  An object is, for example, data including at least one of a character string or an image composed of one or more characters. It should be noted that the object may include a character string or an image, for example, an audio object, a music object, or the like. The object may be considered as a component of information to be browsed or edited by the terminal device 11, for example. The character string included in the object may have font attribute values such as font, font size, and font color. Here, an object including a character string is referred to as a character string object. The image included in the object may be a moving image or a still image. The image may be bitmap data or vector data, and the file format or the like is not limited to TIFF, JPEG, SVG or the like. An object including an image is referred to herein as an image object. An object may be considered as content arranged on a page.

  A page is information indicating an area in which one or more objects are arranged, for example. Here, the page may be considered as information indicating a virtual paper surface, a mount, an art board, or the like. A page may be considered as an outputable area in which an object or the like is arranged and output, or a printable area.

  The page identification information may be information that can identify the page, and is, for example, unique identification information assigned to the page, a page number, or the like. When the first page information indicating one page constitutes one file or the like, the page identification information may be a file name of the page.

  The object arrangement information is, for example, information indicating an area where an object in the page indicated by the page information is arranged. For example, the object is laid out on the page by arrangement information. The object arrangement information is information indicating the position and size of the object, for example. The object arrangement information includes, for example, information indicating the position of one or more points on the object (for example, a center point, a diagonal intersection, or one or more of the four corners), and the vertical and horizontal sizes of the object. Information indicating the position of a pair of diagonals of the object may be used. The information indicating the position of the point is indicated by, for example, coordinates set for the page. The unit of information indicating the size is not limited. Here, the size means not an object data size but a dimension. However, the arrangement information may be any information as long as it can identify the area where the object is arranged. For example, the arrangement information may be information indicating a position (for example, coordinates) where the object is arranged. In this case, the size of the area where the object is arranged may be, for example, the size of the object. In the above case, the area occupied by the object (or the area on the object) when the object is arranged at the position indicated by the arrangement information may be considered as the area where the object is arranged. When an object is arranged in an arrangement area called a frame, a frame, a box, or the like for arranging the object, information indicating the arrangement area may be considered as object arrangement information. The information indicating the arrangement area includes information indicating the same position, size, and the like as the object arrangement information. The area such as the frame and one or more objects arranged in the area are managed by, for example, management information that manages information indicating the area such as a frame (not shown) and the arranged object in association with each other. . In addition, the object arranged on the page indicated by the page information after the second page information described later is linked to the object arranged on the page indicated by the first page information, so that the first page information You may make it share the object arrange | positioned on the page which shows. If the area where the object is to be placed is not designated, the first page information may not have the object placement information. In addition, when the area where the object is arranged is specified on the output device side or when the area arranged on the output device side is interpreted, the first page information includes the arrangement information. It does not have to be.

  The page definition information is information that defines attributes such as page size, margin, and margin. Moreover, you may have the information which defines attributes, such as a background color of a page. Further, the page definition information may include size information when the first page information is output. Moreover, you may have the information which shows the size of display screens, such as an output device from which 1st page information is output. Further, the page definition information may include information on the output size of the first page information. Note that the output size of the page indicated by the first page information may be variable according to the size of the display screen of the output device or the user's operation.

  Note that the first page information does not have page definition information when it is not necessary to specify the page size or the like, such as when an area where one or more objects are arranged is considered as a page. May be. For example, when it is considered that one object is displayed or one page is displayed, the page definition information may be omitted.

  The first page information may be composed of one file or a plurality of files. Further, the first page information may be one or more databases.

  Specifically, the first page information may be considered as document information indicating a document in which an object is arranged. The first page information may be Web page information such as HTML, or an object used in an apparatus capable of outputting an electronic publication such as a DTP apparatus, a cross-media publishing apparatus, or a word processor is arranged. It may be page information. Further, these page information may be considered as information on the original of the page.

  The first page information may be page information used for outputting an electronic publication, for example. An electronic publication is a publication in which an information output medium is an electronic medium. For example, the electronic publication is an electronic book, electronic paper, electronic distribution document, or the like. Web pages and the like may also be considered electronic publications. An electronic publication may be considered an electronic book. The content of the electronic publication is not questioned. However, the first page information may be page information that can also be used for publishing printed on a physical medium such as paper.

  The first page information may be considered as page information of the first hierarchy of page information hierarchized using link information or the like.

  The first page information stored in the page information storage unit 1101 is, for example, page information to be processed by the terminal device 11 specified by the user or the like. The process of accumulating the first page information in the page information storage unit 1101 does not matter. For example, the first page information may be stored in the page information storage unit 1101 via a recording medium, and the first page information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in the page information storage unit 1101. Alternatively, the first page information input via the input device may be stored in the page information storage unit 1101. This also applies to the following storage units and the like.

  The page information storage unit 1101 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The date description determination unit 1102 determines whether the object includes date information.

  Here, the object is an object arranged on the first page. The object here may be a concept including a group object that is an object grouped by a page generation unit 1109 described later. That is, the date description determination unit 1102 may determine whether or not date information is included for objects and group objects arranged on the first page.

  The date information is information indicating a date. The date information may be in the form of a date such as “2010/12/31”, “2010-06-30”, “01/01/2010”, or “12 / 31 "," 06-30 ", and" 01/01/01 "may be used. Further, as shown in this example, the type and format of the symbols that separate the year, month, and day in the date information are not limited. The numbers indicating the month and day may be two digits by adding “0” to the original one digit. The number indicating the year may be a Western calendar as shown in this example, or may be a Japanese calendar such as “2010” or “Showa 63”. In addition, when the year is the Japanese calendar, the number indicating the year may be two digits by adding “0” to the original one as in the numbers indicating the month and the day. In addition, the information indicating the era in the Japanese calendar may be information indicating an initial letter when the era is written in Roman letters, for example, “H” or “S”. The numbers included in the date information and the symbols that separate the year, month, and day may be full-width or half-width. The format of the date information is not limited as long as it is information indicating a date.

  The date information may include information indicating time. That is, the date information may be a concept including time.

  Here, assuming that the information indicating the time is time information, the time information is, for example, “23:30:15”, “09.45.30”, “8:30:20”. The format may be a second format, or a format such as “23:30”, “09.45”, or “8:30”. In addition, the numbers indicating hours, minutes, and seconds may be two digits by adding “0” to the original one digit. In addition, as shown in this example, the number indicating time may be expressed in 24 hours or in 12 hours. When the time is expressed in 12 hours, for example, information indicating whether it is AM or PM, such as “AM09: 45”, “PM12: 15”, “09:45 AM”, and “12:15 PM” It may be added. Also, the information indicating whether it is morning or afternoon is the minimum information indicating whether it is morning or afternoon, such as “A”, “P”, “before”, “after”, and there is no common part. Also good.

  The time information may be in a format indicating the start of time, for example, “20: 0-00”, or the start and end of time, such as “20: 0-00: 23: 45”. It may be in the form shown.

  The information indicating whether it is morning or afternoon, hour, minute, second, start of time, and type and format of a symbol that delimits the end of time are not limited. In addition, the numbers included in the time information, the symbols that delimit hours, minutes, and seconds, the symbols that delimit the start of time, and the end of time may be full-width or half-width. The time information may be in any format as long as it is information indicating time.

Further, for example, the following procedure may be used to determine whether an object includes date information.
(1) It is determined whether the object is a character string object or an image object.
(2) In (1), when the object is a character string object, the character string included in the object is acquired.
(3) In (1), when the object is an image object, a character string is acquired from the object using a so-called character recognition technique. Since the character recognition technique is a known technique, detailed description thereof is omitted.
(4) It is determined whether the character string acquired in (2) or (3) includes date information.

  The determination as to whether or not the character string in (4) includes date information may be made using, for example, a date information format pattern to determine whether or not the character string matches the pattern. It may be determined whether or not the character string includes a character string that matches the pattern. The date information format pattern may be a regular expression. In the case of a regular expression, the pattern for determining whether or not it matches the date information that is the year is, for example, “(19 | 20) [0-9] {2 } \ / (0 [1-9] | 1 [0-2]) \ / (0 [1-9] | [12] [0-9] | 3 [01]) " Then, for example, “(19 | 20) [0-9] {2} \ / (0 [1-9] | 1 [0-2]) \ / (0 [1-9] | [12] [0-9] | 3 [01]) ". Also, in the case of regular expressions, the pattern for determining whether or not the date information that is the Japanese calendar matches, if the date information is half-width, for example, “Heisei [0-9] {1, 2} year (0 [1-9] | 1 [0-2]) month (0 [1-9] | [12] [0-9] | 3 [01]) days ” Then, for example, “Heisei [0-9] {1,2} year (0 [1-9] | 1 [0-2]) month (0 [1-9] | [12] [0-9 ] | 3 [01]) days ".

In addition, the determination as to whether or not the character string in (4) includes date information may be performed as follows, for example, when determining whether or not the character string includes date information that is a year.
(4-a1) A 4-digit number indicating the year is detected from the target character string.
(4-a2) It is determined whether or not there is a symbol that separates the year and the month immediately after the number detected in (4-a1).
(4-a3) In (4-a2), if a symbol exists, it is determined whether a two-digit or one-digit number indicating the month exists immediately after the symbol.
(4-a4) In (4-a3), when a two-digit or one-digit number exists, it is determined whether or not there is a symbol separating the month and the day immediately after the number.
(4-a5) In (4-a4), if a symbol exists, it is determined whether a two-digit or one-digit number indicating the day exists immediately after the symbol.
(4-a6) In (4-a5), when a 2-digit or 1-digit number exists, it is determined that the target character string includes date information.

Further, the determination as to whether or not the character string in (4) includes date information may include the following procedure, for example, when determining whether or not the character string includes date information that is a Japanese calendar. .
(4-b1) A character string indicating an era is detected from the target character string. It is assumed that the character string indicating the era is held in advance by the date description determination unit 1102.
(4-b2) It is determined whether there is a 2-digit or 1-digit number indicating the year immediately after the era detected in (4-b1).
(4-b3) If a 2-digit or 1-digit number exists in (4-b2), it is determined whether “year” exists immediately after the number.
(4-b4) In (4-b3), when “year” exists, it is determined whether or not a two-digit or one-digit number indicating the month exists immediately after the “year”.
(4-b5) In (4-b4), when a 2-digit or 1-digit number exists, it is determined whether or not “month” exists immediately after the number.
(4-b6) In (4-b5), when “month” exists, it is determined whether or not a two-digit or one-digit number indicating the day exists immediately after the symbol.
(4-b7) In (4-b6), when a 2-digit or 1-digit number exists, it is determined whether or not “day” exists immediately after the number.
(4-b8) In (4-b7), when “day” exists, it is determined that the target character string includes date information.

  Further, in the above (4-a1) to (4-a6) and (4-b1) to (4-b8), when it is determined whether or not the time information is also included, whether or not the time information is included is determined. The determination may be, for example, using a pattern in the time information format to determine whether the target character string matches the pattern, or the character string includes a character string that matches the pattern. It may be determined whether or not it is. The pattern of the time information format may be a regular expression. In the case of a regular expression, the pattern for determining whether or not the time information is in 24-hour notation is, for example, “([01] [0-9] | 2 [0-4]: [0-5] [0-9]) "and full-width, for example," ([01] [0-9] | 2 [0-4]: [0-5] [0-9]) ". In the case of regular expressions, the pattern for determining whether or not the time information is in 12-hour notation is, for example, “((AM) | (PM) ) (0 [0-9] | 1 [0-2]): [0-5] [0-9] ”, and if it is full-width, for example,“ ((AM) | (PM) (0 [0-9] | 1 [0-2]): [0-5] [0-9] ".

Further, the determination as to whether or not the time information is included may be performed in the following procedure, for example, when determining whether or not the time information is expressed in 24 hours.
(J-a1) A 2-digit or 1-digit number indicating the time is detected from the target character string.
(J-a2) It is determined whether or not there is a symbol that separates the hour and the minute immediately after the number detected in (J-a1).
(J-a3) In (J-a2), if there is a symbol, it is determined whether there is a two-digit or one-digit number indicating the minute immediately after the symbol.
In (J-a4) and (J-a3), when a 2-digit or 1-digit number exists, it is determined that the target character string includes time information.

Further, the determination as to whether or not the time information is included may be performed in the following procedure, for example, when determining whether or not the time information is expressed in 12 hours.
(J-b1) A symbol indicating whether it is morning or afternoon is detected from the target character string.
(J-b2) It is determined whether there is a 2-digit or 1-digit number indicating time immediately after the symbol detected in (J-b1).
In (J-b3) and (J-b2), when a two-digit or one-digit number exists, it is determined whether or not there is a symbol that separates the hour and the minute immediately after the number.
In (J-b4) and (J-b3), if a symbol exists, it is determined whether a two-digit or one-digit number indicating the minute exists immediately after the symbol.
In (J-b5) and (J-b4), when a 2-digit or 1-digit number exists, it is determined that the target character string includes time information.

  Also, the date description determination unit 1102 may determine whether or not the object includes date information by determining whether or not the same object includes information indicating date, hour, minute, and second, for example. good. That is, even if the information indicating the date and time and the information indicating the hour, minute, and second are not consecutive in the same object, the date description determination unit 1102 may determine that the object includes date information.

  In such a case, the regular expression pattern used for the determination and information such as “year”, “month”, “day”, “hour”, “minute”, “second” are displayed by the date description determination unit 1102. You may hold | maintain and you may store in arbitrary storage areas, and the place is not ask | required.

  The date description determination unit 1102 only needs to be able to determine whether or not the object finally includes date information, and the determination method does not matter.

  Further, the date description determination unit 1102 may determine whether or not the object includes date information, and when determining that the object includes date information, may acquire the date information included in the object. The acquisition method in this case is the same method as the determination method of whether or not the date information is included. In addition, the date description determination unit 1102 may perform a process of deleting the above-described symbol that separates the year, month, and day from the acquired date information, and assigns “0” to a one-digit number. Then, it may be converted into a two-digit number, the Japanese calendar may be converted into a Western calendar, or other processing may be performed in a range where the date indicated by the acquired date information does not change. In this case, for example, the acquired date information “2010/12/31” may be converted into “20102311”, or the acquired date information “January 3, 2010” is converted into “2010100103”. Also good. For the time information included in the date information, the date description determination unit 1102 replaces the symbol for separating the hour, minute, and second from “.” To “:” with respect to the acquired time information, for example. Alternatively, the reverse replacement may be performed, the 12-hour notation may be converted into the 24-hour notation, or the reverse conversion may be performed. In this case, for example, the acquired time information “09.45” may be converted into “09:45”, or the acquired time information “PM8: 30” may be converted into “20:30”. Further, the acquisition of date information and the conversion thereof may be performed by the date object information transmission unit 1103 described later.

  Further, the timing for determining whether or not the date information is included may be immediately after the first page information is stored in the page information storage unit 1101 or even when an operation from the user is accepted. good. Further, the timing may be immediately after the page generation unit 1109 described later generates the first page information, or immediately after the page generation unit 1109 described later groups the objects arranged on the first page. It may be.

  The date description determination unit 1102 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the date description determination unit 1102 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The date object information transmission unit 1103 transmits date object information in which part or all of the objects determined by the date description determination unit 1102 to include date information and date information are associated with the server device 12. More specifically, first, the date object information transmission unit 1103 includes all of the objects that the date description determination unit 1102 has determined to include date information, a part of the object excluding date information from the object, Only predetermined information (for example, a character string having the largest font size) is acquired from the object. Next, the date object information transmission unit 1103 configures date object information in which part or all of the acquired object is associated with date information. Next, the date object information transmission unit 1103 transmits the configured date object information to the server device 12.

  For example, when the object is a group object, the part of the object may be a part of the objects included in the group object, or when the object is a single character string object, It may be a part of the character string, or may be a part of the image when the object is a single image object. Further, the part of the object may be a part obtained by deleting the date information included from the object. In this case, the deletion of the date information may be performed using the date information acquired in the date description determination unit 1102 or by a method similar to the determination method of whether or not the date information is included in the date description determination unit 1102. You can go. Moreover, when the said object is a group object, the part of object may delete the object containing date information among the objects contained in a group object, for example. In this case, for example, when a group object includes object A, object B, and object C, and object B includes date information, object A and object C from which object B has been deleted are part of the object. To do.

  The whole object may be, for example, when the object is a group object, all the objects included in the group object, or when the object is a single character string object, It may be the entire column, or if the object is a single image object, it may be the entire image. Further, all of the objects may include date information.

  Further, the date information associated with a part or all of the object that the date description determination unit 1102 determines to include date information may be, for example, the date information itself included in the object, or the date information included in the object. The date information included in objects other than the object may be combined. For example, an object A and an object B are arranged on the page, the object A includes date information “2010” indicating the year, and the object B includes date information “June 30” indicating the day. In this case, the date information may be generated by combining these date information to “June 30, 2010” and associating the date information with a part or all of the object B.

  As described above, the date object information may be information in which date information is associated with an object that does not include date information, or may be information in which date information is associated with an object that includes date information.

  The date object information may be in any format as long as the object and date information are associated with each other. In the date object information, for example, the object identification information for identifying the object and the date information included in the object may be indicated in a table format.

  Note that the date object information transmission unit 1103 holds information for communicating with the server device 12 (for example, the IP address of the server device 12, the URL of the server device 12, etc.) in advance, and uses the information to transmit the information to the server device. The date object information may be transmitted to 12. For example, the transmission destination URL for communicating with the server device 12 is “http://calendar.co.jp”, the date information included in the date object information is “June 30, 2010”, and the date object When the object included in the information is “Castle Festival”, the date object information transmission unit 1103 generates a transmission URL such as “http://calendar.co.jp/20100630/Castle Festival”, for example. Then, the date object information may be transmitted to the server device 12 using this.

  Further, for example, the date object information transmission unit 1103 includes a transmission destination URL for transmitting the date object information to the server device 12 and a reference destination URL for referring to the schedule information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 of the server device 12. Is stored in advance, a transmission URL is generated using the transmission destination URL and date object information, and the date object information is transmitted to the server device 12 using the transmission URL. The URL for reference may be generated using the date object information. In this case, the date object information transmission unit 1103 has, for example, the transmission destination URL “http://calendar.co.jp/regist/” and the reference destination URL “http://calendar.co.jp/show”. If the date object information includes a character string object, the URL for transmission “http://calendar.co.jp/regist/20100630/Ojo Festival” is generated, and the URL for reference is generated simultaneously with this generation. “Http://calendar.co.jp/show/20100630” may be generated. The reference URL may include only the date information included in the date object information, such as “http://calendar.co.jp/show/20100630”, or “http://calendar.co.jp Like "/ show / 20100630 / castle festival", both date information and objects included in the date object information may be included. The generated transmission URL and reference URL may be stored in an arbitrary storage area.

  Further, the above is a case where a character string object is included in the date object information. However, when an image object is included in the date object information, for example, “http://calendar.co.jp/ You can use an object ID such as “regist / 20100630 / DA001”, or you can use an image ID that makes up an image object such as “http://calendar.co.jp/regist/20100630/DA001.jpg”. A file name may be used.

  Further, when the date object information includes a plurality of objects, that is, when the date object information includes a group object, if it is a URL for transmission, for example, “http://calendar.co.jp/regist/20100630/ As shown in "Castle Festival / Mascot Character Appearance", a plurality of included objects may be connected behind the date information to generate a transmission URL. For example, the same applies to the case where the date object information includes a character string object and an image object.

  Further, the date object information transmission unit 1103 generates date object information in which part or all of the objects that the date description determination unit 1102 determines to include date information and date information are associated with each other, and the date object information is You may transmit to the server apparatus 12. In this case, the generated date object information may be accumulated in an arbitrary storage area.

  The date object information transmission unit 1103 is normally realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.

  The attribute designation information storage unit 1104 stores attribute designation information. The attribute designation information is information that designates an attribute for each of one or more objects classified into one group. For example, objects having attributes specified by the attribute specifying information are grouped into one group. The attribute designation information preferably further includes order information indicating the order of attributes of a plurality of objects constituting one group. That is, it is preferable that the order is specified for the attributes of the objects classified into one group. For example, objects are grouped in the order of attributes indicated by the order information. The order information may be information that designates the order by numerical values, symbols, or the like, or may be the order itself in which the object attributes are arranged. In the present embodiment, the attribute of the object is considered to mean the value of the attribute of the object, that is, the attribute value as appropriate. The object attribute is, for example, an attribute of the object itself. Further, the attribute of the arrangement area where the object is arranged may be considered as the attribute of the object. The attribute of the object may be managed in association with each object, or may be managed in association with the arrangement area where each object is arranged. The attribute of the object itself is information about the format of the object of a character string, for example. The object format includes font name, font family, font type information such as serif, font size, font color, font decoration such as bold and underline, line spacing, line alignment, And combinations thereof. These combinations may be called styles. The attribute of the object itself is information about the size, file format (for example, EPS, TIFF, etc.), file name, data amount, etc. of the image object. For example, character string information indicating the size of the image included in the file name, for example, a character string such as “SMALL” or “LARGE”, or a character such as “S” or “L” before the extension, May be treated as an object attribute. The attribute of the object itself may be information indicating the content of the object, for example, what kind of character string is included, what kind of content the image is, and the like. The attributes of the placement area in which the object is placed include the size, shape, background color, frame color, label attached to the placement area, identification information, and the like. Further, the attribute of the object may be information on the number of characters, the number of rows, and the number of columns of the object arranged in one arrangement area. The attribute of the object specified by the attribute specifying information described here may be a combination of two or more of the attributes described above.

  The attribute designation information storage unit 1104 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The group management information accumulation unit 1105 divides the objects arranged in the first page information into one or more object groups, acquires group management information indicating objects belonging to each of the grouped object groups, and will be described later. It accumulates in the group management information storage unit 1106. Here, the object arranged in the page information means an object arranged in the page indicated by the page information. The same applies to the following. The grouping (grouping) described here only requires that the objects are divided into groups as a result. For example, by acquiring grouped objects or managing the grouped objects in association with each other. is there. For example, the group management information accumulating unit 1105 may assign each object with identification information or the like of the group to which the object belongs.

  The group management information is, for example, information indicating the correspondence between groups of objects (hereinafter referred to as object groups) and objects belonging to each group. For example, the group management information is information having object group identification information that is identification information of an object group and objects belonging to the object group indicated by the object group identification information. The object included in the group management information may be object identification information. In this case, it is considered that the object is substantially included. Further, the group management information may be information for managing hierarchical object groups. For example, one or more lower layer object groups may be included as components of the upper layer group. Note that the group identification information may be omitted if the group management information indicates that the groups composed of objects are separated. For example, when the objects of each group are stored in a group-specific buffer or the like, the group identification information can be omitted.

  Hereinafter, an example of grouping performed by the group management information storage unit 1105 will be described.

  (A) Grouping by user designation: The group management information accumulating unit 1105 accumulates, for each object group, objects for which grouping is designated by the user via, for example, an accepting unit (not shown). For example, when a user inputs information specifying one or more objects to be grouped into one object group to a reception unit (not shown), the group management information storage unit 1105 converts the specified one or more objects into one object. Management information to be managed as an object constituting the group is generated and stored in the group management information storage unit 1106. The object group identification information may be designated by the user or may be automatically given.

  (B) Grouping by object attribute: The group management information storage unit 1105 stores the object arranged in the first page information in the attribute designation information storage unit 1104 using this object arrangement information. Each object having the attribute specified by the attribute specification information is divided into one or more object groups, group management information indicating objects belonging to each of the one or more object groups is acquired, and stored in the group management information storage unit 1106 You may make it do. However, in this case, the first page information needs to include object arrangement information.

  For example, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 calculates the distance between the plurality of objects using the arrangement information of the plurality of objects arranged on the first page information, and the attribute designation information is designated using the distance. Group for each object that has the attribute.

  For example, when the attribute designation information includes order information, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 is an object having an attribute designated by the attribute designation information among a plurality of objects arranged in a plurality of arrangement areas. Objects that are sequentially arranged adjacent to each other according to the order indicated by the order information are acquired and grouped. The adjacency described here is not limited to the state in which the objects are directly adjacent to each other, but also includes a state in which one or more other objects that are not in the order indicated by the order information are interposed between the objects. It is a concept that includes. As a specific example, among the two or more objects, an object having the shortest distance between the objects is considered as an adjacent object. Specifically, the group management information storage unit 1105 first reads the attribute designation information having the first order indicated by the order information from the attribute designation information storage unit 1104. Then, an object that matches the attribute designated by the first attribute designation information is detected. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the objects arranged on the page match the attributes designated by the first attribute designation information in the order. When an object that matches the attribute designated by the attribute designation information having the first order is detected, this object is set as the first object in one group. Using this object as a starting point, an object having an attribute specified by the attribute specifying information whose order indicated by the order information is No. 2 and adjacent to the starting object is detected. This object is the second object in the same group as the first object. The adjacent arrangement area described here is specifically an arrangement area where the distance between the arrangement areas is the shortest. The distance between the arrangement areas or between the objects may be the distance between the arrangement areas or any part of the object. For example, the distance between the placement areas may be the distance between the centers of gravity of the placement areas. Or it is good also considering the distance between arrangement | positioning areas as the distance of the part where the distance between arrangement | positioning areas becomes the shortest. Specifically, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 calculates the distance between the arrangement areas using the arrangement information, and is an object arranged adjacent to the object arranged in the arrangement area with the shortest distance. Judge. Next, starting from the placement area of the second object, the placement area in which the object having the attribute specified by the attribute designation information whose order indicated by the order information is No. 3 is placed. An arrangement area adjacent to the arrangement area is detected. The object arranged in this arrangement area is set as the third object in the same group as the first object. In this way, starting from the newly detected object, an object having an attribute specified by the attribute specification information in the next order and adjacent to the starting object is sequentially added to the group. Then, when all the attribute designation information for one group has been added to the group as described above, the process for selecting an object belonging to one group is completed. Then, the above grouping process is repeated for the remaining objects. By such processing, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 divides the objects arranged on one page into groups composed of one or more objects that satisfy the attribute designation information. Note that an area where an object is arranged may be considered as an arrangement area where an object such as a frame or a box as described above is arranged. In this case, an attribute such as the size of the object may be considered as an attribute such as the size of the arrangement area.

  The group management information accumulating unit 1105 preferentially groups a plurality of objects arranged in the area delimited by the area delimiter image for each object having an attribute designated by the attribute designation information. Also good. An area delimiter image is an image arranged to delimit an area where an object is arranged. Specifically, the area delimiter image is an image such as a ruled line, a frame line, or a delimiter line. This image may be a bitmap image or a vector image. Further, it may be a control symbol, a program, or the like for outputting an area-separated image. The region partition image may be considered as image information of the region partition image. Specifically, the group management information accumulating unit 1105 has attributes that the attribute designation information designates a plurality of objects arranged in the same area delimited by area delimiter images stored in advance in a storage medium or the like (not shown). You may make it preferentially group into the same group for every object to have. Further, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 may detect an object having an attribute designated by the attribute designation information only in a plurality of objects arranged in a region within a range until the region separation image appears. . Or, when multiple objects having the attribute specified by the next attribute specification information are arranged at the same distance with respect to the object added to the group immediately before, the object added to the group immediately before by the area separation image Objects that are partitioned in the same area may be preferentially selected as the same group of objects and added to the group. Note that the same distance in the present embodiment is a concept including a distance that can be regarded as the same, for example, a distance having a predetermined value or a width of a ratio with respect to a completely matching distance. The same distance may be used. Note that the area delimiter image may be associated with information on the position of the page where the area delimiter image is arranged. For example, the region partition image may be associated with information on a position where the region partition image is arranged. The group management information accumulating unit 1105 may determine whether to add the object to the group by using the position information of the area segment image and the positional relationship with the object. As the position information, the same information as the arrangement information can be used.

  In addition, the group management information storage unit 1105, when a plurality of objects having attributes designated by the next attribute designation information are arranged at the same distance with respect to the object added to the group immediately before, All objects may be added to the same group.

  In addition, the group management information storage unit 1105, when a plurality of objects having attributes designated by the next attribute designation information are arranged at the same distance with respect to the object added to the group immediately before, Calculate the distance between the object and one of the objects already grouped into the same group other than the object in the previous order, for example, the object with the first order, and the object with the shortest distance May be added to the same group.

  In addition, when it is determined that the object corresponding to the order indicated by the order information is missing from the plurality of objects arranged in the page, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 selects the object in the next order. You may make it acquire. In addition, when there is no object corresponding to the order indicated by the order information within a predetermined range in the plurality of objects arranged in the plurality of arrangement areas, it is determined that the object is missing. Also good. In this case, the range designated in advance is, for example, a distance that is less than a predetermined distance designated in advance in the same page or from the object in the immediately preceding order. Note that information that defines a predesignated range, such as information on the distance from the object in the immediately preceding order, may be stored in advance in, for example, a storage medium (not shown).

  Further, the group management information accumulation unit 1105, when a plurality of objects having attributes corresponding to a predetermined order indicated by the order information are present at the same distance from the objects in the immediately preceding order, Of these, objects located in a predetermined direction specified in advance with respect to the objects in the immediately preceding order may be preferentially grouped into the same group as the objects in the immediately preceding order. The predetermined direction described here may be up / down / left / right, diagonally upward, diagonally downward, or the like, or a direction specified by an angle with respect to a reference direction. For example, when the lower direction of the arrangement area is used as a reference, the arrangement area where the angle between the two arrangement areas, for example, the center of gravity of the arrangement area and the straight line connecting the corners with respect to the reference lower direction is the smallest May be selected as objects placed in the same group. Note that information specifying a predetermined direction may be stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown), for example.

  Further, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 may add the remaining object without being grouped in any group to the group having the shortest distance. For example, the group management information storage unit 1105 groups the objects arranged in a predesignated range, for example, one page as described above, and as a result, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 remains ungrouped in any group. If an object exists, add this object to the nearest group. The distance here may be a distance to any one object except the object in the immediately preceding order in each group, for example, the object corresponding to the attribute designation information in the first order, It may be a distance from the center of gravity of all the objects constituting the group. In this embodiment, adding or adding an object to a group means, for example, adding an object to an already grouped object group or acquiring an object together with an already grouped object group. For example, the identification information or the like of the existing group to which the object belongs may be assigned to the object. Note that the group management information accumulation unit 1105 may not perform grouping on objects that remain without being grouped in any group.

  Further, when the object is an image object, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 calculates the distance between the image object and an object included in the same group using the arrangement information, and the image object is determined to have the largest distance. It may be grouped in association with a close object. In a normal image object, a character string object or the like of a text explaining an image indicated by the image object is arranged in the vicinity of the image object. It is possible to determine whether the object is an object such as a sentence describing the image of the image object. This association is managed using, for example, a management table for managing the correspondence relationship.

  In addition, the group management information storage unit 1105 includes, in one object to be grouped, related designation information that is information for indicating the position of another object related to the object. The objects arranged at the position indicated by the related designation information may be grouped into the same group as the one object to be grouped. At this time, one object including the related designation information and the object arranged at the position indicated by the related designation information may be further associated and grouped. For example, one object including the related designation information and the object arranged at the position indicated by the related designation information may be further nested (in other words, hierarchized). This association may be managed in any way. In the grouping, specifically, information for designating positions of related objects is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown) in association with one or more pieces of related designation information. When one piece of related designation information is detected from one object to be grouped, information that specifies the position of the related object associated with the one piece of related designation information that has been detected is read. The objects arranged at the position indicated by the information designating are grouped into the same group as the one object to be grouped. The information specifying the position of the related object may be, for example, information on a relative position with respect to the object including the related specification information, or information on an absolute position. The related designation information may be a text or an image. Specifically, the related designation information is preferably an object indicating the direction, such as an arrow, a triangle indicating the direction, or a forefinger mark. When the related specification information is an object indicating a direction, the information specifying the position of the related object associated with the related specification information described above is information specifying the position in the direction indicated by the object indicating the direction. . In addition, the association designation information does not necessarily have to be information that designates the position of an object arranged adjacently, and may be information that designates an object or the like arranged via another object. Detection of related designation information in an object can be performed by searching for a normal character if the related designation information is, for example, text. Further, if the related designation information is an image object, a search is performed using the file name of the image object, pattern matching between the image arranged in the object and one or more images defined as the related designation information, By detecting the correlation, detection is possible. Note that association between objects using the association designation information is performed before grouping, and when one associated object becomes a grouping target, the other object associated with the object May be grouped into the same group.

  A specific example of processing using the related designation information by the group management information storage unit 1105 will be described below. It is assumed that a text object B, which is a caption of the image object A, is arranged below the image object A, and one arrow character pointing upward is arranged at the top of the text object B. It is assumed that the character of this arrow is one of the related designation information. Then, during the grouping process by the group management information storage unit 1105, for example, when it is determined that the text object B is an object designated by the Kth attribute designation information of one group, the group management information storage unit 1105 searches the text object B for related designation information. Here, since the related designated image information that is an arrow indicating the upper side is searched, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 scans the upper side of the text object B to detect the image object A that is an object located immediately above. The image object A and the text object B are associated with each other and grouped as one group of objects. Here, for example, assuming that a character including two arrows indicating upward is placed at the beginning of the text object B, the group management information storage unit 1105 displays the object placed above the text object B as two. Grouped in association with the text object B. The relationship indicated by the relationship designation information may be any relationship such as a relationship between one object and another object that describes the object, as in this specific example.

  Note that the objects to be grouped by the group management information storage unit 1105 may include already grouped object groups. That is, the objects may be grouped in a plurality of hierarchies. In this case, the upper group management information may store a group object or identification information of the group object instead of the object.

  The group management information storage unit 1105 also groups objects included in the second page information when a page generation unit 1109 described later generates the second page information using the first page information. May be performed. In this case, the grouping may be performed according to a rule different from the grouping for the first page information. Further, the group management information storage unit 1105 prepares in advance a rule management information that associates the number of objects arranged in the page information with a grouping rule in a storage medium (not shown). A grouping rule corresponding to the number of objects arranged in the second page information may be acquired from this rule management information, and grouping may be performed according to this rule. The grouping rules include, for example, using attribute designation information designated in accordance with the rules, determining whether to use the related designation information according to the rules, and the like. Different grouping rules may be considered, for example, that attribute designation information used for grouping is different, a combination of whether or not related designation information is used, and the like. Further, the grouping may be stopped when the number of objects arranged in the page information becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

  Note that the group management information storage unit 1105 may determine whether to group objects. For example, the group management information storage unit 1105 may not perform grouping when the number of objects arranged in one page information is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.

  Further, the group management information storage unit 1105 may perform hierarchical grouping. For example, one or more object groups may be included as components in one object group.

  The group management information storage unit 1105 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the group management information storage unit 1105 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The group management information storage unit 1106 stores one or more group management information as described above, which is information indicating one or more objects belonging to one object group. In the group management information storage unit 1106, for example, group management information acquired by the group management information storage unit 1105 is stored by the group management information storage unit 1105. However, the group management information accumulation unit 1105 may store group management information accumulated in advance by a user or the like. Further, the group management information may be group management information indicating group objects grouped hierarchically as described above.

  The group management information storage unit 1106 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The size restriction information storage unit 1107 has size restriction information including screen size information that is information on the screen size on which the first and second page information is output, and size threshold information that is information indicating a threshold value of the object size. Is stored. The second page information will be described later. The output of the first and second page information described here may be considered as the output of the first and second page information itself, and is an output of output data created using the page information. Also good. Further, a part of page information may be output as data including image information and the like configured by rendering. The screen size information is information indicating the size of the display screen of the output terminal that displays the output data output using the first and second page information. That is, it is the size of the display screen that is the output target of the output data that is output using the page information. The unit of the size of the display screen here does not matter. For example, the unit may be pixels or inches. The screen size may be indicated by a combination of the aspect ratio and the diagonal length. The screen size information may be information specifying a screen size range. Further, the screen size information may be information indicating the range of the length of the short side of the screen size from which the page information is output. The screen size on which page information is output may be considered as the screen size on which information output using page information is displayed. Note that page size information included in the page definition information may be used instead of the screen size information.

  The object size threshold is a size threshold of an object to be generated by a page generation unit 1109 described later. In this case, the threshold value may be considered as a lower limit value. However, it may be a threshold value of the size of an object that is not a page generation target. In this case, the threshold value may be considered as an upper limit value. In the size restriction information storage unit 1107, for example, size restriction information input in advance by a user or the like is accumulated.

  The size limit information storage unit 1107 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The screen size designation information receiving unit 1108 receives screen size designation information that is information for designating the screen size on which the first and second page information is output. The screen size designation information is information for designating the size of the display screen of the output terminal on which output data output using the first and second page information is displayed, for example. The screen size specified by the screen size specification information may be considered as the size of the display screen of the output target. However, it is not always necessary for the output unit 1111 to output the output data of the display screen size specified by the screen size specification information.

  The reception described here refers to reception of information input from an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, reception of information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line, recording on an optical disk, magnetic disk, semiconductor memory, or the like. It is a concept including reception of information read from a medium. For example, reading screen size designation information stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown) is also considered as reception here.

  The screen size designation information to be read in this case may be information indicating the output size output from the first page information or second page information output unit 1111 stored in advance, or may be the first page information or the second page information. Information specifying the page size of the second page information may be used.

  The input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The screen size designation information receiving unit 1108 can be realized by a device driver of an input unit such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, menu screen control software, or the like.

  The page generation unit 1109 generates second page information. The second page information is information on a page on which one or more objects arranged in the first page information are arranged. The configuration of the second page information is the same as the configuration of the first page information, for example. The second page information has the same configuration as the first page information such as an object, page identification information, and arrangement information. The page generation unit 1109 may generate the second page information in any way. The page generation unit 1109 may generate and arrange a duplicate of the object arranged in the first page information in the second page information, or link information of the object arranged in the first page information May be arranged. The link information may be considered as a pointer. For example, the page generation unit 1109 may generate page definition information and page identification information indicating a blank page, and may generate second page information by arranging one or more objects on the page. When link information is arranged, for example, information indicating a location where an object to be linked is stored is arranged as link information in an area where an object of second page information is arranged. Further, for example, the second page information may be generated by arranging one or more objects in a template or the like of page definition information designated in advance. Further, the second page information may be generated simply by generating the arrangement information indicating the position where the object is arranged without generating the page definition information. In addition, when generating the placement information, attribute values such as the size of the object may be used or referenced, or the placement information or the like in the first page information of the object may be used or referenced. You may do it. For example, when an object is arranged at an actual size, size information of the object may be acquired in order to specify the size of the area where the object is arranged.

  The page generation unit 1109 may generate second page information in which any of the objects arranged in the first page information is arranged. For example, when a plurality of objects are arranged in the first page information, a plurality of second page information in which all the arranged objects are individually arranged may be generated. Moreover, you may produce | generate 2nd page information about the object except the object designated beforehand among the several objects arrange | positioned at 1st page information. The predesignated object is, for example, an object that has been designated by the user, an object having a predesignated attribute, or an object that matches or does not match a predesignated condition. Information used for these designations is stored in advance in, for example, a storage medium (not shown). The page generation unit 1109 may generate one or more pieces of second page information in which a plurality of objects arranged in the first page information are arranged. In addition, when generating a plurality of one second page information in which a plurality of objects arranged in the first page information are arranged, some of the objects arranged in the respective second page information are overlapped. May be.

  For example, the page generation unit 1109 generates a second object in which one or more objects arranged in the first page information are arranged so as to have an appearance designated in advance by default or the like. Here, the appearance is a concept including the position, size, attribute, and the like of the object. The appearance may be considered as a screen display style called a so-called appearance. In addition, the page generation unit 1109 preferably generates, for example, a second object in which one or more objects arranged in the first page information are arranged so as to have an appearance different from that on the first page. For example, the page generation unit 1109 may generate second page information having a predetermined appearance by arranging an object arranged in the first page information in a template or the like designated in advance. Also, the second page is obtained by acquiring information about the appearance of the object on the first page, and using this information, the appearance of the object has a different appearance from the appearance on the first page. Information may be generated. In the second page information or subsequent page information, the first page information can be arranged by referring to (or linking to) the object arranged in the first page information. You may make it share the object arrange | positioned. Thereby, the amount of data can be reduced.

  For example, the page generation unit 1109 generates second page information in which one or more objects arranged in the first page information are enlarged and arranged. The enlargement here is, for example, an enlargement of the arrangement size of the object page. As for the size to be enlarged, the enlargement rate may be specified in advance by the vertical or horizontal maximum value of the arrangement size, etc., or may be arbitrarily set, the first page information, You may calculate suitably from the page size information etc. of the second page information. Further, the page generation unit 1109 may generate second page information in which the font size of characters included in one or more objects arranged in the first page information is increased. Further, the font of the character may be changed to a font designated in advance. Further, second page information including information specifying the final output resolution of the object of the image to a predetermined low resolution may be generated.

  The second page information may include an object other than the object on the first page information.

  Information used when generating the second page information (for example, information indicating how to change the appearance of the object, such as a change rule, a command or a program for performing the change process, Template) etc. may be stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown).

  The page generation unit 1109 may generate second page information in which one or more objects indicated by the group management information among the objects arranged in the first page information are arranged. For example, a plurality of second page information in which objects belonging to the object groups indicated by the plurality of group management information are arranged for each object group is generated. When multiple objects belong to one object group, their relative positional relationship in the first page information is not different from their relative positional relationship in the second page information where they are arranged It is preferable that The fact that the relative positional relationship does not change means that the vertical and horizontal positional relationship between the objects, the ratio between the distance between the objects and the size of the object, and the like are not substantially changed. However, the positional relationship may be changed.

  Also, the page generation unit 1109, for example, among the objects arranged in the first page information, only for an object having a size smaller than the size threshold information corresponding to the screen size information corresponding to the screen size designation information. The page information may be generated. Note that the size described here means the size of the page. Specifically, the page generation unit 1109 detects screen size information corresponding to the screen size designation information received by the screen size designation information reception unit 1108 from the size restriction information stored in the size restriction information storage unit 1107. The size threshold information corresponding to the detected screen size information is acquired from the size restriction information. The screen size information corresponding to the screen size designation information may be screen size information that matches the screen size designation information, or screen size information that is closest in size to the screen size designation information. Further, screen size information for designating a screen size including screen size designation information may be used. Then, information on the size of the object arranged in the first page information is acquired, and it is determined whether or not the size is smaller than the size restriction information acquired above. Second page information arranged together with one or more other objects arranged in the first page information is generated. The page generation unit 1109 does not generate second page information in which this object is arranged alone. The page generation unit 1109 may select any one or more other objects. For example, an object having the closest distance between objects may be selected. Further, an object located within a predetermined distance range may be selected from objects having a size smaller than the size restriction information. Alternatively, an object having a predesignated attribute may be preferentially selected. Further, in the above-described rule for grouping, another object may be selected by the same process as the process for selecting the next object. In this way, depending on the size at which the first page information is displayed, the second page information is displayed for objects that are difficult to operate by the user because the size displayed on the display screen is too small By generating the second page information in combination with another large object without generating it alone, it is possible to suppress the creation of useless second page information. In other words, the size restriction information is used for determining whether or not the second page information of the single object can be generated. Instead of using the screen size designation information, information indicating the output size of the page included in the page definition information may be used.

  The page generation unit 1109 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the page generation unit 1109 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The link area management information acquisition unit 1110 acquires link area management information.

  Here, the link area management information is information having link area designation information and link information associated with each other.

  The link area designation information is information indicating an area on the object. The link area designation information may be, for example, information indicating an area on one or more objects that the date description determination unit 1102 determines to include date information, or one or more objects arranged on the first page. It may be information indicating an upper area, or information indicating an area including an area on one or more objects indicated by the group management information.

  The link area designation information is, for example, information that designates the first page information and information that designates an area including an arrangement area of one or more objects of the first page information. The information specifying the first page information is, for example, identification information of the first page information. However, the first page information itself may be used. The link area designation information is, for example, information (coordinate information) indicating one or more points such as the center or side in the link area, and information specifying the size and outline of the link area, as in the object arrangement information. And information (coordinate information) indicating the diagonal position of the link area.

  The link information is information indicating a link to arbitrary information. For example, the link information may be information indicating a link to schedule information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 of the server device 12 or information indicating a link to second page information in which one or more objects are arranged. Alternatively, it may be information indicating a link to second page information in which one or more objects indicated by the group management information are arranged.

  For example, when identification information is associated with schedule information, the link information may be identification information of the schedule information. For example, when the identification information is associated with the second page information, the link information may be the identification information of the second page information.

  Further, the link information may be an address indicating a location where the schedule information is stored, or may be address information indicating a location where the second page information is stored. The address information may be address information relative to the position where the first page information is stored, or may be absolute address information.

  When the link information is an address indicating the location where the schedule information is stored, the link information is, for example, a reference URL generated when the date object information transmitting unit 1103 transmits the date object information to the server device 12. It may be. In this case, for example, the link area management information acquisition unit 1110 may acquire the reference URL directly from the date object information transmission unit 1103, or the date object information transmission unit 1103 stores the URL in an arbitrary storage area. If so, the reference URL may be acquired from the storage area.

  The link information is appropriately set so that the output unit 1111 or the like described later maintains a link relationship according to the output destination (for example, storage destination) of the output data output using the page information at the time of output. You may make it rewrite. In addition, link information is arranged in this area when an operation designated in advance is performed on an area where one or more corresponding objects are arranged (that is, an area indicated by the corresponding link area designation information). It may be considered that this is information for outputting second page information in which one or more objects are arranged. The link information may include a program such as a script or an instruction for executing processing for outputting the second page information of the link destination, or may be associated with a similar program or the like good.

  The link area management information acquisition unit 1110 may generate link area management information as described above. In this case, the generated link area management information is accumulated in an arbitrary storage area.

  The link area management information acquisition unit 1110 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the link area management information acquisition unit 1110 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The output unit 1111 outputs the first page information and link area management information in association with each other. When the page generation unit 1109 creates the second page information, the output unit 1111 displays the first page information, the second page information generated by the page generation unit 1109, and the link area management information. You may output correspondingly.

  Note that the output unit 1111 outputs the first page information and the second page information generated by the page generation unit 1109. In the present embodiment, the first page information and the page generation unit 1109 are output. This is also a concept including outputting output data created using the second page information generated by. The output data (hereinafter referred to as output data) includes, for example, information obtained by rendering part or all of the page information into image data, and an object placed in the page information. Data created by embedding in the indicated position may also be used. Alternatively, the output data may be data in which the data format or resolution of the arranged image object or the like is changed. The output data may be a copy of the first page information and the second page information generated by the page generation unit 1109.

  The data output by the output unit 1111 is, for example, data of an electronic publication that can be displayed on a monitor or the like.

  In addition, the output unit 1111 displays a link area according to the output destination of the first page information and the second page information generated by the page generation unit 1109 (or the output destination of output data created using these). It is preferable to rewrite link information and the like included in the management information so that the link relationship after output is maintained.

  The output described here is a concept including accumulation in a recording medium (not shown), transmission to an external device, display on a display, delivery of a processing result to another processing device, another program, and the like.

  The output unit 1111 may or may not include an output device such as a display. The output unit 1111 may be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The calendar information storage unit 1201 can store calendar information having two or more schedule information.

  Here, the schedule information is information including date information and event information that is information about an event related to the date indicated by the date information. The schedule information may include information other than date information and event information. For example, information indicating the type of schedule information such as “private” or “work” may be included. Further, the schedule information may be information in which date information and event information are associated with each other, one event information may be associated with one date information, or two or more in one date information. Event information may be associated.

  The event information may be in any format as long as it is date information such as “Japanese food open”, “Chocos snack sale”, “Nihonkawa fireworks display”. In addition, the event information may be only information indicating the event. For example, “May 22 Japanese food dining open”, “June 30, 2010 chocolate snack release”, “August 3, 2010” Date information may be included, such as “19: 00 to 21:30 Nihonkawa Fireworks Display”.

  The calendar information may have information other than schedule information. For example, it may include year information indicating the year, month information indicating the month, and day information indicating the day of the week. It may also include hour information and hour information indicating the hour and minute of the time. The format of the year information and the month information is not limited as long as the information indicates the year and the month, respectively. Further, the format of the day information is not limited as long as it is information indicating the day of the week. Further, the hour information and the minute information may be in any format as long as they are information indicating hours and minutes, respectively. The calendar information may include schedule information grouped for each year, or may include schedule information grouped for each month. The calendar information may include schedule information grouped for each week or schedule information grouped for each day. Furthermore, the calendar information may include schedule information grouped by day, schedule information grouped by month, or schedule information grouped by month, by year. You may have the schedule information grouped for every.

  The calendar information may be in any format as long as it is information having schedule information. The calendar information may be in any format as long as it is information indicating a so-called calendar.

  The calendar information storage unit 1201 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The date object information receiving unit 1202 receives date object information from the terminal device 11.

  The date object information receiving unit 1202 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

  The calendar information storage unit 1203 stores part or all of the date object information received by the date object information reception unit in the calendar information storage unit 1201. At this time, the calendar information storage unit 1203 stores part or all of the date object information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 as date information included in the date object information and event information corresponding to the date indicated by the date information. It may be accumulated. Further, the calendar information storage unit 1203 associates date information included in the date object information with part or all of the object information included in the date object information, generates schedule information, and stores the schedule information in the calendar information storage unit It may be stored in 1201. In this case, part or all of the objects included in the date object information is event information. Further, when the date object information received by the date object information receiving unit is 2 or more, the calendar information storage unit 1203 generates schedule information from each date object information, generates calendar information from the schedule information, Calendar information may be accumulated in the calendar information storage unit 1201.

  Further, the calendar information storage unit 1203 combines the calendar information already stored in the calendar information storage unit 1201 with the generated schedule information, generates new calendar information, and uses the calendar information as the calendar information storage unit 1201. You may store in. In this case, the calendar information storage unit 1203 acquires, for example, schedule information including the same date information as the date information included in the generated schedule information from the calendar information in the calendar information storage unit 1201, and the acquired schedule information includes the schedule information. The event information may be overwritten with the event information included in the generated schedule information, or the event information included in the generated schedule information may be added to the event information included in the acquired schedule information.

  The calendar information storage unit 1203 stores the generated schedule information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 while maintaining the consistency of the correspondence between the calendar information already stored in the calendar information storage unit 1201 and the schedule information. What is necessary is just to be able to store it.

  The part of the date object information may be, for example, a part of the object included in the group object when the object included in the date object information is a group object. When the object to be displayed is a single character string object, it may be a part of the character string, or when the object included in the date object information is a single image object, May be part. Further, the part of the date object information may be information obtained by deleting the included date information from the objects included in the date object information. The date information deletion method in this case may be performed using the date information included in the date object information, or by a method similar to the determination method of whether or not date information is included in the date description determination unit 1102. You can go.

  In addition, for example, when the object included in the date object information is a group object, all the objects included in the group object may be used, or the object included in the date object information may be a single object. If it is a single character string object, it may be the entire character string, or if the object included in the date object information is a single image object, it may be the entire image. . Further, all of the objects included in the date object information may include date information.

  The deletion of date information here may be performed by the date object information receiving unit 1202 described above.

  The calendar information storage unit 1203 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the calendar information storage unit 1203 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Next, the operation of the object processing system 1 will be described. First, operation | movement of the terminal device 11 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S <b> 101) The group management information accumulation unit 1105 generates group management information and stores it in the group management information storage unit 1106. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S102) The page generation unit 1109 acquires screen size designation information from an arbitrary storage area.

  (Step S103) The page generation unit 1109 acquires the size restriction information from the size restriction information storage unit 1107.

  (Step S <b> 104) The page generation unit 1109 acquires group management information from the group management information storage unit 1106.

  (Step S105) The page generation unit 1109 substitutes 1 for a counter i.

  (Step S106) Whether the page generation unit 1109 includes date information in the i-th group object (hereinafter, group object (i)) indicated by the i-th group management information (hereinafter, group management information (i)). Judge whether or not. If included, the process proceeds to step S107, and if not, the process proceeds to step S110.

  (Step S107) The date object information transmission unit 1103 transmits the date object information to the server device 12, and stores the reference URL generated at the time of transmission in an arbitrary storage area. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S108) The link area management information acquisition unit 1110 acquires a reference URL from an arbitrary storage area, uses this URL as link information, and associates the link area designation information of the group object (i) with the link information. The link area management information is generated and stored in an arbitrary storage area.

  (Step S109) The page generation unit 1109 determines whether to generate second page information. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S110) If it is determined in step S109 that the second page information is to be generated, the process proceeds to step S112. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S115.

  (Step S111) The page generation unit 1109 generates second page information and stores it in an arbitrary storage area.

  (Step S112) The link area management information acquisition unit 1110 acquires link information for the second page information from an arbitrary storage area, associates the link area designation information of the group object (i) with the link information, Link area management information is generated and stored in an arbitrary storage area.

  (Step S113) The page generation unit 1109 determines whether or not the value of the counter i is the number m of group objects. If the value of the counter i is m, the process ends. If not, the process proceeds to step S114.

  (Step S114) The output unit 1111 acquires link area management information from an arbitrary storage area, and outputs the first page information stored in the page information storage unit 1101 in association with the link area management information. To do. At this time, if the link information included in the link area management information is link information for the second page information, the output unit 1111 acquires the second page information generated in step S111 from an arbitrary storage area. The second page information is also output in association with the second page information.

  (Step S115) The counter i is incremented by 1, and the process returns to step S106.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 4, the processing in step S <b> 106 and step S <b> 107 may be performed according to an instruction from a user browsing the first page or the second page of the page information storage unit 1101. Further, the processing of step S106, step S107, and step S108 may be performed according to an instruction of a user who is browsing the second page. Here, the user's instruction is an instruction for automatically registering object information in the calendar.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing group management information generation processing in step S101 of the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1101) The group management information storage unit 1105 reads the attribute designation information stored in advance in the attribute designation information storage unit 1104.

  (Step S1102) The group management information storage unit 1105 substitutes 1 for the counter k.

  (Step S1103) The group management information accumulating unit 1105 searches for an object having the attribute indicated by the attribute designation information indicating the k-th order, here the first order. For example, when an object is arranged over a plurality of pages, each page is searched in order. This search ends when an object having an attribute indicating the first order is detected.

  (Step S1104) The group management information accumulating unit 1105 determines whether or not there is an object having the attribute indicated by the attribute designation information in the k-th order, here the first order, that is, whether or not it has been detected. When it exists, it progresses to step S1105, and when that is not right, it progresses to step S1116.

  (Step S1105) The group management information storage unit 1105 adds the object detected in step S1103 to the new group. Specifically, new group management information including the detected object is acquired.

  (Step S1106) The group management information storage unit 1105 increments the counter k by 1.

  (Step S1107) The group management information storage unit 1105 determines whether or not the attribute designation information indicating the kth order is included in the attribute designation information read in step S1101. If there is, the process proceeds to step S1108; otherwise, the process returns to step S1102.

  (Step S1108) The group management information storage unit 1105 searches for an object having the attribute indicated by the k-th order attribute designation information. It is assumed that the search here is a search for all objects with matching attributes. In addition, it is preferable that a search is not performed again for an object already grouped by adding management information such as a flag indicating that the object has been grouped.

  (Step S1109) The group management information accumulating unit 1105 determines whether or not an object has been searched in the search in step S1108. If a search is made, the process proceeds to step S1110. If no search is performed, the process returns to step S1106. When returning, information indicating that the object is missing may be accumulated.

  (Step S1110) The group management information accumulating unit 1105 determines the distances between all the objects detected in Step S1108 and the objects grouped in the (k−1) th order, for example, the distance between the centroids. Is calculated.

  (Step S1111) The group management information storage unit 1105 determines the object with the shortest distance calculated in step S1110. However, when there are a plurality of distance differences within a predetermined range, all of them may be determined as objects having the shortest distance.

  (Step S1112) The group management information accumulating unit 1105 determines whether there are a plurality of objects determined in step S1111. If there are more than one, the process proceeds to step S1113; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1115.

  (Step S1113) The group management information storage unit 1105 detects the direction between the position of each object determined in step S1112 and the position of the objects grouped in the (k−1) th order. For example, the downward direction which is the direction designated in advance with respect to the objects grouped in the (k−1) th order is set to 0 degree, and the angle of the direction in which each object determined in step S1112 is arranged is detected. .

  (Step S1114) The group management information accumulating unit 1105 adds, to the group, one object whose direction detected in step S1113 is in a higher priority direction among the objects determined in step S1111. Specifically, an object with a small angle calculated in step S1113 is added to the group management information newly prepared in step S1105. Then, the process returns to step S1106.

  (Step S1115) The group management information storage unit 1105 adds the object determined in step S1111 to the group. Specifically, it is added to the group management information newly prepared in step S1105.

  (Step S1116) The group management information accumulation unit 1105 searches for an object that is not grouped, and determines whether there is an object that is not grouped. If there is, the process proceeds to step S1117; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1118.

  (Step S1117) The group management information accumulation unit 1105 adds the object detected in step S1116 to the new group. Specifically, new group management information including the detected object is acquired.

  (Step S1118) The group management information accumulation unit 1105 accumulates the group management information in the group management information storage unit 1106, and returns to step S101.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the transmission process of the date object information in step S107 of the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1201) The date object information transmission unit 1103 acquires date information included in the group object (i).

  (Step S1202) The date object information transmission unit 1103 deletes the date information acquired in step S1201 from the group object (i).

  (Step S1203) The date object information transmission unit 1103 associates the date information acquired in step S1201 with the group object (i) from which the date information has been deleted in step S1202, and generates date object information.

  (Step S1204) The date object information transmission unit 1103 receives a transmission URL for transmitting the date object information to the server device 12 and a reference URL for referring to the schedule information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 of the server device 12. Generate and store in any storage area.

  (Step S1205) The date object information transmission unit 1103 transmits the date object information to the server device using the transmission URL generated in step S1204, and the process returns to step S107.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the second page information generation determination process in step S110 of the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1301) The page generation unit 1109 acquires size threshold information corresponding to the screen size designation information acquired in step S102 from the size restriction information acquired in step S103.

  (Step S1302) The page generation unit 1109 compares the size of the group object (i) with the size indicated by the size threshold information acquired in step S1301. If the size of the group object (i) is smaller than the size indicated by the size threshold information, the process proceeds to step S1303. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1304. In addition, the size here means a dimension.

  (Step S1303) The page generation unit 1109 determines to generate the second page information, and returns to step S110.

  (Step S1304) The page generation unit 1109 determines not to generate the second page information, and returns to step S110.

  Next, operation | movement of the server apparatus 12 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S201) The date object information receiving unit 1202 receives date object information.

  (Step S202) The calendar information storage unit 1203 generates schedule information from the date information and the object included in the date object information acquired in Step S201. For example, the calendar information storage unit 1203 converts the data format of the object included in the date object information into a data format that can be stored in the calendar information storage unit 1201 to obtain schedule information.

  (Step S203) The calendar information storage unit 1203 stores the schedule information generated in step S202 in the calendar information storage unit 1201. For example, the calendar information storage unit 1203 stores the schedule information generated in step S202 in the date field (storage area) indicated by the date information included in the date object information acquired in step S201.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the terminal device 11 in the present embodiment will be described.

  In the terminal device 11, a display example of the first page information stored in the page information storage unit 1101 is assumed to be as shown in FIG. The page management table for managing the first page information is assumed to be as shown in FIG. 10 and stored in the page information storage unit 1101. The group management information is assumed to be as shown in FIG. The group management information is generated by the group management information storage unit 1105 based on the attribute designation information shown in FIG. Further, it is assumed that the screen size designation information is “150 × 200” and the size restriction information is as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the transmission destination URL for transmitting the date object information to the server device 12 is “http://calendar.co.jp./regist/”, and the schedule information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 of the server device 12 is changed. The reference URL for reference is “http://calendar.co.jp/show/”. Further, the page generation unit 1109 generates second page information by arranging an object arranged on the first page expanded to the size indicated by the size designation information.

  First, the page generation unit 1109 acquires screen size designation information from an arbitrary storage area.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 acquires the size restriction information in FIG. 13 from the size restriction information storage unit 1107.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 acquires the group management information in FIG. 11 from the group management information storage unit 1106.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 uses the group management information in FIG. 11 and the group object indicated by G001 (hereinafter referred to as group object G001) based on the group management information and the page management table in FIG. It is determined whether date information is included, and it is determined that date information is included.

  Next, the date object information transmission unit 1103 acquires date information included in the object (hereinafter referred to as object DA001) indicated by the object ID DA001 included in the group object G001, and information obtained by deleting the date information from the object DA001. Are associated with each other to generate date object information. Note that the date object information is date information “2010603” and part of the object DA001 “Izakaya Europe and America Tokyo Shinjuku Store New Menu Appearance”.

  Next, the date object information transmission unit 1103 determines the URL for transmission “http://calendar.co.jp./regist/20100603/Izakaya Europe / Shinjuku Store New Menu Appearance” from the destination URL and date object information, A reference URL “http://calendar.co.jp./show/20100603” is generated. Then, the date object information is transmitted to the server device 12 using the transmission URL. Also, the date object information transmission unit 1103 stores the reference URL in an arbitrary storage area.

  Next, the link area management information obtaining unit 1110 obtains a reference URL “http://calendar.co.jp./show/20100603” from an arbitrary storage area, and uses this as link information, which is used for the group object G001. Link area designation information and the link information are associated with each other, link area management information is generated, and stored in an arbitrary storage area.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 determines whether date information is included in the group object G002 of the group management information in FIG. 11 based on the group management information and the page management table in FIG. Judge that information is not included.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 determines whether or not to generate the second page information for the group object G002 based on the screen size designation information, the size restriction information in FIG. 13, and the size of the group object G002. Judge not to.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 determines whether date information is included for the group object G003 of the group management information in FIG. 11 based on the group management information and the page management table in FIG. Judge that information is not included.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 determines whether to generate the second page information for the group object G003 based on the screen size designation information, the size restriction information in FIG. 13, and the size of the group object G003. Judge that.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 generates the second page information by enlarging the object DA003 included in the group object G003 and arranging the object DA003 on the page, and stores the second page information in an arbitrary storage area. Here, the page ID of the generated second page information is L2003.

  Next, the link area management information acquisition unit 1110 uses the page ID of the generated second page information, L2003, as link information, associates the link area designation information of the group object G003 with the link information, and performs link area management. Information is generated and stored in an arbitrary storage area.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 performs processing on the group object G004 of the group management information in FIG. 11, but since it is similar to the processing on the group object G003 described above, the description thereof is omitted.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 determines whether date information is included in the group object G005 of the group management information in FIG. 11 based on the group management information and the page management table in FIG. Judge that information is included.

  Next, the date object information transmission unit 1103 acquires date information included in the object DA006 included in the group object G005, acquires information obtained by deleting the object DA006 from the group object G005, associates these information, Generate date object information. The date object information includes date information “2010714”, a part of the group object G005, an object DA005 “Italian kitchen newly opened ...”, and an object DA007.

  Next, the date object information transmission unit 1103 obtains the URL for transmission “http://calendar.co.jp./regist/20100714/Italian kitchen newly opened / DA007” from the transmission destination URL and the date object information, for reference. The URL “http://calendar.co.jp./show/20100714” is generated. Then, the date object information is transmitted to the server device 12 using the transmission URL. Also, the date object information transmission unit 1103 stores the reference URL in an arbitrary storage area.

  Next, the link area management information acquisition unit 1110 acquires a reference URL “http://calendar.co.jp./show/20100714” from an arbitrary storage area, uses this as link information, and sets the group object G005. Link area designation information and the link information are associated with each other, link area management information is generated, and stored in an arbitrary storage area.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 determines whether date information is included in the group object G006 of the group management information in FIG. 11 based on the group management information and the page management table in FIG. Judge that information is not included.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 determines whether to generate the second page information for the group object G006 based on the screen size designation information, the size restriction information in FIG. 13, and the size of the group object G006. Judge that.

  Next, the page generation unit 1109 generates the second page information by expanding the objects DA008, DA009, DA010 included in the group object G006 and arranging them on the page so that the arrangement relationship does not collapse. Store in the storage area. Here, the page ID of the generated second page information is L2006.

  Next, the link area management information acquisition unit 1110 uses the page ID of the generated second page information, L2006, as link information, associates the link area designation information of the group object G006 with the link information, and performs link area management. Information is generated and stored in an arbitrary storage area.

  The link area management information generated as described above is shown in FIG.

  Next, the output unit 1111 outputs the first page information stored in the page information storage unit 1101 in association with the link area management information in FIG. At this time, since the link destinations of the link areas LK0002, LK0003, and LK0005 in the link area management information of FIG. 14 are the second page information, the output unit 1111 generates the page generation unit 1109 corresponding to each link destination. The obtained second page information is acquired, and the second page information is also output in association with the second page information.

  Next, a specific operation of the server device 12 in the present embodiment will be described.

  In the server device 12, it is assumed that the calendar information storage unit 1201 stores the calendar information of FIG.

  First, the date object information receiving unit 1202 receives the date transmitted from the terminal device 11 using the transmission URL “http://calendar.co.jp./regist/20100603/Izakaya Euramerica Tokyo Shinjuku Store New Menu Appearance”. Receive object information.

  Next, the calendar information storage unit 1203 generates schedule information in FIG. 16 from the acquired date object information.

  Next, the calendar information storage unit 1203 stores the schedule information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 based on the date information included in the schedule information of FIG.

  Next, the date object information receiving unit 1202 receives the date object transmitted from the terminal device 11 using the transmission URL “http://calendar.co.jp./regist/20100714/Italian Kitchen New Opening Store / DA007”. Receive information.

  Next, the calendar information storage unit 1203 generates the schedule information of FIG. 17 from the acquired date object information.

  Next, the calendar information storage unit 1203 stores the schedule information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 based on the date information included in the schedule information of FIG.

  The calendar information after storing the schedule information as described above is shown in FIG.

  Next, the first page information stored in the page information storage unit 1101 and the information output from the output unit 1111 are opened by an application or the like that can output this information, and displayed on a monitor or the like for operation. The case where it performs is demonstrated. Here, a case where information is output using an application installed in a portable terminal or the like that can be touch-operated with a finger or the like will be described as an example.

  First, when information is displayed, a screen corresponding to the first page information is displayed.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display screen of output data corresponding to the first page information. In FIG. 19, areas LK0001 to LK0005 surrounded by dotted lines are link areas. However, the dotted line is not actually displayed. When a fingertip is placed in the link area, it may be highlighted that the area is a link area. For example, a color designated in advance may be displayed as an overlay. The instruction to change the display of the link area in accordance with the operation on the link area is stored in the link area management information when the link area management information acquisition unit 1110 sets the link area. That's fine.

  For example, when the user performs an operation of tapping the area LK0001 with a fingertip, that is, a so-called tap operation, schedule information is displayed according to the link information specified in this area. A display example at this time is shown in FIG.

  Further, for example, when the user performs a tap operation on the area LK0002, a screen corresponding to the second page information with the page ID “L2003” is displayed according to the link information specified in this area. . A display example at this time is shown in FIG.

  Further, for example, when the user performs a tap operation on the area LK0003, a screen corresponding to the second page information with the page ID “L2004” is displayed according to the link information specified in this area. . The display example at this time is the same as in FIG.

  Further, for example, when the user performs a tap operation on the area LK0004, schedule information is displayed according to the link information specified in this area. A display example at this time is the same as that in FIG.

  Further, for example, when the user performs a tap operation on the area LK0005, a screen corresponding to the second page information with the page ID “L2006” is displayed according to the link information specified in this area. . The display example at this time is the same as in FIG.

  In the specific example of each of the above embodiments, an example in which a link to schedule information in the calendar information storage unit 1201 of the server device 12 is set for an object including date information has been described. For example, an object including date information Also, the second page information may be generated. In this case, the link area management information acquisition unit 1110 may generate both link area management information including link information for the schedule information and link area management information including link information for the second page information. Further, in this case, in the user's operation, for example, a menu as shown in FIG. 22 may be displayed so that which information is displayed can be selected.

  20 and 21, when the user performs a tap operation or a gesture operation (an operation such as tracing with a fingertip) on an arbitrary area, the screen may be returned to the previous screen.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, for an object including date information arranged in the first page information, the object is stored in the calendar information of the server device 12, and is included in the calendar information by a user operation. Schedule information can be referenced. Further, for an object that does not include date information arranged in the first page information, second page information including the object can be generated, and the second page information can be output by a user operation.

  In the present embodiment, when a user viewing a page inputs an instruction to automatically register object information in a calendar, a reception unit (not shown) specifies information (for example, an object identifier) that identifies the object. The date description determination unit 1102 determines that the date registration determination unit 1102 includes date information, and the date object information transmission unit 1103 includes the entire object or a part of the object excluding the date information from the object. Alternatively, only predetermined information (for example, a character string having the largest font size) is acquired from the object. Next, the date object information transmission unit 1103 configures date object information in which part or all of the acquired object is associated with date information. Next, it is preferable that the date object information transmission unit 1103 transmits the configured date object information to the server device 12. With this process, a user who views a page can easily select information from an article such as an electronic book or an electronic magazine and register information such as an event in the calendar.

  In addition, the terminal device 11 including the receiving unit as described above stores page information in which first page information that is information of a first page on which two or more objects including at least a character string or an image are arranged is stored. A storage unit 1101, a date description determination unit 1102 that determines whether each of two or more objects includes date information that is information indicating a date, and one of the objects that the date description determination unit 1102 determines to include date information Date object information transmitting section 1103 for transmitting date object information in which the date information is associated with the date information to the server apparatus 12 and an accepting section 1112 for receiving an instruction for transmitting date object information to the server apparatus 12. Information indicating an area on one or more objects determined by the date description determination unit 1102 to include date information, A link area management information acquisition unit 1113 for acquiring link area management information having link information corresponding to an instruction to store schedule information in the calendar information storage unit of the apparatus 12; and a link area management for storing the link area management information The terminal device 11 includes an information storage unit 1114, an output unit 1111 that outputs first page information and link area management information in association with each other.

  Moreover, the block diagram of the terminal device 11 which comprises the above reception parts 1112 is shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, the receiving unit 1112 as described above may output information for the user to receive an instruction for automatically registering object information in the calendar, and receive the instruction for automatic registration through the information. The information for accepting the instruction may be a menu, for example. For example, as shown in FIG. 24, the menu may be displayed when the user performs a tap operation on the region LK0001. Further, when the user performs a tap operation on the menu in FIG. 24, the date object information transmission unit 1103 may transmit the date object information to the server device 12.

  Note that the instruction input unit to the reception unit 1112 may be anything such as a touch panel, a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The reception unit 1112 can be realized by a device driver of an input unit such as a touch panel, a numeric keypad, or a keyboard, or control software for a menu screen.

  Also, the link area management information acquisition unit 1113 can be normally realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the group management information storage unit 1105 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Further, the link area management information storage unit 1114 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the date object information transmission unit 1103 transmits date object information having date information including time information to the server device 12, and the calendar information storage unit 1203 stores the date object information in the calendar information. It may be stored in the unit 1201. In this case, for example, the object that the date description determination unit 1102 determines to include date information is “August 3, 2010 Nihonkawa Fireworks Festival 19:00:00 to 21:30”, and the date information acquired from the object is “August 3, 2010 19:00:00 to 21:30”, and the date object information transmission unit 1103 sends the server device 12 “August 3, 2010 19:00:00 to 21: 30 | Nihonkawa Fireworks Festival” Suppose that the date object information is transmitted. Then, when the schedule information generated from the date object information by the calendar information storage unit 1203 is stored in the calendar information storage unit 1203, the calendar information becomes, for example, as shown in FIG.

  In the above embodiment, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  In the above embodiment, it is needless to say that two or more communication means existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.

  In the above embodiment, information related to processing executed by each component, for example, information received, acquired, selected, generated, transmitted, and received by each component. In addition, information such as threshold values, mathematical formulas, addresses, etc. used by each component in processing is retained temporarily or over a long period of time on a recording medium (not shown) even when not explicitly stated in the above description. It may be. Further, the storage of information in the recording medium (not shown) may be performed by each component or a storage unit (not shown). Further, reading of information from the recording medium (not shown) may be performed by each component or a reading unit (not shown).

  In the above embodiment, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

  Note that the software that realizes the terminal device and the like in the above embodiment is the following program. That is, this program stores first page information, which is information of a first page in which two or more objects including at least a character string or an image are arranged on a recording medium. A date description determination unit that determines whether each of the objects includes date information, a date in which part or all of the objects determined by the date description determination unit to include date information are associated with the date information It is a program for making it execute as a date object information transmission part which transmits object information.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 26 is an overview of a computer system 9 that executes the program and realizes the terminal device and the server device according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  In FIG. 26, the computer system 9 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 9011, an FD (Flexible Disk) drive 9012, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

  FIG. 27 is a block diagram of the computer system 9. 27, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 9011 and the FD drive 9012, a computer 901 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 9013 and a ROM (Read-Only Memory) 9014 for storing a program such as a bootup program. A random access memory (RAM) 9015 connected to the CPU 9013 for temporarily storing application program instructions and providing a temporary storage space; and a hard disk 9016 for storing application programs, system programs, and data , A CD-ROM drive 9011, an FD drive 9012, a CPU 9013, and the like. Although not shown here, the computer 901 may further include a network card that provides connection to a LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 9 to execute the functions of the terminal device or the like of the above-described embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 9101 or FD 9102, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 9011 or FD drive 9012, and further stored in the hard disk 9016. May be forwarded. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 9016. The program is loaded into the RAM 9015 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 9101, the FD 9102, or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS), a third-party program, or the like that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the terminal device according to the above-described embodiment. The program only needs to include an instruction portion that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 9 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the terminal device according to the present invention has an effect that the page and calendar information can be easily linked by the date information on the page, and is useful as an electronic book device, an electronic magazine browsing device, or the like. It is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Object processing system 11 Terminal apparatus 12 Server apparatus 13 Network 1101 Page information storage part 1102 Date description judgment part 1103 Date object information transmission part 1104 Attribute designation | designated information storage part 1105 Group management information storage part 1106 Group management information storage part 1107 Size restriction information Storage unit 1108 Screen size designation information reception unit 1109 Page generation unit 1110, 1113 Link area management information acquisition unit 1111 Output unit 1112 Reception unit 1114 Link area management information storage unit 1201 Calendar information storage unit 1202 Date object information reception unit 1203 Calendar information storage Part

Claims (7)

A terminal device constituting an object processing system comprising a terminal device and a server device,
The terminal device
A page information storage unit that stores first page information that is information of a first page on which two or more objects including at least a character string or an image are arranged;
A date description determination unit that determines whether each of the two or more objects includes date information that is information indicating a date;
A date object information transmitting unit for transmitting date object information in which part or all of the objects determined to include date information to the date information are associated with the date information;
A page generation unit that generates second page information that is information of a second page on which one or more objects arranged on the first page are arranged;
A link having link area designation information indicating an area on one or more objects determined to include date information by the date description determination unit and link information indicating a link to schedule information stored in the server device in association with each other Area management information, link area designation information indicating areas on one or more objects arranged on the first page, and information on the second page on which the one or more objects are arranged A link area management information acquisition unit that acquires link area management information having link information indicating a link to the page information of
Outputting the first page information, link area specifying information indicating an area on the object, and link area management information having link information indicating a link to schedule information in association with each other; and The link having one page information, second page information generated by the page generation unit, link area designation information indicating an area on the object, and link information indicating a link to the second page information in association with each other An output unit that associates and outputs area management information;
The server device
A calendar information storage unit that can store calendar information having two or more schedule information including the date information and event information that is event information related to the date indicated by the date information;
A date object information receiving unit for receiving date object information from the terminal device;
Calendar information that accumulates part or all of the objects included in the date object information in the calendar information storage unit as event information corresponding to the date indicated by the date information included in the date object information received by the date object information receiving unit. A terminal device constituting an object processing system including a storage unit. A group management information storage unit that stores one or more group management information that is information indicating one or more objects belonging to one object group;
The page generation unit
Generating second page information that is information of the second page in which one or more objects indicated by the group management information among the objects arranged on the first page are arranged;
The link area management information acquisition unit
An area including an area on one or more objects indicated by the group management information, and link information for second page information that is information on the second page on which the one or more objects indicated by the group management information are arranged terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the link area management information having correspondence to. A group that divides the objects arranged on the first page into one or more object groups, acquires group management information indicating objects belonging to each of the grouped object groups, and accumulates the group management information in the group management information storage unit The terminal device according to claim 2 , further comprising a management information storage unit. The first page information includes one or more objects and arrangement information that is information indicating an area in which the objects are arranged.
An attribute designation information storage unit for storing attribute designation information that is information for designating attributes of one or more objects classified into one group;
The group management information storage unit
The objects arranged on the first page are divided into one or more object groups for each object having the attribute designated by the attribute designation information using the arrangement information of the object, and the one or more object groups The terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein group management information indicating objects belonging to each is acquired and stored in the group management information storage unit. Size restriction information in which size restriction information including screen size information, which is information of a screen size on which the first and second page information is output, and size threshold information, which is information indicating a threshold value of the object size, is stored. A storage unit;
A screen size designation information receiving unit that receives screen size designation information that is information for designating a screen size on which the first and second page information is output;
The page generation unit
Among objects arranged on the first page, for an object having a size smaller than the size threshold information corresponding to the screen size information corresponding to the screen size designation information, the object is arranged on the first page. another terminal device according to claim 1 for generating in any one of claims 4 a second page information in which are arranged together with at least one or more objects. A page information storage unit that stores first page information that is information of a first page on which two or more objects including at least a character string or an image are arranged ;
An information processing method performed using a date description determination unit, a date object information transmission unit, a page generation unit, a link area management information acquisition unit, and an output unit ,
The date description determination unit
A date description determination step for determining whether each of the two or more objects includes date information that is information indicating a date;
The date object information transmission unit
A date object information transmission step of transmitting date object information in which part or all of the objects determined by the date description determination unit include date information and the date information to the server device;
The page generation unit
A page generation step of generating second page information which is information of a second page in which one or more objects arranged on the first page are arranged;
The link area management information acquisition unit
Link area having link area designation information indicating an area on one or more objects determined to include date information by the date description determination unit and link information indicating a link to schedule information stored in the server device in association with each other Management information, link area designation information indicating areas on one or more objects arranged on the first page, and second information that is information on the second page on which the one or more objects are arranged A link area management information acquisition step for acquiring link area management information having associated link information indicating a link to page information;
The output unit is
Outputting the first page information, link area specifying information indicating an area on the object, and link area management information having link information indicating a link to schedule information in association with each other; and The link having one page information, second page information generated by the page generation unit, link area designation information indicating an area on the object, and link information indicating a link to the second page information in association with each other An information processing method comprising: an output step of outputting area management information in association with each other . A computer capable of accessing a page information storage unit storing first page information, which is information of a first page on which two or more objects including at least a character string or an image are arranged,
A date description determination unit that determines whether each of the two or more objects includes date information that is information indicating a date;
A date object information transmitting unit that transmits date object information in which part or all of the objects determined by the date description determining unit include date information and the date information to the server device;
A page generation unit that generates second page information that is information of a second page in which one or more objects arranged in the first page are arranged;
Link area having link area designation information indicating an area on one or more objects determined to include date information by the date description determination unit and link information indicating a link to schedule information stored in the server device in association with each other Management information, link area designation information indicating areas on one or more objects arranged on the first page, and second information that is information on the second page on which the one or more objects are arranged A link area management information acquisition unit for acquiring link area management information having link information indicating links to page information in association with each other;
Outputting the first page information, link area specifying information indicating an area on the object, and link area management information having link information indicating a link to schedule information in association with each other; and The link having one page information, second page information generated by the page generation unit, link area designation information indicating an area on the object, and link information indicating a link to the second page information in association with each other A program for functioning as an output unit that outputs area management information in association with each other.

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