JP6891636B2 - Person relationship diagram providing device and person relationship diagram providing system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a person relationship diagram providing device and a person relationship diagram providing system that provide a person relationship diagram (relation map) showing a connection between people.

Conventionally, there has been known a system that extracts connections between people from a database that stores information about people and creates a person relationship diagram (relation map) showing the connections between people.

Regarding extracting the connection between people from the database, for example, in Patent Document 1, the personal connection search unit of the organizational activity support system responds to the user's search request via the client terminal, and the case information matching the search conditions is satisfied. It is described that the project participants are extracted as experts by searching for. Further, it is described that the personal information DB is searched for each of the extracted experts and the user, and the experts who have at least one common attribute information with the user are extracted.

JP-A-2007-004504

However, as in the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the connections between people are extracted from the database based on a predetermined standard and as shown in FIG. 1, a person relationship diagram in which the people are simply connected by a line is created. , In the created person relationship diagram, the lines may intersect and it may be difficult to grasp the contents. Further, it is desired to make it easier to recognize a connection having a relatively high importance among the connections between a plurality of persons displayed in the person relationship diagram.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a main object thereof is to provide a person relationship diagram in which connections between people are easily recognized.

One aspect of the present invention is a person relationship diagram providing system that provides a person relationship diagram that displays connections between people, and generates an organization diagram having an organization image showing an organization and a person image showing a person belonging to the organization. An organization diagram generation unit, a storage unit that stores connection information indicating a connection, and a connection that generates a person relationship diagram by arranging a connection image indicating a connection on the organization diagram based on the connection information stored in the storage unit. In the organization diagram, the person images are arranged side by side in a predetermined direction, and the connection information includes relationship information indicating the mode of connection, information about the person (for example, organization information described later), and an arrangement unit. When arranging a plurality of connected images in an organizational diagram, the connection arranging unit includes a direction in which the plurality of connected images intersect in a predetermined direction based on the relationship information related to each connected information and the information about a person. It is characterized in that it is arranged side by side and the intersection of the connected image and the person image related to the connection indicated by the connected image is displayed in an identifiable manner.

One aspect of the present invention is a person relationship diagram providing device that provides a person relationship diagram that displays a connection between people, and generates an organization diagram having an organization image showing an organization and a person image showing a person belonging to the organization. An organization diagram generation unit, a storage unit that stores connection information indicating a connection, and a connection that generates a person relationship diagram by arranging a connection image indicating a connection on the organization diagram based on the connection information stored in the storage unit. In the organization diagram, the person images are arranged side by side in a predetermined direction, and the connection information includes the relationship information indicating the mode of connection and the information about the person. , When arranging a plurality of connected images in an organizational diagram, a plurality of connected images are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting in a predetermined direction based on the relationship information related to each connected information and information about a person, and the connected images and the connected images are arranged. , It is characterized in that the intersection with the person image related to the connection shown by the connection image is displayed in an identifiable manner.

The person relationship diagram providing device and the person relationship diagram providing system of the present invention can provide a person relationship diagram in which the connection between persons can be easily recognized.

It is a figure which shows an example of the conventional person relations figure. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the person relationship diagram providing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the user terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the person relations figure generation server which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the database server which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the function of the control part of the person relationship diagram generation server which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the association data of the connection ID which constitutes the connection information which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and the relational information. It is a figure which shows an example of the association data of the connection ID and person information which constitutes the connection information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the association data of the person information and the organization information which constitute the connection information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the priority setting table of the organization information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the priority setting table of the relational information which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the connection arrangement processing which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the comparison process in the connection arrangement process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the person relationship diagram which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the person relationship diagram which concerns on the modification 1 of the Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the person relationship diagram which concerns on the modification 2 of the Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 17A is a diagram for explaining a modification 3 to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 17A shows a person relationship diagram that is not aggregated and displayed, and FIG. 17B shows a person relationship diagram that is aggregately displayed. It is a figure for demonstrating the modification 4 of the Embodiment of this invention, FIG. The displayed personal relationship diagram is shown. It is a figure for demonstrating the modification 5 of the Embodiment of this invention, FIG. 19A shows the association data of priority and the relational information, and FIG. 19B shows the person relations figure. It is a figure for demonstrating the modification 6 which concerns on embodiment of this invention, FIG. 20A shows an example of the organization information registered in the organization information database, and FIG. 20B shows the person relationship diagram.

<1. Embodiment>
The person relationship diagram providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 14.

[Personal relationship diagram providing system]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a person relationship diagram providing system.
As shown in FIG. 2, the person relationship diagram system 1 is composed of a user terminal 10 that can be connected via a communication network, a person relationship diagram generation server 20 that constitutes a person relationship diagram providing device, and a database server 30. There is. Ethernet (registered trademark) or the like can be used as a communication network standard. Hereinafter, each device will be described.

[User terminal]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user terminal.
The user terminal 10 is a computer device such as a personal computer or a tablet terminal, acquires a person relationship diagram showing a connection between persons from the person relationship diagram generation server 20, and displays the acquired person relationship diagram. Further, the user terminal 10 registers the related information described later in the database server 30. The user terminal 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 15, a communication I / F unit 16, a display unit 17, an operation unit 18, and the like.

The control unit 11 is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 12 and memories such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) 13 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 14, and the CPU 12 is a control program stored in the ROM 13 and the storage unit 15. Is expanded in the RAM 14 and executed to control the operation of the entire user terminal 10. For example, the control unit 11 (CPU 12) executes the person relationship diagram display program and displays the person relationship diagram (see FIG. 14) received from the person relationship diagram generation server 20 on the display unit 17.

The storage unit 15 is composed of an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), or the like, and stores a program for the CPU 12 to control each unit, information on a processing function of the own device, and the like.

The communication I / F unit 16 is composed of a NIC (Network Interface Card), a modem, or the like, and connects the user terminal 10 to the communication network. The user terminal 10 requests the person relationship diagram generation server 20 to transmit the person relationship diagram, or receives the person relationship diagram from the person relationship diagram generation server 20 via the communication I / F unit 16.

The display unit 17 is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic EL (electroluminescence) display device, or the like, and displays, for example, a person relationship diagram described later.

The operation unit 18 is composed of a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, and the like, and enables operations related to various instructions and requests to, for example, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 and the database server 30.

[Personal relationship diagram generation server]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the person relationship diagram generation server.
The person relationship diagram generation server 20 is a computer device that accesses the database server 30 at a predetermined timing and generates connection information based on the organization information and the relationship information. Further, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 generates a person relationship diagram based on the organization information and the connection information, and provides the person relationship diagram in response to the request of the user terminal 10. The person relationship diagram generation server 20 is composed of a control unit 21, a storage unit 25, a communication I / F unit 26, a display unit, an operation unit, and the like, if necessary.

The control unit 21 is composed of a CPU 22 and a memory such as a ROM 23 or a RAM 24. The CPU 22 expands a control program stored in the ROM 23 or the storage unit 25 into the RAM 24 and executes the control program, thereby executing the entire person relationship diagram generation server 20. Control the operation of.

The storage unit 25 is composed of an HDD, an SSD, or the like, and stores a program for the CPU 22 to control each unit. In addition, the storage unit 25 stores the connection information described later.

The communication I / F unit 26 is composed of a NIC, a modem, or the like, connects the person relationship diagram generation server 20 to the communication network, receives a transmission request of the person relationship diagram from the user terminal 10, and various information from the database server 30. Or receive.

[Database server]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the database server.
The database server 30 is a computer device that stores related information and organizational information in response to instructions from the user terminal 10. Further, the database server 30 provides the organization information and the relationship information in response to the request of the person relationship diagram generation server 20. The database server 30 includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 35, a communication I / F unit 36, a display unit, an operation unit, and the like, if necessary.

The control unit 31 is composed of a CPU 32 and a memory such as a ROM 33 or a RAM 34. The CPU 32 expands a control program stored in the ROM 33 or the storage unit 35 into the RAM 34 and executes the operation of the entire database server 30. Control.

The storage unit 35 is composed of an HDD, an SSD, or the like, and stores a program for the CPU 32 to control each unit. In addition, the storage unit 35 includes an organization information database 35a and a relationship information database 35b.

The organization information is registered in the organization information database 35a. In the present embodiment, the organizational information refers to personal information (personal name in the present embodiment), affiliation (company name and department) associated with the person information, and job title (for example, president, officer, general manager, center manager, general manager, section manager). , General), years of service, age, influence (large, medium, small) and other items. The organization information is registered in the organization information database 35a by a user who operates the user terminal 10 (for example, an employee in the sales position). If there is a database (for example, a human resources database) that separately manages data including these items, the organization information may be registered in the organization information database 35a by linking with the database. For example, as organizational information, in the organizational information database 35a, personal information: A and affiliation associated with personal information A: company A X center, job title: center director, years of service: 31, age: 52, influence : Large is registered. As the organization information, in addition to the illustrated information, information similar to these can be appropriately set. Further, the person information may be used as a unique ID indicating the person instead of the person's name.

The relational information is registered in the relational information database 35b. In the present embodiment, the relational information is information composed of contact information and common point information. The contact information is information indicating that a person has come into contact with each other, and the person information (personal name) of the person who has contacted and the information indicating the contact mode, for example, interview, e-mail, telephone, conference, business card exchange, and contact. Information on the date and time (date and time information) and the date and time of the change are included. The contact information is registered in the relationship information database 35b by a user who operates the user terminal 10 (for example, an employee in the sales position). For example, as contact information, the relationship information database 35b contains contact person information (plural): E, P, Q, and information indicating the contact mode associated with the contact information: interview, and the date and time of contact: 2017. It is registered at 17:00 on May 26th. As the contact mode of the contact information, in addition to the illustrated ones, those equivalent thereto can be appropriately set. Further, in the date and time information, the time information may be omitted.

The common information in the relational information is personal information (personal name) and information indicating things and properties that can be shared with others regarding this person (hereinafter, may be referred to as "attribute information"). In the present embodiment, for each person, for example, hobbies, place of origin, school of origin, club activities, place of residence, nearest station, any or all of friends are registered as attribute information. The common information is registered in the relationship information database 35b by a user who operates the user terminal 10 (for example, an employee in the sales position). For example, as common information, person information: A, type of attribute information associated therewith: club activity, and content of attribute information: soccer are registered in the relationship information database 35b. As the type of attribute information, in addition to the illustrated ones, those equivalent to these can be appropriately set.

The communication I / F unit 36 is composed of a NIC, a modem, or the like, connects the database server 30 to the communication network, and enables mutual access between the user terminal 10 and the person relationship diagram generation server 20.

[Functions of the control unit of the person relationship diagram generation server]
Next, the function of the control unit 21 of the person relationship diagram generation server 20 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the function of the control unit of the personal connection information creation server.
In the present embodiment, the control unit 21 functions as a connection information generation unit 21a, a connection information registration unit 21b, an organization diagram generation unit 21c, a connection arrangement unit 21d, and a person relationship diagram transmission unit 21e.

The connection information generation unit 21a accesses the database server 30 at a predetermined timing, and generates connection information indicating a connection between people (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as “connection”) based on the organization information and the relationship information. To do. In the present embodiment, the predetermined timing is set to be one hour after the time when the previous connection information is generated. The predetermined timing can be set arbitrarily. When the database server 30 notifies the person relationship diagram generation server 20 when new information is registered in the relationship information database 35b, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 notifies the above predetermined timing. When receiving, it may be set as.
The connection information registration unit 21b stores the connection information generated by the connection information generation unit 21a in the storage unit 25.

When the user terminal 10 requests the person relationship diagram generation server 20 to send the person relationship diagram, the organization diagram generation unit 21c accesses the organization information database 35a of the database server 30 and generates an organization diagram in response to the request. To do. Here, in the present embodiment, when requesting the transmission of the person relationship diagram from the user terminal 10 to the person relationship diagram generation server 20, the user who operates the user terminal 10 (for example, an employee in the sales position) is the target company. (For example, company A) is specified to request a personal relationship diagram. For this request, a dedicated program for requesting the person relationship diagram from the user terminal 10 to the person relationship diagram generation server 20 may be prepared, or an existing web browser program may be used.

When the organization chart generation unit 21c receives the above request, the organization chart generation unit 21c obtains the organization information of the person belonging to the designated company accompanying the request and the organization information of the person belonging to the company to which the requester belongs to the organization of the database server 30. Obtained from the information database 35a. Then, an organizational chart is generated based on a predetermined generation method. In the organizational chart, frames corresponding to each of the organizational divisions, for example, companies, centers, and departments, which are divided into predetermined units, are displayed, and in these frames, images showing each person belonging to the organization (persons described later). Area) is placed. The details of the generated organizational chart will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.

The connection arrangement unit 21d arranges an image showing the connection on the organization diagram generated by the organization diagram generation unit 21c based on the connection information stored in the storage unit 25, and completes the person relationship diagram. I do. When a plurality of connection information is stored in the storage unit 25, the connection arrangement unit 21d arranges an image showing each connection according to the priority of the organization information and the priority of the relational information, and arranges them in the organization diagram. To do. In the present embodiment, in the person relationship diagram (see FIG. 14), images showing connections are arranged from right to left in descending order of priority. The details of the connection arrangement process and the completed person relationship diagram will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14.
The person relationship diagram transmission unit 21e transmits the completed person relationship diagram to the requesting user terminal 10.

[Connection information]
Next, the connection information generated by the connection information generation unit 21a will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of associative data between the connection ID and the relational information constituting the connection information. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of associative data between the connection ID and the person information constituting the connection information. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of associative data between the person information and the organization information constituting the connection information.

In the present embodiment, the connection information generated by the connection information generation unit 21a is shown in FIG. 7 for the connection ID and the relationship information association data, FIG. 8 for the connection ID and the person information association data, and FIG. It is composed of the linked data of the indicated person information and the organization information.

The connection information generation unit 21a accesses the database server 30 at the time of connection information generation, and acquires the relationship information registered in the relationship information database 35b. Next, a connection ID, which is a unique ID (alphabet in the present embodiment), is attached to each contact information in the acquired relationship information. Then, the connection information generation unit 21a associates the connection ID with the contact mode (interview, email, telephone, conference, business card exchange) of the contact information with the connection ID, and the association data as shown in FIG. To generate.

Further, the connection information generation unit 21a groups the common common information in the acquired relationship information in common with the content of the attribute information (for example, "soccer" when the type of the attribute information is "club activity"). And attach a connection ID to each group. Then, the connection information generation unit 21a includes the connection ID and the type of attribute information (hobby, place of origin, school of origin, club activity, place of residence, nearest station, friend) in the grouped common point information with the connection ID. Is linked to generate the linking data as shown in FIG. 7.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the connection information generation unit 21a associates the connection ID with the person information of each relational information with the connection ID and the person information related to (belonging to) the group of common point information. Generate data.

Next, the connection information generation unit 21a accesses the database server 30, and obtains the position, years of service, age, and influence of the organization information for each person information in the connection data between the connection ID and the person information shown in FIG. It is acquired and the association data between the person information and the organization information as shown in FIG. 9 is generated.

[Priority of organizational information]
Next, the priority of the organization information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a priority setting table for organizational information.
The connection arrangement unit 21d refers to the organization information priority setting table shown in FIG. 10 when arranging an image showing the connection on the organization diagram generated by the organization diagram generation unit 21c. In this table, priorities are set according to the contents of each item of job title, years of service, age, and influence in organizational information. As for the value set as the priority, "1" is the highest, and the higher the value, the lower the priority.

Specifically, in the table shown in FIG. 10, "1", which has the highest priority for the president, is set for the position in the organizational information. In addition, in the table, the priorities are set so that the positions other than the president are, in descending order of priority, officers, general managers, center managers, general managers, section managers, and general managers. Further, regarding the number of years of service in the organization information, "30 to", that is, the highest number of years of service is set to "1" for 30 years or more. In addition, in the same table, regarding the number of years of employment other than "30-", "20-29" (20-29 years of employment) and "10-19" (10 years of employment) in descending order of priority. ~ 19 years), "5-9" (5-9 years in the company), "3-4" (3-4 years in the company), "1-2" (1-2 years in the company) The priority is set so that it becomes (year).

Further, in the table shown in FIG. 10, the age in the tissue information is set to "50 to", that is, the highest age is set to "1" when the age is 50 years or older. In addition, in the same table, for ages other than "50-", in descending order of priority, "40-49" (age 40-49 years old), "30-39" (age 30-39 years old), " The priority is set so as to be "20 to 29" (age is 20 to 29 years old). In addition, the priority is set so that the influence on the organizational information is "large", "medium", and "small" in descending order of priority. In the present embodiment, the organization information priority setting table shown in FIG. 10 is stored in the storage unit 25, but instead of this, it may be stored in the ROM 23 of the control unit 21 or stored in the ROM 23. It may be specified in the stored program.

[Priority of related information]
Next, with reference to FIG. 11, the priority of the related information will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a priority setting table for related information.
The connection arrangement unit 21d refers to the priority setting table of the relational information shown in FIG. 11 when arranging the image showing the connection on the organization diagram generated by the organization diagram generation unit 21c. In this table, the contact mode of contact information in related information (interview, email, telephone, conference, business card exchange) and the type of attribute information of common information (hobbies, hometown, school, club activities, place of residence, nearest station) , Friends) have their own priorities. As for the value set as the priority, "1" is the highest, and the higher the value, the lower the priority.

Specifically, in the table shown in FIG. 11, "1", which has the highest priority, is set for the "interview" of the contact mode of the contact information in the related information. In the table, priorities are set in descending order of priority, such as business card exchange, telephone, email, friends, club activities, and school of origin. In the table shown in FIG. 11, the part after the school of origin is omitted. In the present embodiment, the priority setting table of the related information shown in FIG. 11 is stored in the storage unit 25, but instead of this, it may be stored in the ROM 23 of the control unit 21 or stored in the ROM 23. It may be specified in the stored program.

[Connected placement process]
Next, the connection arrangement processing performed by the connection arrangement unit 21d will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 13. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the connection arrangement process. FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a comparison process in the connection arrangement process.
The connection arrangement unit 21d performs the connection arrangement process, arranges an image showing the connection on the organization diagram generated by the organization diagram generation unit 21c, and completes the person relationship diagram.

In the following, a case will be described in which connections are arranged from right to left in the person relationship diagram (see FIG. 14) in descending order of priority of job title or relationship information in organizational information. The connection arrangement unit 21d starts the connection arrangement process when the organization chart generation unit 21c generates the organization chart.

In the connection arrangement process, in the connection information stored in the storage unit 25, the connection data of the connection ID and the person information (see FIG. 8) and the data of the connection between the person information and the organization information (see FIG. 9) are referred to. , Acquire connection information related to the person included in the organization diagram. Then, based on the priority setting table of the organization information shown in FIG. 10, the priority and the number of connections (the number of persons related to the priority) indicated by each connection information are listed (S1).

As a specific example, an example of listing the connections related to the connection ID “a” shown in FIG. 8 will be described. The connection ID "a" shown in FIG. 8 is associated with "E", "P", and "Q" as personal information. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the position associated with the person information "E" is "manager". Similarly, the job title associated with the person information "P" is "manager", and the job title associated with the person information "Q" is "general". In the organization information priority setting table shown in FIG. 10, the priority of the “manager” is set to “5” and the priority of the “general” is set to “7”. The connection arrangement unit 21d creates a list by arranging the information in descending order of priority. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, the list related to the connection related to the connection ID “a” created in the process of step S1 is a number for the priority “5” (the number of persons related to the priority “5”). ) The list is arranged in the order of the number "1" for "2" and priority "7".

The connection arrangement unit 21d creates a list for all the connections indicated by the acquired connection information. As shown in FIG. 8, the connection ID "b" is associated with "E", "P", and "Q" as personal information, similarly to the connection ID "a". Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, the list of connections related to the connection ID “b” is the same as the list of connections related to the connection ID “a”.

Next, the connection arrangement unit 21d performs a comparison process (S2 to S10) for comparing each of the created lists and determining the arrangement position (display order) of the images showing the connection. In the comparison process, the connection arrangement unit 21d first selects any two lists and sets the highest priority in the list to be compared at the comparison position (S2).

For example, when comparing the list of connections related to the above-mentioned connection ID "a" and the list of connections related to the connection ID "b", as shown in FIG. 13A, the highest priority "5" of both lists is set. Is set as the comparison position.

Next, the connection arrangement unit 21d determines whether or not the priorities at the comparison positions are the same (S3). When the priority in the comparison position is different (when S3 is NO determination), the connection arrangement unit 21d arranges the connection related to the list having the higher priority than the connection related to the list having the lower priority. Is set in the previous order (S4). That is, in the person relationship diagram (see FIG. 14), the image showing the connection related to the list with the higher priority is set to be arranged on the right side of the image showing the connection related to the list with the lower priority. .. Then, after the process of step S4, the connection arrangement unit 21d shifts the process to step S10, which will be described later.

On the other hand, when the priorities at the comparison positions are the same (when the determination in S3 is YES), the connection arrangement unit 21d determines whether or not the number of comparison positions in the list is the same (S5). When the number of comparison positions is different (when S5 is NO determination), the connection arrangement unit 21d places the arrangement position ahead of the connection related to the list with the smaller number for the connection related to the list with the larger number. Set in order (S6). That is, in the person relationship diagram (see FIG. 14), the image showing the connection related to the list having the larger number is set to be arranged on the right side of the image showing the connection related to the list having the smaller number. Then, after the process of step S4, the connection arrangement unit 21d shifts the process to step S10, which will be described later.

On the other hand, when the number of comparison positions in the list is the same (when the determination in S5 is YES), the connection arrangement unit 21d determines whether or not the list to be compared has the next priority (S7). When there is a next priority (when the determination in S7 is YES), the next priority in the list is set to the comparison position (S8), and the process proceeds to step S3.

On the other hand, when there is no next priority (when the determination in S7 is NO), the connection arrangement unit 21d refers to the connection data of the connection ID and the relationship information (see FIG. 7), and sets the priority setting table of the relationship information (see FIG. 7). The priority of each connection is compared based on (see FIG. 11). Then, with respect to the connection having the higher priority of the related information, the arrangement position is set in the order prior to the connection having the lower priority (S9). That is, in the person relationship diagram (see FIG. 14), the image showing the connection with the higher priority is set to be arranged on the right side of the image showing the connection with the lower priority. Then, after the process of step S9, the connection arrangement unit 21d shifts the process to step S10, which will be described later.

In step S10, it is determined whether or not all the lists have been compared (S10). When there is a list that has not been compared (when the determination in S10 is NO), the connection arrangement unit 21d selects the list that has not been compared as a comparison target, and shifts the process to step S2. On the other hand, when all the lists are compared (when the determination in S10 is YES), the connection arrangement unit 21d ends the connection arrangement process.

Here, when comparing the list related to the connection ID "a" and the list related to the connection ID "b", as shown in FIG. 13A, the priority at the first comparison position is "5". It is the same. Also, the number of comparison positions is "2", which is the same. Therefore, in the process of step S8, the connection arrangement unit 21d sets the priority next to the priority "5" of both lists to the comparison position, as shown in FIG. 13B. And even in the set comparison position, the priority at the comparison position is the same at "7", and the number of comparison positions is also the same at "1".

Since the list to be compared does not have the following priority, the connection arrangement unit 21d shifts the process to step S9, and the priority "1" (interview) of the connection relationship information "interview" related to the connection ID "a" ( (See FIG. 11) is compared with the priority “4” of the connection relationship information “mail” related to the connection ID “b”. In this case, since "interview" has a higher priority than "email", the connection placement unit 21d places the connection related to the connection ID "a" ahead of the connection related to the connection ID "b". Set in the order of. That is, in the person relationship diagram (see FIG. 14), the image showing the connection related to the connection ID “a” is set to be arranged on the right side of the image showing the connection related to the connection ID “b”.

[Personal relationship diagram]
Next, the person relationship diagram of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a person relationship diagram.
In the example shown in FIG. 14, in the present embodiment, a user (for example, an employee in the sales position) who operates the user terminal 10 designates company A as the target company, and a person is displayed on the person relationship diagram generation server 20. When the relationship diagram is requested, the person relationship diagram transmitted from the person relationship diagram generation server 20 to the user terminal 10 is shown.

As shown in FIG. 14, in this person relationship diagram, frames corresponding to each of the organizational divisions, companies, centers, and departments are displayed. The frame indicating the division of the lower organization is arranged in the frame indicating the division of the upper organization. For example, for company A, a frame X indicating an X center and a frame Y indicating a Y center are arranged in a frame A indicating a company. Further, in the frame X, a frame D1 indicating the development department and a frame S indicating the sales department are arranged. Further, in the frame Y, a frame D2 indicating the development unit is arranged. Further, in the organizational chart, the frame B indicating the company to which the user belongs (hereinafter, may be referred to as “company”) is displayed side by side below the frame A indicating the company A designated as the target. Further, in the frame indicating each organization, the name of the organization indicated by the frame is displayed. For example, "Company A" is displayed in the frame A, "X center" is displayed in the frame X, and "development department" is displayed in the frame D1. Further, in the left-right direction, the positions of the left side sides forming each frame are displayed so as to match. Therefore, for example, the positions of the left side sides of the frame A, the frame X, the frame D1, and the frame S are the same and are displayed so as to overlap each other. Further, in the frame showing each organization, person areas P1 to P11 which are images showing each person belonging to the organization are arranged. In the person areas P1 to P11, the person's name and the title of the person (other than "general") are displayed based on the person's information.

Further, in this person relationship diagram, the images R1 to R6 showing the connection are arranged in the organization diagram according to the order determined by the above-mentioned connection arrangement process, that is, the priority of the position in the organization information or the priority of the relationship information. They are arranged from right to left in descending order. Here, the image R2 shows the connection related to the above-mentioned connection ID “a”. Further, the image R3 shows the connection related to the above-mentioned connection ID “b”. Therefore, as described in the connection arrangement process described above, the image R2 showing the connection related to the connection ID “a” is arranged on the right side of the image R3 showing the connection related to the connection ID “b”.

The images R1 to R6 are displayed in a line extending in the vertical direction so as to straddle the frame showing the tissue. In each of the images R1 to R6, marks are formed at points (intersections) that intersect with the person area indicating the person involved in the connection. For example, in the image R2, marks m1, m2, and m3 are formed at locations intersecting the person areas P4, P9, and P10 of the person related to the connection shown in the image R2. As a result, the person who sees the image R2 can grasp that the person related to the connection indicated by the image R2 is "E", "P", and "Q".

Further, the images R1 to R6 are colored and displayed in different colors depending on the type of related information related to the connection indicated by the images. That is, the contact mode of contact information in related information (interview, email, telephone, conference, business card exchange) and the type of attribute information of common information (hobbies, hometown, school of origin, club activities, place of residence, nearest station, friends). ) Is colored and displayed so that it can be identified. Further, in the images R1 to R6, balloons showing the contact mode of the contact information and the type of the attribute information in the relational information related to each connection are displayed. It should be noted that these balloons may be displayed at all times, or when any of the images R1 to R6 is pointed to by a pointer that moves on the person relationship diagram by operating the operation unit 18 of the user terminal 10. May display the above balloon for any of the indicated images R1 to R6.

The person areas P1 to P11 are displayed in a horizontally long rectangular shape extending in a direction (in the present embodiment, a left-right direction) intersecting the extending direction of the images R1 to R6. Further, the short side on the left side of the person areas P1 to P11 is displayed so as to overlap the left side side in the left-right direction of the frame of the organization to which the person belongs. The length of the person areas P1 to P11 in the width direction is set according to the arrangement position of the images R1 to R6 determined by the connection arrangement process. That is, the lengths of the person areas P1 to P11 in the width direction are set so as to be crossable with the images R1 to R6 showing the connection of the person indicated by each. Instead of this, after making the lengths of the person areas P1 to P11 constant in the width direction, the display positions of the person areas P1 to P11 intersect with the images R1 to R6 showing the connection related to the person shown by each. You may slide it as you can.

<2. Action effect>
According to the above-described personal relationship diagram providing system, as shown in FIG. 14, in the personal relationship diagram, images R1 to R6 showing each connection extending in the vertical direction are arranged from right to left so as not to overlap. Therefore, since the images showing the connection do not intersect with each other, the person who sees the person relationship diagram can easily grasp the contents.

Further, according to the above-mentioned person relationship diagram providing system, in the person relationship diagram, the images R1 to R6 showing each connection are displayed arranged in descending order of the priority of the organization information and the priority of the relationship information. Therefore, it is possible to make it easier for the person who sees the person relationship diagram to recognize the connection having a relatively high priority, that is, the connection having a relatively high importance.

<3. Modification example>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various other application examples and modifications can be taken as long as the gist of the present invention described in the claims is not deviated.

[Modification 1]
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a person relationship diagram according to the first modification.
The person relationship diagram generation server 20 may generate the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 15 instead of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 14 and provide it to the user terminal 10.

In the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 15, the connection is displayed by strip-shaped images R11 to R16 instead of the linear images R1 to R6 extending in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. Further, instead of displaying the intersection of the images R11 to R16 and the person area indicating the person related to the connection with the marks m1 to m3 shown in FIG. 14, a frame line for partitioning the person areas P1 to P11 is provided. It is displayed by erasing it. That is, when the border that divides the person area is erased and displayed at the intersection, it indicates that the person is involved in the connection shown by the intersecting images R11 to R16.

[Modification 2]
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a person relationship diagram according to the second modification.
The person relationship diagram generation server 20 may generate the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 16 instead of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 14 and provide it to the user terminal 10.

In the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 16, the connection is replaced with the linear images R1 to R6 extending in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 14, a dotted line (broken line) R21, a mountain line R22, or a line R23 forming a rectangle. It is displayed with. The mountain line R22 is displayed so as to draw a curve between two intersections with the person area. The line R23 forming the rectangle shifts the straight line connecting the two intersections with the person area by a certain width in the left-right direction from the intersection, and connects both ends of the shifted straight line to the intersection. Displayed in mode. Note that FIG. 16 shows a mode in which the dotted line R21, the mountain line R22, and the line R23 constituting the rectangle are displayed on one person relationship diagram, but as an image showing the connection information, the dotted line R21, the mountain line R21, and the mountain line are shown. Either R22 or the line R23 constituting the rectangle may be selected (or the user may be allowed to select) to display only the selected line.

[Modification 3]
FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a modification 3, FIG. 17A shows a person relationship diagram that is not aggregated and displayed, and FIG. 17B shows a person relationship diagram that is aggregated and displayed.
Instead of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 14, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 may generate a person relationship diagram that can be aggregated and displayed as shown in FIG. 17 and provide it to the user terminal 10.

When the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 17A is displayed on the display unit 17 of the user terminal 10, a predetermined operation for designating the person P, for example, an operation after arranging a pointer in the person area indicating the person P. When the button provided in the unit 18 (designated unit) is pressed and held for a long time, the aggregated display of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 17B is displayed.

In the aggregated display of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 17B, images R31 to R33 showing three connections (all of which have a contact mode of "interview") in which the person P is involved are aggregated and displayed. Further, in the same person relationship diagram, the display of the images R34 and R35 indicating the connection between the two types of attribute information not related to the person information P is "club activity" is omitted. Further, since the display of the connection is omitted, the size of the person relationship diagram in the width direction is smaller than that of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 17A. This makes it easier for the user to understand the connections that relate to the person they are interested in. In addition, a space-saving personal relationship diagram in which necessary information is displayed can be displayed.

[Modification example 4]
FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining the modification 4, FIG. 18A shows the data of associating the priority and the line thickness, and FIG. 18B shows the connection with the line thickness according to the priority. The person relationship diagram is shown.
Instead of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 14, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 displays a person relationship diagram showing a connection image with a line thickness according to the priority, as shown in FIG. 18B, on the user terminal. May be provided in 10.

In the table shown in FIG. 18A, the thickness of the line of the image showing the connection displayed linearly is defined according to the priority of various related information defined in the priority setting table of the related information shown in FIG. Has been done. The line thickness is set so as to increase in the order of priority 1 to 6. Although the table shown in FIG. 18A is stored in the storage unit 25 in the present embodiment, it may be stored in the ROM 23 of the control unit 21 instead of the table, or the table stored in the ROM 23 may be stored in the program. It may be specified in.

In this modification, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 refers to the table shown in FIG. 18A when generating the person relationship diagram, and displays an image showing the connection with the line thickness defined by the table shown in FIG. Then, it is displayed as shown in FIG. 18B.

Instead of changing the line thickness according to the priority of various related information defined in the related information priority setting table shown in FIG. 11, the number of people involved in the connection and the figure are shown. The line thickness may be changed and displayed according to the priority corresponding to the organization information of the person specified in the table shown in 10. For example, when there is a connection in which the number of the persons concerned is 3 and a connection in which the number of the persons concerned is 2, the image showing the connection in which the number of the persons concerned is 3 may be displayed relatively thickly. Further, among the personal information related to the connection, the highest-ranked job titles may be compared, and the image showing the connection of the personal information having a high job title may be displayed relatively thickly.

[Modification 5]
FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining a modified example 5, FIG. 19A shows a priority and relationship information associative data, and FIG. 19B shows a person relationship diagram. In FIG. 19B, the display of the tissue frame is omitted.
Instead of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 14, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 may provide the user terminal 10 with a person relationship diagram in which an image showing a connection is displayed in a frame shape as shown in FIG. 19B. ..

The table shown in FIG. 19A is a table used in place of the table shown in FIG. 11, and the priority is defined according to the type of related information. The priority is set in the order of "business card exchange", "telephone", "friend", and "school of origin". For the sake of brevity, the table shown in FIG. 19A defines the priority of four types of relational information, but other types of relational information (for example, club activities) are prioritized in the same table. The degree may be specified.

In this modification, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 replaces the linear images R1 to R6 extending in the vertical direction with the connection as shown in FIG. 14, and the frames f1 to f4 surrounding the person area of the person involved in the connection. Display with.

In this modification, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 refers to the table shown in FIG. 19A, and sets the lengths of the frames f1 to f4 indicating the connection in the width direction according to the priority defined in the table. The lengths are set to be longer in descending order of priority, and a personal relationship diagram as shown in FIG. 19B is generated.

The shape of the frame indicating the connection can be arbitrarily set as long as it surrounds the person area of the person involved in the connection. For example, it may be set in a square frame shape such as f1 and f2, or it may be set in a shape such as f3 and f4.

[Modification 6]
FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining a modified example 6, FIG. 20A shows an example of organization information registered in the organization information database, and FIG. 20B shows a person relationship diagram. In FIG. 20B, the display of the frame of the company's organization is omitted.
The person relationship diagram generation server 20 may provide the person relationship diagram to the user terminal 10 as shown in FIG. 20 instead of the person relationship diagram shown in FIG.

When the person relationship diagram of this modification is provided, the organization information as shown in FIG. 20A is registered in the organization information database 35a of the database server 30. That is, the organizational information in this modification consists of the above-mentioned personal information, the affiliation, job title, years of service, age, and influence associated with the above-mentioned personal information, and the date (generation date) at which the organizational information was generated.

When the user terminal 10 requests the person relationship diagram generation server 20 to send the person relationship diagram, the organization diagram generation unit 21c accesses the organization information database 35a of the database server 30 and generates an organization diagram in response to the request. To do. When the organization chart generation unit 21c receives the above request, the organization chart generation unit 21c obtains the organization information of the person belonging to the designated company accompanying the request and the organization information of the person belonging to the company to which the requester belongs to the organization of the database server 30. Obtained from the information database 35a. Then, an organization chart is generated for each predetermined period based on the generation date of the acquired organization information. In this modified example, the predetermined period is the period from January 1st to December 31st every year. Further, in this modified example, the organizational chart generation unit 21c generates an organizational chart for each of the three years including this year (for example, 2017), arranges them in the left-right direction, and displays the transitional organizational chart in the order of newest from the right. Generate. In the example shown in FIG. 20B, "current generation" is displayed below the organizational chart based on the organizational information from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. Similarly, "2 generations" below the organizational chart based on organizational information from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, and below the organizational chart based on organizational information from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. The character string "1st generation" is displayed in.

Further, in the organization chart generation unit 21c, when the organization chart generation unit 21c generates the transition organization chart, the positions of the unit organizations (company, center, department) common to the three organization charts are aligned in the vertical direction. , Line up.

Further, the organization chart generation unit 21c connects a person area indicating the same person in each organization chart with a transfer line (corresponding image) which is a band-shaped image. That is, a transfer line is added to the person area and displayed. As shown in FIG. 20B, the transfer line t1 of the person area indicating the person "D", the transfer line t2 of the person area indicating the person "G", and the person "C" displayed between the organizational charts of the second generation and the current generation. When the transfer line between the organizational charts extends horizontally as in the transfer line t3 of the person area indicating "", there was no transfer in the person indicated by the (added) person area connected by this transfer line. It is shown that. On the other hand, when it extends diagonally like the transfer line t4 of the person area indicating the person "C" displayed between the organization charts of the 1st generation and the 2nd generation, it is connected (added) by this transfer line. ) Indicates that the person indicated by the person area has changed. The transfer line indicating the transfer is displayed in a color different from that of the other transfer lines and can be identified.

In this modified example, the transfer line extending between the two-generation organizational chart and the current-generation organizational chart is connected by the band-shaped connection image described in the above-mentioned modification 1, and the frame line of the transfer line of the person related to the connection. Is erased and displayed. As a result, it is possible to display the connection between people with a band-shaped connection image branched from the transfer line. A person who sees the person relationship diagram shown in FIG. 20B can understand that the persons D, G, and C have had an interview. Although FIG. 20B has described an example in which only one connected image is displayed, when displaying a plurality of connected images, the connected images are displayed in an order according to the connected arrangement process described in the above embodiment. ..

[Other variants]
In the above-described embodiment, the mode in which the images R1 to R6 showing the connection are arranged according to the priority of the “position” in the organizational information related to each connection has been described. However, instead of this, it may be arranged according to the priority of "years of service", "age" or "influence" in the organizational information related to each connection.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the images R1 to R6 showing the connection are used for the contact mode (interview, mail, telephone, conference, business card exchange) of the contact information in the related information and the type of attribute information (hobby, origin) of the common information. I explained how to arrange them according to the priority set for each place (place, school of origin, club activities, place of residence, nearest station, friends). However, instead of this, the priority may be set according to the information on the date and time of contact in the contact information. For example, the closer the contact date and time information is to the current date and time, the higher the priority may be set.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, in the organizational chart, frames indicating unit organizations of predetermined organizational divisions, for example, companies, centers, departments, etc., are arranged so that frames indicating unit organizations of equivalent divisions are arranged in the vertical direction. I explained the example. However, instead of this, a frame indicating a plurality of unit organizations, for example, a frame indicating a company may be arranged in the left-right direction or diagonally. For example, when the frames indicating the company are arranged in the left-right direction, the frame indicating the unit organization (center or department) lower than the company and the person area belonging to each organization are displayed in a rectangular shape extending in the vertical direction to connect. The connected image to be shown may be displayed in a line extending in the left-right direction.

Further, the person relationship diagram generation server 20 provides the user terminal 10 with a screen on which the display modes of the above-described embodiments and modifications 1 to 6 can be selected, and the display mode of the person relationship diagram can be changed according to the user's selection. You may decide.

Further, the priority comparison method set in each of the tables of FIGS. 10 and 11 in the above-mentioned connection arrangement process can be changed as appropriate. For example, the comparison of numbers in the above comparison process may be omitted. Further, the priorities defined in the tables of FIGS. 10 and 11 can be changed as appropriate. For example, the administrator of the personal relationship providing system operating the user terminal 10 may access the personal relationship diagram generation server 20 to update these comparison methods and the priority of each table.

Further, in the present specification, the processing steps for describing the time-series processing are not necessarily the processing performed in the time-series according to the described order, but are parallel or individual. It also includes processing executed in (for example, parallel processing or processing by an object).

Further, the above-described embodiments and modifications describe the configurations of the apparatus and the system in detail and concretely in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the described configurations. is not it. Further, it is also possible to appropriately combine and adopt various technical matters described in the description of the embodiment and the plurality of modifications within a consistent range.

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Claims (15)

In a person relationship diagram providing system that provides a person relationship diagram that displays connections between people,
An organization chart generation unit that generates an organization chart having an organization image showing an organization and a person image showing a person belonging to the organization,
A storage unit that stores connection information indicating the connection,
Based on the connection information stored in the storage unit, a connection arrangement unit for arranging a connection image showing the connection on the organization diagram to generate a person relationship diagram is provided.
In the organizational chart, the person images are arranged side by side in a predetermined direction.
The connection information includes relationship information indicating the mode of the connection and information about the person.
The connection arrangement part is
When a plurality of the connected images are arranged in the organizational diagram, the plurality of connected images are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction based on the relationship information related to each connection information and the information about the person. And
A person relationship diagram providing system characterized in that an intersection between the connected image and the person image related to the connection indicated by the connected image is displayed in an identifiable manner. The organizational chart has a plurality of unit organizations separated by predetermined units, and has a plurality of unit organizations.
The person according to claim 1, wherein the connection image showing a connection between a person belonging to one unit organization and a person belonging to another unit organization is displayed so as to span a plurality of the unit organizations. Relationship diagram providing system. Claim 1 or claim 1, wherein the relationship information includes at least one of contact information indicating a contact mode between persons and common information indicating things and properties that can be shared with others regarding the person. The personal relationship diagram providing system according to any one of claims 2. Priority is defined according to the content of the related information.
The person relationship diagram providing system according to claim 1, wherein the connection arrangement unit arranges a plurality of the connection images on the organization diagram according to the priority. .. Priority is defined according to the content of the information about the person.
The person relationship diagram providing system according to claim 1, wherein the connection arrangement unit arranges a plurality of the connection images on the organization diagram according to the priority. .. The information about the person includes the job title of the person.
The first priority is defined according to the content of the related information.
A second priority is set according to job title,
The connection arrangement part is
When a plurality of the connected images are arranged in the organizational chart, the second priority of the highest position of the person related to the connection shown by each connected image is compared, and the plurality of the connected images are arranged in descending order of the second priority. Place the connected image,
When the second priority of the highest position of the person related to the connection shown by each connection image is equal, the number of persons in the position is compared, and a plurality of the connection images are arranged in descending order of the number.
Claim 1 or claim, wherein a plurality of the connected images are arranged according to the first priority when the number of persons in the highest position of the persons related to the connection indicated by the connected images is equal. The person relationship diagram providing system according to any one of 2. The personal relationship diagram providing system according to claim 6, wherein the first priority is defined based on the date and time information included in the contact information of the related information. The person relationship diagram providing system according to claim 1, wherein the connection arrangement unit arranges a plurality of the connection images side by side in a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, or an oblique direction. .. The person relationship diagram providing system according to claim 1, wherein the connected image is displayed in any one of a line, a dotted line, a rectangular line, and a strip shape. The person according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mode of the connected image is changed according to the type of connection indicated by the connected image and the number of persons or persons involved in the connection. Relationship diagram providing system. Equipped with a designated part to specify a person
The connection arrangement unit is characterized in that when a person is designated by the designated unit, the connection arrangement unit generates the person relationship diagram capable of displaying only the connection image showing the connection related to the designated person. The person relationship diagram providing system according to any one of claims 2. Claim 1 or claim 2 characterized in that the person image is expanded and contracted in the direction in which a plurality of the connected images are arranged so as to intersect the connected image, or the arrangement position of the person image is slid. The personal relationship diagram providing system according to any one of the above items. The connection arrangement unit displays the connection image in a linear or strip shape, and displays the connection image in a linear or strip shape.
When displaying in a line, mark the intersection and mark it.
The person relationship diagram providing system according to claim 1, wherein when displaying in a band shape, the outline of the person image is erased at the intersection. The organization chart generation unit generates the first organization chart related to the first period and the second organization chart related to the second period, and also generates the first organization chart and the second organization chart. A transitional organizational chart is generated by arranging the above-mentioned organizational charts in a predetermined direction, extending in a predetermined direction to a person image showing the same person in both organizational charts, and adding an associated image to associate them with each other.
Claim 1 or claim 2 is characterized in that the connection arranging unit identifiablely displays an intersection of the connection image and the associated image of the person image related to the connection indicated by the connection image. The personal relationship diagram providing system according to any one of the above. In the person relationship diagram providing device that provides the person relationship diagram that displays the connection between people,
An organization chart generation unit that generates an organization chart having an organization image showing an organization and a person image showing a person belonging to the organization,
A storage unit that stores connection information indicating the connection,
Based on the connection information stored in the storage unit, a connection arrangement unit for arranging a connection image showing the connection on the organization diagram to generate a person relationship diagram is provided.
In the organizational chart, the person images are arranged side by side in a predetermined direction.
The connection information includes relationship information indicating the mode of the connection and information about the person.
The connection arrangement part is
When a plurality of the connected images are arranged in the organizational diagram, the plurality of connected images are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction based on the relationship information related to each connection information and the information about the person. And
A person relationship diagram providing device characterized in that an intersection between the connected image and the person image related to the connection indicated by the connected image is displayed in an identifiable manner.

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