JP5644743B2 - Search system, search system control method, and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a search system, a search system control method, and a program thereof, and more particularly to a technique for assisting computation between search histories by the search system.

  In recent years, a system for searching for a desired document has been provided. As a general search system, there are a system that searches a file stored in a document database by a keyword, a search system by a search engine that searches a document on the Internet, and the like.

  In addition, it is possible to calculate a union set, a product set, or the like by calculating the search results using an arithmetic expression.

  However, manually inputting an arithmetic expression is cumbersome, and there is a problem that an erroneous calculation result is derived if an arithmetic symbol or expression is mistaken.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for composing document set data in a matrix and visually obtaining a product set.

JP 2008-84151 A

  However, the system proposed in Patent Document 1 uses a matrix to acquire necessary information from document data, and does not obtain a search result history as in the present application. Therefore, the purpose of obtaining desired information easily and intuitively is similar, but it is difficult to visually specify different arithmetic expressions. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133620, the words included in the document are classified, but it is not possible to perform processing for displaying only the read document from the search results.

To provide a search system capable of visually obtaining a read document or an unread document from a search result.

A retrieval system for displaying a search result, an image object display control means for displaying the second image object with string to the first image object and a second search result with string in the first search results, the Display control means for displaying a browsing state object that is an image object associated with the browsing state of the first search result and the second search result, the first image object , the second image object, and the browsing An image object control means capable of controlling the state objects so as to overlap each other on the screen; and a detection means for detecting an overlap of the first image object, the second image object, and the browsing state object by the image object control unit; , depending on the overlap of the object detected by said detecting means, said first A search result and viewing status display system means for identifiably displaying the viewing status of the second search result, and having a.

It is possible to provide a search system capable of visually obtaining a read document or an unread document from a search result.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of a search system in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus which can apply the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the 1st search screen of the search system in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the 2nd search screen of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of search result DB of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the search process of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the browsing process of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the 3rd search screen of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the arithmetic processing by the image object of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the 1st calculation result of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the 2nd calculation result of the search system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a response | compatibility with the overlap of the image object of the search system in the embodiment of this invention, and a computing equation.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of a search system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  A client apparatus 101 and a server apparatus 102 having a document DB for inputting search conditions and browsing search results are connected via a communication network 500 in a communicable state. Multiple devices can be installed.

  The document DB stored in the server device may be used via a network, or the document DB stored in the client device may be used locally.

  Further, it is assumed that the search unit for searching the document DB may be provided in the client device 101 or the server device 102.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus to which the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a central processing unit (CPU) 201, a random access memory (RAM) 202, a read only memory (ROM) 203, a KBC (keyboard controller) 204, and a DC (disposal controller) 204 via a system bus 211. , MC (Memory Controller) 208, NW I / F (Network Interface) 210, and the like are connected.

  The CPU 201 controls each device connected to the system bus 211 based on a program stored in the “program ROM” of the ROM 203 and controls the entire information processing apparatus. Further, font data and the like are stored in the “font ROM” of the ROM 203, and various data are stored in the “data ROM” of the ROM 203.

  The RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201.

  The KBC 204 controls input from a keyboard 205 or a pointing device (not shown) such as a mouse.

  The DC 206 controls display on the display 207. The display may be a CRT or another type of display device such as an LCD.

The MC 208 controls access to the hard disk 209, a flexible disk (FD) (not shown), a CD-ROM, and the like.
The NW I / F 210 performs communication via the network 212.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The search system receives a search keyword and a browse request from the input unit 302 through the communication interface 301, and the control unit 303 controls the entire search system in cooperation with each processing unit.

  The search result display control unit performs display control for displaying the result of the search performed by the search unit 308 from the document DB 309 in response to the request input from the input unit 302 and the result processed by each processing unit on the screen.

  The tab information processing unit 305 can display a search result as a tab for each search condition, and a related search performs processing for displaying on the same search screen.

  The image object 306 performs processing for displaying an image object associated with a tab (search condition or search keyword), or detecting (detecting) an overlap when the image object is moved by moving a mouse or the like. Do.

  The search condition generation unit 307 performs a process of determining a calculation condition between the search results from the overlapping portion detected by the image object processing unit 306 and generating a display condition.

  The search result DB 310 stores search results. The search received by the input unit 302 and the result of the browsing status are stored. It also manages the reading and unreading of documents. Note that “read” means that the document has been browsed, and “unread” means that the document has not been browsed.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a first search screen of the search system in the embodiment of the present invention.

  Displayed by starting search software from the client device 101 or accessing a search page by a browser or the like.

  First, the user inputs a keyword in the keyword input field 403 and presses the search button 404. Here, “keyword A” is input as a search keyword.

  When the search button 404 is pressed, the search system searches the document DB 309 and displays the search result in the search result display field 407. In the example of the search result 1, it is displayed that the searched file name is DOC_001 and the file browsing state is unread. Moreover, you may make it display the summary (summary) of DOC_001. By viewing the summary, the user can help determine whether to open the retrieved file.

  When the number of search results is large and cannot be displayed on one screen, the display screen can be scrolled up and down using the scroll bar 406. Further, the next page may be displayed by pressing the next button 405.

  A tab 402 is created for each search keyword. The image object 401 is displayed in association with a tab, and a set operation can be performed by moving the image object. The display form may be a circle as shown in the figure, or images of various shapes such as other character images can be used. Further, the size of the image can be changed according to the number of search results. For example, the number of image objects when the number of search results is 10 is larger than that at the time of 5, and when the number is 100, the image objects are displayed larger than the number of 10 image objects.

  The result of the set operation can be displayed as a new tab. Details will be described later.

  The screen shown below the arrow shows an example of the display state of the tab 408 after several search result files are opened.

  A tab 408 describes keywords and the number of read documents. The read document is acquired from information managed in the search result DB 310.

  In the example, it can be seen that six documents including DOC_001 and DOC_007 have been opened.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a search result DB of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The search result DB 601 stores a search keyword 602, a document ID 603, a read flag 604, and an opened tab 605.

  The search keyword 602 is a keyword that is input to the keyword input field and used for the search. The document ID 603 stores the document ID of the document searched corresponding to the keyword. The document ID may be a document name (file name) or, if the search result is an html file or the like, a URL or the like indicating it may be described.

  The read 604 stores “TRUE” if the document has been read and “FALSE” if the document has not been read. When the search system is activated, the state is all “FALSE”. The read flag is valid while a related search is being performed. Further, it can be cleared at an arbitrary timing, or can be cleared when the search application is terminated or when the browser is terminated.

  The opened tab 605 stores from which tab the corresponding document was opened. When “A” is stored, it indicates that the tab A has been opened. You may want to display the tab that opened the file first, or the tab that opened the file last, or display all the tabs that opened the file. Also good.

  In the present embodiment, for example, when the search using the keyword A is a search using the first search condition, the search using the keyword B is a search using the second search condition. When the search using the keyword B is a search using the first search condition, the search using the keyword C is a search using the second search condition.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a second search screen of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  This is an example in which the read tab 504 and the image object 502 are displayed on the same screen in addition to the search result tab 503 and the image object 501 of the keyword A. It may be displayed automatically when a document is browsed from the search result, or may be displayed when the read 507 is pressed.

  In the tab where the already read is displayed, it is managed as a set of files searched and opened by this search system. By displaying the number of already read, it can be used for keyword evaluation such as a keyword having a large search value.

  The image object 501 is associated with the keyword A tab 503, and the image object 502 is associated with the read tab 504.

  The search result display field 506 is a state in which the search content of the read tab 504 is displayed. A similar display can be obtained by inputting “read” in the keyword input field 505 and pressing the search button. In this case, for example, a symbol such as “!” May be input at the head so that “read” can be distinguished from other search keywords.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the overall processing of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The processing is started by accepting input from the search screen shown in FIG. 4 displayed by starting the search software from the client apparatus 101 or accessing the search page by a browser or the like.

  In step S701, it is determined whether the search is related. A related search is a search performed by a user who performs a search as a series of searches. Specifically, whether or not the search is related may be accepted, and for example, as shown in FIG. 10, it is determined that the tabs separated by tabs in the search screen are related to each other. Also good.

  If it is determined in step S701 that the search is not related, normal processing is performed in step S703. Normal processing refers to searching and browsing in an existing system. On the other hand, if it is determined to be related, the process proceeds to step S702.

  In step S702, it is determined whether the received content is a search or a browse. “Search” means that a search keyword is input to the search bar and the search button is pressed. Browsing means that a document displayed in the search result display column is selected and browsed.

  If the input content is a search, a search process is performed in step S704. On the other hand, if the input content is a browse process, the browse process is performed in step S705 and the process ends. Details of each process will be described later.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of search processing of the search system in the embodiment of the present invention.

  In step S801, a search keyword is received and a document is searched from the document DB. Next, in step S802, the document hit in the search is added as a record to the search result DB. Items to be added are the contents recorded in the search result DB 601.

  In step S803, it is determined whether display settings for the image object are set. Whether or not to display an image object can be set on a setting screen (not shown) or the like.

  If the image object is set to be displayed, the process advances to step S804 to display the image object in association with the search result tab. Various association methods can be selected. For example, as in the screen of the present embodiment, the image object and the tab may be displayed so as to be connected by a line, or the same color is used so that the other image object and the set of tabs can be identified. Also good. The display position of the image object can be moved with a mouse or the like.

  In step S805, the search result DB is referred to, and it is determined whether or not a read result document is included. If it is included, in step S806, the read flag of the corresponding document in the search result DB is changed to read. Record the name of the tab that opened the document at the same time. For example, if DOC — 007 hits with keyword B, it is already read with keyword A, so it is also read with keyword B, and “A” is recorded in the opened tab.

  In step S807, the search result is displayed according to the search result DB. At this time, the document is displayed in an identifiable manner in association with the document name so that the read state of the document can be understood.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of browsing processing of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In step S901, selection of a browse document is accepted. In step S902, it is determined whether or not a read tab exists. If a read tab does not exist, the read tab and the corresponding image object are displayed.

  In step S904, the read attribute of the document accepted for viewing is changed to the read state, and at the same time, the document ID recorded corresponding to another search keyword is also changed to the read state.

  For example, when DOC_005 is hit with keyword B and DOC_005 hit with keyword A is in an unread state, DOC_005 of keyword A is set to the read state, and “B” is recorded in the opened tab.

In step S905, it is determined whether there is a tab in which the read document is in an unread state. If the tab is present, the number of read documents displayed on the tab is changed to the latest one. The tab here includes a tab for displaying a search result by a keyword and a tab for a read document.
In step S907, the document for which the browsing request has been received is displayed, and the process ends.

  If the already read tab is set to be displayed manually, the process in step S902 is not performed. Further, the display of the document in step S907 may be processed immediately after accepting the selection of the browsed document in step S901.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a third search screen of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  This is an example in which a search result for keyword A, a read document, and a search result for keyword B are displayed.

  In the search tab 1005 for keyword B, keyword B1007 is searched as a search keyword. In a state immediately after searching with the keyword B (a state where no document is opened from the tab 1005), all the documents should be in an unread state.

  However, since DOC_007 is already read by the keyword A in the search result DB, DOC_007 in the search result display column 1008 for the keyword B is displayed as shown in the figure. That is, by displaying “search result 4 (DOC_007) already read (A)”, it is understood that DOC_007 has already been opened from the keyword A tab. At this time, “read one case” is displayed on the tab 1005 for the keyword B.

  The screen shown below the arrow shows an example of the display state of the tab 1010 after opening DOC_005 and DOC_0011.

  In the search result display column 1012, the display is changed so that it can be seen that the document is already read. In addition, the number of read items on the tab 1009 for the keyword A is changed from 6 to 7. This corresponds to the case where DOC_005, which is the search result for the keyword B, is included in the search result for the keyword A in an unread state. Since DOC_0011 is not included in the search result of the keyword A, the number of read documents of the keyword A is increased by 1 (corresponding to DOC_005).

  On the other hand, the number of already read tabs 1011 has increased from six to eight. This shows the number of documents viewed by the keyword A and the keyword B, that is, the number of all read documents. Management of these read documents is centrally managed in the search result DB.

  Although not shown, when switching to the keyword A tab 1009, DOC_005 is displayed in a state of being changed from unread (for example, search result 2 in FIG. 4) to read (B).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a calculation process using an image object in the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The position of the image object displayed on the search result screen is moved, and the calculation method of the search results is determined by overlapping the image objects. An example of overlapping image objects will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence between an overlap of image objects and an arithmetic expression in the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The image object 1501 is an overlap of image objects, and the arithmetic expression 1502 has an arithmetic expression corresponding thereto. In the overlapping part of the image objects, the part displayed in bold corresponds to the arithmetic expression.

  Reference numeral 1503 denotes an overlapping portion of the image objects of the keyword A and the keyword B, and corresponds to a logical product. Indicates a set obtained by collecting all the elements that are commonly included in all of the given set.

  Reference numerals 1504 and 1505 denote portions obtained by subtracting the keyword B from the keyword A, and correspond to logical differences. Indicates a set obtained by removing elements belonging to another set from one set.

  Reference numeral 1506 denotes a merged portion of the keyword A and the keyword B, which corresponds to a logical sum. For a set of two or more sets, a set obtained by collecting all the elements included in at least one of them is shown.

  Examples of overlapping image objects are not limited to this, and include cases where A and B are reversed, and a logical expression can be derived even when three or more image objects overlap.

In the present embodiment, the size of the image object can be changed, and the overlapped portion is displayed in a state where it can be selected with a mouse or a keyboard.
Returning to the description of FIG.

  In step S1101, the movement of the image object is accepted. Next, in step S1102, the overlapping portion selected in the moved image object is determined.

In step S1103, an arithmetic expression is created from the determined portion, and an arithmetic expression, a display tab, and an image object are created.
In step S1104, the calculation result is displayed and the process ends.

  A screen image when this flowchart is executed will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the first calculation result of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In the example, the image object 1202 of the keyword B and the read image object 1203 overlap as shown in the figure. When the part enclosed in bold is selected, an arithmetic expression between the keyword B and the read difference is created and displayed in the arithmetic expression display field 1209. A new tab or image object may be created by dragging the selected portion to a predetermined area (for example, a tab display area).

  Further, the operation result is set as a set C, and the tab 1207 of the set C and the image object 1204 of the set C are displayed in association with each other. In the calculation result display field 1210, the search result of the keyword B excluding read is displayed, that is, the unread read by the keyword B is displayed. The search result DB is used for the calculation.

  As already described, when an unread document is opened on this screen, the reflection to the search result DB and the number of already read tabs are also updated.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a second calculation result display screen of the search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  This is an example of an arithmetic expression that excludes unread portions of the keyword A, the keyword B, and the keyword C from the read image object 1301.

  In the arithmetic expression column, 1312 displays (keyword A + B + C) −unread.

  Also, on this search screen, a keyword A tab 1306, a keyword B tab 1307, a keyword C tab, a keyword Z tab 1310, and an already read tab 1311 are displayed.

  In the tab 1309 of the set D, the results calculated from the search result DB (read ones among the search results of the keywords A to C) are displayed.

  Although not shown in the search result DB, since 91 items are already read by the search for the keyword Z, the total number of already read items is 100.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system including a single device.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a computer according to the processing method of the flowchart shown in the present invention. The storage medium according to the present invention stores a program that can be executed by a computer. The program in the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each device.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

201 CPU (Central Processing Unit)
202 RAM (Random Access Memory)
203 ROM (Read Only Memory)
204 KBC (Keyboard Controller)
205 Keyboard 206 DC (Display Controller)
207 Display 208 MC (Memory Controller)
209 Hard disk 210 NW I / F (Network Interface)
211 System bus 212 Network

Claims (9)

A search system that displays search results,
Image object display control means for displaying a first image object associated with the first search result and a second image object associated with the second search result;
Display control means for displaying a browsing state object that is an image object associated with the browsing state of the first search result and the second search result;
Image object control means capable of controlling the first image object , the second image object, and the browsing state object so as to overlap each other on a screen;
Detecting means for detecting an overlap of the first image object, the second image object, and the browsing state object by the image object control means ;
A browsing status display control unit that displays the browsing status of the first search result and the second search result in an identifiable manner according to the overlap of the objects detected by the detection unit;
A search system comprising: An arithmetic expression creating means for creating a logical arithmetic expression of the first search result, the second search result, and the browsing state according to a logical relationship of overlapping of objects detected by the detecting means;
Having an arithmetic means for performing an arithmetic operation using the logical arithmetic expression generated by the arithmetic expression creating means;
The search system according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls display of a third image object associated with the result calculated by the calculation unit.   The display control means controls the display of the third display area by moving to the display area of the search result in a state where the overlap of the image objects detected by the detection means is selected. The search system according to claim 2. Keyword accepting means for accepting search keywords;
Search means for performing a search by a keyword received by the keyword receiving means;
Search result storage means for storing search results and browsing status by the search means,
The search system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the calculation means performs a calculation related to a browsing situation stored in the search result storage means.   The search system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first search result and the second search result are displayed as tabs on the same screen. The search system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the image object control means controls display by changing the size of the image object in accordance with the number of search results. A search system that displays search results,
Image object display control means for displaying a first image object associated with the first search result and a second image object associated with the second search result;
Display control means for displaying a browsing state object that is an image object associated with the browsing state of the first search result and the second search result;
Image object control means capable of controlling the first image object , the second image object, and the browsing state object so as to overlap each other on a screen;
Detecting means for detecting an overlap of the first image object, the second image object, and the browsing state object by the image object control means ;
A browsing status display control unit that displays the browsing status of the first search result and the second search result in an identifiable manner according to the overlap of the objects detected by the detection unit;
A search device comprising: A search system control method for displaying search results,
An image object display control step of displaying a first image object associated with the first search result and a second image object associated with the second search result;
A display control step of displaying a browsing state object that is an image object associated with the browsing state of the first search result and the second search result;
An image object control step capable of controlling the first image object , the second image object, and the browsing state object so as to overlap each other on a screen;
A detection step of detecting an overlap of the first image object, the second image object, and the browsing state object by the image object control step;
A browsing status display control step for displaying the browsing status of the first search result and the second search result in an identifiable manner in accordance with the overlapping of the objects detected in the detection step;
A search system control method characterized by comprising: There is a program that can be executed by a search system that displays search results.
The search system,
Image object display control means for displaying a first image object associated with the first search result and a second image object associated with the second search result;
Display control means for displaying a browsing state object that is an image object associated with the browsing state of the first search result and the second search result;
Image object control means capable of controlling the first image object , the second image object, and the browsing state object so as to overlap each other on a screen;
Detecting means for detecting an overlap of the first image object, the second image object, and the browsing state object by the image object control means ;
A browsing status display control unit that displays the browsing status of the first search result and the second search result in an identifiable manner according to the overlap of the objects detected by the detection unit;
The program for functioning as a search system characterized by having.

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