JP6459470B2 - Document management program, method, and document management apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a document management program, a document management method, and a document management apparatus, and more particularly, to a technique for classifying markings written in an electronic document and extracting text.

  A record of a so-called trial contains a number of documents such as complaints, argument papers, preparation documents, answer letters, and explanations of evidence. Since these documents are documents related to one trial, there are many similar descriptions. Traditionally, lawyers read documents such as evidence documents and summarize their thoughts, or when they want to display the sections that they want to quote when creating complaints, responses, and time series tables, they mark the documents Useful for reference.

When electronically managing such a document, it is desirable to be able to electronically manage the marking and to automatically extract where the marking points in the document.
Such a marking does not necessarily form a continuous area drawn with a single stroke. For example, after marking a part of an electronic document, another marking may be added to supplement this marking. In such a case, it is necessary to automatically extract the location indicated by the marking including the added marking.

  In response to such a demand, for example, a method of grouping markings written at positions close to each other on an electronic document is conceivable. However, markings placed in close proximity to each other, such as when both the claim of one party in the trial and the other party's objection following this claim are marked. However, there are many cases where users do not want to group. For this reason, it is not always possible to satisfy the user's request if grouping is performed only by the proximity of the markings.

  In addition, a technique has been proposed in which a classification symbol is written beside an encircled line entered in an electronic document, the extracted portions of the encircled line with the same classification symbol are grouped together, and displayed as a list (for example, (See Patent Document 2). In this way, it is possible to classify and list a portion desired by the user in the electronic document according to the user's desire.

JP2013-152699A JP 2012-151722 A Japanese Patent No. 3969775 JP 2005-339295 A

However, when the markings are close to each other and the classification symbols are individually entered for each marking, the correspondence between the markings and the classification symbols may be unclear depending on how they are entered. As a result, if the markings and the classification symbols are incorrectly associated, the extracted locations cannot be correctly grouped.
In addition, because the classification symbol is written in the vicinity of the marking part, it is not always possible to secure a sufficient margin, and if the classification symbol is overlaid on the text and entered, the text becomes difficult to read due to the classification symbol. There is also.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. Regardless of the size of the margin of the electronic document, and without degrading the readability of the electronic document as much as possible, it is possible to perform marking on the electronic document. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a document management program, a document management method, and a document management apparatus that extract text in response and group the extracted portions according to user's desires.

  In order to achieve the above object, a document management program according to the present invention includes a marking receiving step for receiving writing of a marking image on an electronic document, a setting receiving step for receiving setting of attribute information in association with the marking image, and an electronic document An extraction step of extracting an area specified by the marking image as an extraction range, and a grouping step of grouping marking images having the same attribute information between the marking images in which the extraction ranges overlap or continue A list display step for displaying a list of marking images and extraction ranges for each group, wherein the marking image is a line drawing, and the attribute information includes the line width, line color, and line of the marking image. Characterized by containing at least one of the species .

  In this way, since the marking images having the same attribute information are grouped using at least one of the line width, line color, and line type of the marking image as attribute information, regardless of the size of the margin of the electronic document, and The text can be extracted in accordance with the marking entered in the electronic document and the extraction range can be grouped according to the user's request without impairing the readability of the electronic document as much as possible.

It is a figure which shows the main structures of a document management apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the process which cuts out the text corresponding to marking. It is a figure which illustrates an attribute information input screen. It is a figure which illustrates the electronic document to which marking was given. It is a figure which illustrates the list display of the extracted text. It is a flowchart which shows the process which receives selection of grouping conditions. It is a figure which illustrates a grouping condition selection screen. It is a figure which illustrates a coincidence degree designation | designated screen. It is a figure which illustrates marking of an electronic document. It is a figure which illustrates the list display of the extracted text, Comprising: (a) illustrates the case where a coincidence degree is "3", (b) illustrates the case where a coincidence degree is "4". It is a flowchart which shows the process which makes a user change the attribute information of marking. It is a figure which illustrates the list display before (a) which changes the attribute information of marking to a user, and after changing (b). It is a flowchart which shows the process which makes a user select the marking to group. It is a figure which illustrates the pop-up menu which makes a user select the marking to group. It is a figure which illustrates the table which memorize | stores grouping information. It is a figure which illustrates the list display which grouped the marking which the user selected. It is a figure which illustrates the pop-up menu which also describes the degree of coincidence with marking used as a selection candidate.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a document management program, a document management method, and a document management apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[1] First Embodiment A first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
(1-1) Configuration of Document Management Device First, the configuration of the document management device according to the present embodiment will be described.

  The document management apparatus according to the present embodiment is a portable information processing terminal (so-called tablet terminal) that can be carried by a user, and an application program for electronic document management (hereinafter referred to as “document management application”) is installed. Has been. The document management apparatus can browse an electronic document or paste an electronic tag on the electronic document by executing a document management application.

As shown in FIG. 1, a document management apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a memory 102, a touch panel 103, a touch panel controller 104, a speaker 105, a microphone 106, a communication LSI (Large Scale Integration) 107, and an antenna 108. And a camera 109.
The memory 102 includes a nonvolatile memory and a working memory. The non-volatile memory stores the document management application 100 and a large number of electronic document files. In addition to these, various computer programs for controlling the document management apparatus 1, setting information, and the like are also stored in the memory 102.

The electronic document file is, for example, PDF (Portable Document Format) data, and is composed of text data and additional data. The additional data is marking data that is added to the text data by the user using the document management application 100 through a touch panel operation.
The touch panel 103 includes a touch pad 131 that is an input device and a liquid crystal display (LCD) 132 that is a display device.

  The touch pad 131 includes a touch sensor using an input method such as a capacitance method, an electromagnetic induction method, or a resistance film method, and is provided so as to overlap with the LCD 132. The touch pad 131 is made of a transparent member, and is configured so that an image displayed on the LCD 132 can be seen. An LED (Light Emitting Diode) as a light source is located behind the LCD 132 and functions as a backlight of the LCD 132.

The touch panel 103 is connected to the touch panel controller 104. The touch panel controller 104 detects the contact of the user's finger, the stylus pen 120, or the like with the touch pad 131, and during the detection, the coordinate value (x of the contact position) is detected every unit time (for example, 20 milliseconds). , Y) is output to the CPU 101.
The speaker 105 outputs sound, and the microphone 106 collects sound.

  The communication LSI 107 is connected to the antenna 108 and the CPU 101 and is controlled by the CPU 101. The communication LSI 107 is connected to a communication network such as the Internet via the antenna 108. And image data, character data, voice data, etc. are transmitted / received between other computers, such as a personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smart phone, a mobile phone, and a web server.

The camera 109 includes a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor and a lens. The CMOS image sensor detects light incident from the lens and generates image data.
The CPU 101 is connected to the memory 102, the touch panel controller 104, the speaker 105, the microphone 106, the communication LSI 107, and the camera 109. The CPU 101 implements various functions by executing a computer program such as the document management application 100 stored in the memory 102.

(1-2) Operation of Document Management Application 100 Next, a document management operation provided when the CPU 101 executes the document management application 100 will be described.
Note that the user of the document management apparatus 1 must execute login before starting the document management application 100. By this login process, the user ID of the user who entered the marking is specified. The user ID is given to each marking as attribute information as described below.

(1-2-1) Display of List Information by Marking First, an operation for displaying the list information of text designated by marking will be described.
In the present embodiment, when the user enters a marking by touch panel operation, text list information designated by the marking is displayed. At this time, the marking itself is also displayed.

  In order to display the list information, three operations are executed: (a) acceptance of marking attribute information, (b) acceptance of marking, and (c) display of list information. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, when the attribute information of the marking input by the user through the touch panel operation is received (S201: YES), the input attribute information is stored (S202).

  In the present embodiment, the marking is a one-stroke line drawing, and the marking attribute information is a line width, a line color, a line type, and a user ID. The line width may be selected by the user from a preset selection range, or may be specified by the user by the number of points. The line color may be selected by the user from a preset selection range, or the gradation value of each RGB color may be specified by the user. For the line type, the user may select a preset line type such as a solid line, a broken line, an alternate long and short dash line, a double line, a wavy line, or the user may specify the line length of each line of the broken line pattern or the heavy line. Also good.

  The screen for inputting attribute information includes areas 301 to 303 for designating line width, line color, and line type, for example, as shown in FIG. In the area 301, the line width is designated by the number of points. In the area 302, a line color is directly designated, and a single color or gradation is selected with a radio button, or transparency is designated. In the area 303, the type of line, the type of solid line, and the type of dotted line may be selected.

When the user performs marking by touch panel operation (S211: YES), the marking is stored (S212). In this case, not only the marking itself is stored as image data, but also the current value of the attribute information is stored together.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an electronic document and marking. In FIG. 4, solid line markings 401 and 402 and a broken line marking 403 are entered in the electronic document 400. Also, since there is little margin in the electronic document 400, when trying to enter a classification symbol in addition to marking as in the prior art, the classification symbol must be superimposed on the text, making the text difficult to read. . On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, it is not necessary to enter a classification symbol, so that text readability is improved.

Thereafter, when a list display is requested by the user (S221: YES), text is extracted from the electronic document for each marking (S222). In this embodiment, every line in which the marking is overwritten is extracted for each marking. Here, extracting a line means specifying a range of line numbers of lines overwritten with markings.
In the example of FIG. 4, since the marking 401 is overwritten on the first to fifth lines, the first to fifth lines are the extraction range. For the marking 402, the extraction range is from the sixth line to the tenth line, and for the marking 403, the extraction range is from the eleventh line to the fourteenth line.

Next, the markings are referred to in order from the top of the electronic document, and the markings having the same attribute information are grouped among the markings whose extraction ranges are continuous or partially overlapping (S223).
In the example of FIG. 4, since the end of the extraction range of the marking 401 is the fifth row and the beginning of the extraction range of the marking 402 is the sixth row, the extraction ranges of the markings 401 and 402 are continuous. Also, since the markings 401 and 402 have the same line width, the line color is black, and the line type is a solid line, all the attribute information is common. Accordingly, the markings 401 and 402 are grouped into one group.

  Next, since the end of the extraction range of the marking 402 is the 10th row and the beginning of the extraction range of the marking 403 is the 11th row, the extraction ranges of the markings 402 and 403 are continuous. However, the marking 402 has a solid line type, whereas the marking 403 is a broken line, and the markings 402 and 403 do not share some attribute information. Accordingly, the marking 403 is not grouped into the marking 402 group, but is made into a single group.

Finally, the extraction range is displayed as a list for each group (S224). In this case, first, the range of row numbers extracted for each group is combined.
In the example of FIG. 4, for the group of markings 401 and 402, the first row combining the first row to the fifth row corresponding to the marking 401 and the sixth row to the tenth row corresponding to the marking 402. To the 10th row is the extraction range of the group. Further, for the group having only the marking 403, the extraction range is from the 11th row to the 14th row as it is.

Thereafter, the extraction range for each group is displayed in a list together with the marking. FIG. 5 is a list display example of extraction ranges for each group in FIG. In FIG. 5, a solid line group 501 obtained by grouping the markings 401 and 402 and a broken line group 502 including only the markings 403 are listed.
Note that the display size of texts and markings displayed in a list may be smaller than the original text or markings. By reducing the display size and displaying a list, even if there are a large number of grouped markings, more text can be displayed, so that the display contents can be easily understood.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since marking is grouped using attribute information, text corresponding to marking can be extracted and flexibly responded to user's wish when displaying a list. .
Further, when the grouping is performed only by the proximity of the markings on the document as in the prior art, in the example of FIG. 4, all the markings 401 to 403 become one group. On the other hand, if the attribute information is used as in the present embodiment, even if the markings are close to each other, the markings are grouped according to the contents of the text considered by the user, and the extraction ranges are displayed as a list.

  Further, unlike the prior art, since it is not necessary to enter a classification symbol for grouping markings in the electronic document, it is possible to avoid a decrease in text readability due to entering the classification symbol. Furthermore, since the marking for designating the text extraction location is not limited to the enclosing line, the extraction location can be designated with free marking, improving the convenience for the user.

  Furthermore, the classification of a point of interest in a document based on markings having different line widths and line colors is widely performed for documents that are not digitized. Therefore, if the grouping is performed using the marking attribute information as in the present embodiment, the user can use the conventional marking method as it is without learning a new usage method. Is user friendly.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, markings having common attributes are applied to texts that the user has determined to be highly relevant, and these texts are grouped and displayed as a list. Therefore, there is an effect that the user can easily remember the relevance determined at the time of marking.
[2] Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The document management apparatus according to the second embodiment has a configuration substantially similar to that of the document management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, while the document management application 100 changes a condition for grouping markings to a user. It is different in the point to be made. Hereinafter, the description will be given mainly focusing on the differences. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component which is common between embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the user selects a condition for grouping markings (grouping condition) (S601: YES), the document management application 100 first displays a grouping condition selection screen (see FIG. 6). S602). When the selection of the grouping condition is received on the grouping condition selection screen (S603), the process proceeds to step S201 and waits for the next user input.
Here, the grouping condition means selection of which attribute information is used to determine whether or not the markings are common when grouping the markings.

In FIG. 6, some steps common to FIG. 2 are omitted in order to make the flowchart easier to see.
As shown in FIG. 7, in the grouping condition selection screen 700, it is selected which of the marking line width, line color, line type, and user ID is referred to in order to group the markings. Check boxes 701 to 704 are checked for the attribute information selected for grouping.

  In the example of FIG. 7, since the marking line type check box 703 is not checked, the marking line type is excluded from the grouping condition. In such a case, for example, in the example of FIG. 4, since the markings 401 and 402 are solid lines and the marking 403 is a broken line, the line types are different, but other attribute information matches. Furthermore, since the extraction ranges of the markings 401 to 403 are continuous, they are grouped into the same group.

It is assumed that the user of the document management apparatus 1 changes the attribute information for marking not only for grouping but also for assigning different attribute information for purposes other than grouping. For this reason, by allowing the user to select attribute information to be used for grouping, it is possible to perform grouping and list display according to the purpose of the user.
For example, to show the high degree of relevance between markings, if both the line width and line color match, the relevance between markings is high, and the line color matches even if the line widths match. If not, the relevance between the markings is low, and if the line width and line color do not match, the user may assume that there is no relevance between the markings.

In such a case, if the line color is excluded from the grouping condition, markings with low relevance can be grouped according to the user's needs, which is convenient.
[3] Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The document management apparatus according to the third embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the document management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, while the attribute information matches as a condition for the document management application to group markings. The difference is that the user can specify the degree. Hereinafter, the description will be given mainly focusing on the differences.

FIG. 8 illustrates a matching degree designation screen that allows the user to designate the degree of matching of attribute information as a condition for grouping markings. As shown in FIG. 8, in the matching degree designation screen 800, matching degrees of “1” to “4” are listed as matching degrees of attribute information for grouping markings.
The degree of matching “1” means that any one attribute matches. Similarly, the matching degrees “2” to “4” mean that 2 to 4 attributes match each other. The smaller the matching degree, the larger the group, and the higher the matching degree, the smaller the group. For example, a group that is grouped with a degree of coincidence “2” may be referred to as a large group, a group that is grouped with a degree of coincidence “3” may be referred to as a medium group, and a group that is grouped with a degree of coincidence “4” may be referred to as a small group. .

  The degree of coincidence is specified by selecting one of the radio buttons 801 to 804. In FIG. 8, the degree of coincidence “3” is selected. When the OK button 810 is pressed, the selected degree of coincidence is applied in the subsequent grouping. When the cancel button 811 is pressed, the selection of the matching degree is discarded, and the matching degree before the selection is applied at the time of grouping.

  FIG. 9 is an example of marking of an electronic document. The markings 901 to 903 are all black in color, and the line widths are narrowed in the order of the markings 901 to 903. While the marking 901 is a solid line, the markings 902 and 903 are broken lines. Also, it is assumed that the user IDs are the same. The extraction ranges of the markings 901 to 903 are continuous without overlapping.

When the degree of coincidence selected by the user is “2”, the markings 901 to 903 are all black and have the same user ID, so that they become one group.
When the degree of coincidence is “3”, the markings 902 and 903 have the same line color and line type, whereas the marking 901 has only the same line color, so as shown in FIG. The marking 901 and the markings 902 and 903 are divided into separate groups 1001 and 1002 and displayed as a list.

Furthermore, when the degree of coincidence is “4”, the markings 901 to 903 all have different line widths, and therefore are all divided into separate groups 1011 to 1013 as shown in FIG. List.
This is convenient because it can be grouped according to the degree of relevance between the markings.

[4] Fourth Embodiment Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The document management apparatus according to the fourth embodiment is substantially the same as the document management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, but is different in that the attribute information of the marking is changed by the user. . Hereinafter, the description will be given mainly focusing on the differences.

Since the document management application 100 according to the present embodiment is the same as the above-described embodiment with respect to the processing in step S201 and the like, a description thereof will be omitted. In the flowchart of FIG. 11 as well, only a part of the processes common to the above embodiment is described, and the others are omitted.
As shown in FIG. 11, when the user selects any marking (S1101: YES), the document management application 100 according to the present embodiment stores which marking is selected (S1102). When receiving a change of attribute information from the user (S1111: YES), it is confirmed whether or not marking is selected. If any marking is selected (S1112: YES), FIG. The attribute information input screen as illustrated is displayed, and a change input of the attribute information of the marking is accepted (S1113).

In this case, the attribute information before the change is first displayed on the attribute information input screen, and then the attribute information change input is accepted.
When the change input of the attribute information is accepted (S1114: YES), the changed attribute information is stored (S1115), and the marking display is updated according to the change (S1116). Thereafter, if the OK button 311 is pressed, it is determined that the change input has been completed (S1117: YES), and the process proceeds to step S201.

  In this way, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 12A, the attribute (line type) of the marking 1203 among the solid line markings 1201 to 1203 that the user originally tried to group into the same group is a broken line. By changing to, it can be grouped into different groups as illustrated in FIG. Therefore, the convenience of the user can be improved when there is an error in the designation of the initial attribute in which the marking is entered.

[5] Fifth Embodiment Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The document management apparatus according to the fifth embodiment has a configuration that is substantially the same as that of the document management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, but allows a user to specify grouping between markings having different attributes. It is different in point. Hereinafter, the description will be given mainly focusing on the differences.

Since the document management application 100 according to the present embodiment is the same as the above-described embodiment with respect to the processing in step S201 and the like, description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 13, when the user selects any marking (S1101: YES), the document management application 100 according to the present embodiment stores which marking is selected (S1102). Further, when accepting a group change from the user (S1301: YES), it is confirmed whether or not marking is selected. If any marking is selected (S1302: YES), a pop-up menu is displayed. Then, the selection of the marking to be the group destination is accepted (S1303).

As illustrated in FIG. 14, when the marking 902 is selected, the markings 901 and 903 in which corresponding texts are continuous are candidates for grouping with the marking 902. Accordingly, the pop-up menu 1400 displays reduced markings 901a and 903a obtained by reducing the markings 901 and 903 as candidates.
The markings that are candidates for grouping are listed in descending order of the degree of matching between the marking selected in step S1101 and the attribute information. In the example of FIG. 14, since the degree of coincidence of attribute information with the marking 902 is “2” for the marking 901 and “3” for the marking 903, the pop-up menu 1400 lists the reduced markings 903a and 901a in this order. Is done.

In the reduced markings 901a and 903a, “2” and “1” are written together as the coincidence degree rank 1401 indicating the rank of the degree of coincidence. When the user selects one of these reduced markings 901a and 903a, a new group destination is selected.
If a new group is selected (S1304: YES), it is stored as grouping information (S1305), and the process proceeds to step S201. The grouping information may be stored in a table format, for example. In the example of FIG. 15, the marking sequence number assigned to each marking is associated with the number of the group to which the marking belongs. When changing the group, the column of the group number corresponding to the marking sequence number selected in advance is rewritten with the newly selected group number.

  For example, when the marking sequence numbers of the markings 901 to 903 are [1], “3”, and “2”, when the user selects the reduced marking 901a in the pop-up menu 1400, as shown in FIG. The group number in the column “3” becomes the same group number “1” as the marking sequence number “1” regardless of the attribute information of the marking 902. That is, grouping by user designation has priority over grouping by attribute information. As a result, as shown in FIG. 16, the text is displayed in a list divided into a group 1601 with a group number “1” and a group 1602 with a group number “2”.

This is convenient because text can be displayed in a list by performing grouping desired by the user without being restricted by the attribute information.
In the pop-up menu 1400, the degree of coincidence of attribute information between the marking selected by the user and the candidate marking may be displayed. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a pop-up menu 1400 that describes the degree of coincidence. As shown in FIG. 17, in the pop-up menu 1400, in addition to the reduced markings 901a and 903a and the matching score 1401, a matching score 1701 is also written.

  The degree of coincidence between the marking 903 and the marking 901 is “2”, and the degree of coincidence with the marking 903 is “3”. By including such a degree of coincidence, it can be used as a reference for the user to select any group as a new group. In addition to displaying the degree of coincidence as a numerical value, the same effect can be obtained by displaying using a graphic such as a graph or an icon.

[6] Modifications As described above, the present invention has been described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the following modifications can be implemented. .
(1) In the above embodiment, the case where the user enters the marking on the electronic document has been described as an example. However, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this. Also good. That is, after a user reads a non-electronic document in which markings are written with a scanner to generate image data, the markings may be extracted from the image data and attribute information may be generated for each marking.

  Even in this case, the markings can be grouped, the corresponding text portions can be extracted, and displayed in a list as in the above embodiment. Further, text data may be generated from image data by performing OCR (Optical Character Reader) processing on the text portion. In this way, when the user creates another document, the text portion can be easily cited or diverted.

(2) In the above embodiment, the case where the marking line width, the line color, the line type, and the user ID are included as examples of the marking attribute information has been described. However, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, other attribute information may be used. For example, the date and time when the user wrote the marking may be included in the attribute information.
(3) In the above embodiment, the case where the text is horizontally written has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be vertically written text. In addition, vertical text and horizontal text may be mixed.

  (4) In the above embodiment, the case where the line over which the marking is overwritten is used as the extraction range has been described, but it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited thereto. It is good. In this way, even if the marking cannot be overwritten on all the lines of the paragraph, the entire paragraph can be extracted, so that the user can simplify the operation of overwriting the marking.

Similarly, in addition to the line in which the marking is overwritten, one line before and after the line may be included in the extraction range. Even in this way, it is possible to extract the lines that the user desires to extract without omission while simplifying the operation of overwriting the marking by the user.
In addition, a sentence in which the marking is overwritten may be extracted. Extracting text in sentence units can improve readability when displaying a list.

Moreover, even when an image that is not text, such as a photograph or a graphic, is included in the electronic document, the same effect can be obtained even if the present invention is applied. For example, for photographs with overwritten markings, the entire photograph may be extracted and displayed as a list.
Also, if an image such as a photo is smaller than the line length of the text, even if the marking is not overwritten on the photo, if the marking is duplicated on the line where the photo is located, the photo May be included in the extraction target.

  (5) In the above embodiment, the case where the marking is a line drawing drawn by one stroke has been described as an example. However, according to the present invention, even if the marking is a combination of a plurality of strokes drawn, the corresponding text is continuous. Alternatively, if they are duplicated and the attribute information is common, they are grouped into one group. As a result, a marking that is a combination of a plurality of strokes is handled in the same manner as a single marking.

For example, marking such as a double circle needs to separately write a classification symbol in two circles constituting the double circle in the prior art. On the other hand, according to the present invention, if the attribute information is common, two circles constituting a double circle can be grouped into one group. Therefore, according to the present invention, more natural and flexible marking can be performed by the user.
(6) In the fifth embodiment, the case where the reduced markings 901a and 903a are listed in the pop-up menu 1400 in descending order of the degree of coincidence of attribute information has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, the following may be used instead.

That is, for each marking, the date and time when the marking was written is stored as attribute information, and the marking closer to the date and time when the marking selected by the user is written is determined to have a higher matching degree. A reduction marking may be displayed, or the matching degree ranking 1401 may be displayed.
Further, as the degree of coincidence 1701, a time difference between the date and time of writing with the marking selected by the user may be displayed. Even if it does in this way, the effect of the present invention is the same.

(7) In the above embodiment, the document management apparatus 1 according to the present invention and the document management application 100 installed in the document management apparatus 1 have been described. Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to this. The document management method may be executed by the document management apparatus 1. If the document management method as described above is executed, the effects of the present invention can be obtained as described above.
(8) In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which markings in which the extraction ranges are continuous or partially overlapping are grouped, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this. It may be as follows.

That is, when the extraction range of other markings is not included between the extraction ranges of two markings on the electronic document, the two markings may be grouped. In this case, in addition to the two extraction ranges, a portion sandwiched between the two extraction ranges may be displayed as a list as the extraction range of the group.
Furthermore, even if the extraction range of the other markings is not included between the extraction ranges of the two markings having the same attribute information, the extraction ranges of the two markings are not continuous and overlapped. If not, the user may be required to determine whether the two markings need to be grouped. In this way, the group extraction range can be determined with high accuracy.

  (9) In the above embodiment, the case where the document management apparatus 1 is a portable information processing terminal has been described as an example. However, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, a stationary information terminal (so-called PC: Personal Computer) may be used. The input device is not limited to the touch panel, and the effect of the present invention is the same even when an input device other than the touch panel such as a mouse or a keyboard is used. The display device is not limited to the LCD.

  The document management program, the document management method, and the document management apparatus according to the present invention are useful as a technique for extracting and managing text using markings written in an electronic document.

1 ………………………………………… Document Management Device 100 ………………………………… Document Management Application 300 ………………………………… Attribute information input screen 400 ……………………………… Electronic documents 401 to 403, 901 to 903… Marking 700 ………………………………… Grouping condition selection screen 800… ……………………………… Matching specification screen 1400 ……………………………… Pop-up menu

Claims (14)

A marking acceptance step for accepting writing of a marking image on the electronic document;
A setting acceptance step for accepting a setting of attribute information in association with the marking image;
An extraction step of extracting an area designated by the marking image in the electronic document as an extraction range;
A grouping step of grouping marking images having the same attribute information between the marking images having overlapping or continuous extraction ranges;
A list display step for displaying a list of marking images and extraction ranges for each group, and causing a computer to execute the list display step,
The marking image is a line drawing,
The attribute management information includes at least one of a line width, a line color, and a line type of a marking image. 2. The document according to claim 1, wherein, in the grouping step, when a plurality of types of attribute information are set, and when all of the setting contents match, it is determined that the attribute information is common. Management program. In the grouping step, a determination target specifying step for receiving specification of one or more attribute information to be determined whether or not they are common,
3. The document management program according to claim 2, wherein, in the grouping step, it is determined that the attribute information is common when the setting contents match at least for the attribute information specified in the determination target specifying step. Including a number acceptance step for accepting designation of the number of attribute information,
3. The document management program according to claim 2, wherein in the grouping step, it is determined that the attribute information is common when the setting contents of at least the number of pieces of attribute information specified in the number receiving step match. The document management program according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information includes identification information for identifying a user who has written the marking image. Including a change acceptance step for accepting a change in attribute information associated with the marking image;
6. The document management program according to claim 2, wherein the grouping step determines whether or not the changed attribute information is common. An image selection step for accepting selection of the marking image;
A group selection step for accepting a selection of which marking image is grouped with the marking image selected in the image selection step, which marking image and other marking images in which the extraction range overlaps or continues,
7. The document management program according to claim 1, wherein the grouping step groups the marking image selected in the image selection step with the marking image selected in the group selection step. . 8. The document management program according to claim 7, further comprising a presentation step of presenting other marking images to be selected as selection candidates in the group selection step. 9. The document management program according to claim 8, wherein the presenting step presents in order from the other marking images having a lot of attribute information whose setting contents match the marking image selected in the image selection step. The document management program according to claim 8, wherein the presenting step presents a numerical value or a figure that is the number of attribute information whose setting contents match the marking image selected in the image selecting step. The attribute information includes the date and time when the marking image was written,
9. The document management program according to claim 8, wherein the presenting step presents the marking images selected in the image selecting step in order from the other marking images that have been written and dated. A display saving step for saving display contents of the list display step;
The document management program according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising a redisplay step of displaying the display content stored in the display storage step in response to a request from a user. A method executed by an information processing terminal,
A marking acceptance step for accepting writing of a marking image on the electronic document;
A setting acceptance step for accepting a setting of attribute information in association with the marking image;
An extraction step of extracting an area designated by the marking image in the electronic document as an extraction range;
A grouping step of grouping marking images having the same attribute information between the marking images having overlapping or continuous extraction ranges;
A list display step for displaying a list of marking images and extraction ranges for each group, and
The marking image is a line drawing,
The attribute information, how you characterized in that it comprises a line width of the marking image, at least one of line color and line type. Marking acceptance means for accepting writing of a marking image on an electronic document;
Setting accepting means for accepting setting of attribute information in association with the marking image;
Extraction means for extracting an area specified by the marking image in the electronic document as an extraction range;
Grouping means for grouping marking images having the same attribute information between marking images that overlap or are continuous in the extraction range;
List display means for displaying a list of marking images and extraction ranges for each group,
The marking image is a line drawing,
The attribute information includes at least one of a line width, a line color, and a line type of a marking image.

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