JP7279965B2 - Information processing device, program and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, a program, and an information processing method.

When submitting application documents and manuscripts to the submission destination via telecommunication lines, it may be necessary to use a predetermined file format or format suitable for submission via telecommunication lines. For example, when filing an Internet application with the Patent Office, a file in HTML format is required as the format of the file to be sent. Patent Literature 1 discloses a document preparation support program that supports preparation of documents to be submitted in a predetermined format.

JP-A-2003-82853

By the way, a file format such as the HTML format that is suitable for submission via an electric communication line is not necessarily a highly convenient file format for creating application documents. In such cases, the person who prepares the application documents will prepare a draft of the application documents in a format suitable for preparing the application documents. In particular, document creation applications such as Word have a function to change and save a file format, and this function is frequently used when converting to a file format suitable for submission via telecommunication lines. there is

If the documents to be submitted include diagrams (drawings, tables, formulas, chemical formulas, etc.), insert the image file into the document file created with a document creation application such as Word, and integrate the document and the image. Documents need to be created.

However, documents and diagrams are generally created using different software, and the author of the document and the author of the diagrams may not be the same person. In such a case, there is a possibility that a human error such as an error in pasting a figure or the like or an error in format occurs in the process of inserting a separately prepared figure or the like into a document.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention aims to provide a technology that suppresses the occurrence of human error and enables efficient preparation of application documents.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device is configured to perform a generating step and an identifying step. In the generating step, an embedded tag to be described in the document file is generated based on the description of the document file. An embedded tag is a tag for citing an image to be embedded in a document file. The identifying step identifies an image composite file containing an image corresponding to the embedded tag.

As a result, it is possible to provide a technology for efficiently creating application documents while suppressing the occurrence of human error.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the structural outline of the system 1 which concerns on this embodiment. 3 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the document preparation terminal 3; FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the document preparation terminal 3 (control section 33); FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a document file 5; FIG. 4 is an activity diagram showing an example of information processing by the document preparation terminal 3; FIG. An example of a generated embedded tag 70 is shown. It is a figure which shows the example of the description 502 of each figure. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an embedded tag 70 after conversion into HTML format; 4 is a diagram showing an example of an image composite file 6; FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an output image file 61; FIG.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Various features shown in the embodiments shown below can be combined with each other.

By the way, the program for realizing the software appearing in this embodiment may be provided as a computer-readable non-temporary recording medium, or may be provided as downloadable from an external server, It may be provided so that the program is started by an external computer and the function is realized by the client terminal (so-called cloud computing).

Further, in the present embodiment, the term “unit” may include, for example, a combination of hardware resources implemented by circuits in a broad sense and software information processing that can be specifically realized by these hardware resources. . In addition, various information is handled in the present embodiment, and these information are, for example, physical values of signal values representing voltage and current, and signal values as binary bit aggregates composed of 0 or 1. It is represented by high and low, or quantum superposition (so-called quantum bit), and communication and operation can be performed on a circuit in a broad sense.

A circuit in a broad sense is a circuit implemented by appropriately combining at least circuits, circuits, processors, memories, and the like. Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs); Programmable Logic Devices (e.g., Simple Programmable Logic Devices (SPLDs); Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs); and field It includes a programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array: FPGA).

1. Hardware Configuration Section 1 describes the hardware configuration of this embodiment. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of the configuration of a system 1 according to this embodiment. In the following, an example will be described in which the person who prepares the documents to be submitted is a patent attorney, and the application documents are the patent application documents to be submitted to the Patent Office.

1-1. system 1
The system 1 includes an application terminal 2, a document preparation terminal 3, and a patent office server 4, which are configured to be able to communicate with each other through an electric communication line. These components are further described.

1-2. Application terminal 2 (information processing device)
The application terminal 2 (an example of an information processing device) has a display unit, an input unit, a communication unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. are electrically connected. For a detailed description of each component, refer to the description of the document preparation terminal 3 described below.

The application terminal 2 is locally connected to the document preparation terminal 3 . For local connection, for example, a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, or the like is used. The application terminal 2 receives the file transmitted from the document preparation terminal 3 .

Also, the application terminal 2 is installed with Internet application software to the Patent Office. A person in charge of filing an application with the patent office can use the application terminal 2 to read the file received from the document preparation terminal 3 into the application software and transmit the file to the patent office server 4 .

1-3. Document preparation terminal 3 (information processing device)
The document preparation terminal 3 (an example of an information processing device) has a communication section 31, a storage section 32, a control section 33, a display section 34, and an input section 35, and these components are the document preparation terminal 3. are electrically connected via a communication bus 30 inside the . FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the document preparation terminal 3. As shown in FIG. Each component will be further described.

<Communication unit 31>
The communication unit 31 preferably uses wired communication means such as USB, IEEE1394, Thunderbolt, wired LAN network communication, etc., but wireless LAN network communication, mobile communication such as LTE/3G, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, etc., can be used as necessary. may be included. That is, it is more preferable to implement as a set of these communication means.

<Storage unit 32>
The storage unit 32 stores various information defined by the above description. This may be, for example, a storage device such as a solid state drive (SSD) that stores various programs related to the document preparation terminal 3 executed by the control unit 33, or a temporary storage device related to program calculation. It can be implemented as a memory such as a Random Access Memory (RAM) that stores information (arguments, arrays, etc.) required for the . A combination of these may also be used.

In particular, the storage unit 32 stores identification information of the document file 5, the image composite file 6, the image 60, the image file 61, the embedded tag 70, the document file 51, the document file 5 and the image composite file 6, and the like. The storage unit 32 also stores various programs related to the document preparation terminal 3 that are executed by the control unit 33 .

<Control unit 33>
The control unit 33 processes and controls overall operations related to the document preparation terminal 3 . The control unit 33 is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU) (not shown). The control unit 33 implements various functions related to the document preparation terminal 3 by reading a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 32 . That is, information processing by software (stored in the storage unit 32) is specifically realized by hardware (control unit 33), and each function unit (see FIG. 3) included in the control unit 33 executes can be These are further detailed in the next section. Note that the control unit 33 is not limited to a single unit, and may be implemented to have a plurality of control units 33 for each function. A combination thereof may also be used.

<Display unit 34>
The display unit 34 may be, for example, included in the housing of the document preparation terminal 3, or may be attached externally. The display unit 34 displays a screen of a graphical user interface (GUI) that can be operated by the user. For example, it is preferable to use a display device such as a CRT display, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, and a plasma display according to the type of the document preparation terminal 3 . The display device can selectively display a display screen in response to a control signal from the control section 33 . For example, the document file 5, the image composite file 6, the image 60, and the image file 61 can be displayed so that they can be visually recognized by the user.

<Input unit 35>
The input unit 35 may be included in the housing of the document preparation terminal 3, or may be attached externally. For example, the input unit 35 may be integrated with the display unit 34 and implemented as a touch panel. With a touch panel, the user can input a tap operation, a swipe operation, or the like. Of course, a switch button, a mouse, a QWERTY keyboard, or the like may be employed instead of the touch panel. That is, the input unit 35 receives an operation input made by the user. The input is transferred as a command signal to the control unit 33 via the communication bus 30, and the control unit 33 can execute predetermined control and calculation as necessary. In particular, the user can input an instruction to output the image file 61 via the input unit 35 .

Note that the document preparation terminal 3 may substitute for the function of the application terminal 2 . The application terminal 2 and the document preparation terminal 3 may be the same terminal.

1-4. Patent Office Server 4
In this embodiment, the system 1 further includes an application terminal 2 and a patent office server 4 which are connected to each other via a network. The patent office server 4 is managed by the patent office, for example, and receives files transmitted from the application terminal 2 via the network. Note that the patent office server 4 and the document preparation terminal 3 may be connected to each other via a network.

2. Functional Configuration This section describes the functional configuration of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the document preparation terminal 3 (control section 33). As described above, information processing by software (stored in the storage unit 32 ) is specifically realized by hardware (control unit 33 ), and can be executed as each functional unit included in the control unit 33 .

Specifically, the document preparation terminal 3 (control unit 33) includes a reception unit 331, a generation unit 332, a first conversion unit 333, a specification unit 334, a second conversion unit 335, and an image output unit 336. and a transmitter 337 .

[Reception unit 331]
The receiving unit 331 executes a receiving step. That is, the reception unit 331 receives the first input by the patent attorney who prepares the document. The first input will be discussed later in the next section.

[Generation unit 332]
The generation unit 332 executes a generation step. That is, the generation unit 332 generates the embedded tag 70 to be written in the document file 5 based on the description of the document file 5 . FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the document file 5. As shown in FIG. According to the example of FIG. 4, the document file 5 is a Word file, but may be an HTML document file. The document file 5 includes documents to be submitted to public institutions, such as specifications and drawings attached to patent applications. The specification accompanying the patent application also includes general information 50 . The outline information 50 is information described in the brief description column of the drawings included in the specification. Also, for example, the image 60 embedded in the document file 5 indicates each figure included in the drawing. In this embodiment, the specification attached to the application form of the patent application, the image embedding part 7 including the part where the embedded tag 70 is described is the drawing attached to the application form, and the image 60 to be embedded in the specification is Description will be made assuming that each figure is included in the drawings attached to the application.

[First conversion unit 333]
The first conversion unit 333 executes a document file conversion step. That is, the document file 5 is converted into a format suitable for submission to the Patent Office.

[Specifying unit 334]
The identifying unit 334 executes the identifying step. That is, the identifying unit 334 identifies the image composite file 6 including the image 60 corresponding to the embedded tag 70 .

[Second conversion unit 335]
The second conversion unit 335 performs an image conversion step. That is, if the number of dots of the image 60 exceeds the default value of the institution to which the image is to be submitted, the second conversion unit 335 reduces the image 60 to within the range of the default value. Specifically, the second conversion unit 335 determines that the number of dots in the image 60 exceeds the default value of the institution to which the image is to be submitted, and the excess number of dots is less than 10 dots or less than 10% of the total number of dots. If so, the image 60 is reduced to within the range of default values.

[Image output unit 336]
The image output unit 336 executes an image output step. That is, the image output unit 336 outputs each image 60 included in the image compound file 6 as an image file 61 corresponding to the embedded tag 70 .

[Transmitting unit 337]
The transmission unit 337 executes a transmission step. That is, the transmission unit 337 transmits the set of application files to the application terminal 2 .

3. Details of Information Processing In this section, the information processing of the document preparation terminal 3 described above will be described with reference to activity diagrams. FIG. 5 is an activity diagram showing an example of information processing by the document preparation terminal 3. As shown in FIG.

First, the patent attorney who prepares the documents newly creates the document file 5 or opens the document file 5 stored in the storage unit 32 to specify the document file 5 . When multiple files are open, the patent attorney makes the document file 5 the active window. When the document file 5 is specified, the patent attorney creates the document file 5 (A01). At this time, a separate image composite file 6 is created.

Next, the patent attorney inputs a command to output the document file 51 and the image file 61, which are file formats suitable for submission to the Patent Office, via the input unit 35 (hereinafter referred to as first input). For example, when an image file 61 output start button is displayed on the screen of the document creation application for editing the document file 5, the patent attorney performs the first input by selecting the button. A first input may be made by the user performing an operation to store the document file 5 and the image composite file 6 in a specific folder. Alternatively, the first input may be made by swiping, tapping, voice recognition, or the like.

When the first input is made, the reception unit 331 receives the first input (A02).

Next, the generating unit 332 generates the embedded tag 70 based on the information (outline information 50 shown in FIG. 4) described in the brief description column of the drawings included in the specification attached to the patent application. Generate (A03). That is, the generation unit 332 generates the embedding tag 70 that allows each figure to be embedded in the image embedding location 7 of the document file 5 . The generated embedding tag 70 is written in the image embedding location 7 in the document file 5 . At this time, the generation unit 332 extracts the identifier 501 of each figure from the overview information 50 . The identifier 501 indicates the name of each figure, and in the example shown in FIG. 4, [FIG. 1], [FIG. 2], [FIG. 3], [FIG. 4], [FIGS. .

Here, the embedded tag 70 is a tag for citing the image 60 to be embedded in the document file 5. FIG. FIG. 6 shows an example of a generated embedded tag 70. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, an embedding tag 70 is generated in the drawing attached to the application, which is the image embedding location 7, and the image embedding location 7 (attached to the application) along with the identifier 501 corresponding to each image 60 is generated. drawings). That is, the embedded tag 70 is described in the drawings attached to the application. For example, the identifier 501 “FIG. 1” and the embedding tag 70 “insert FIG. 1 here” are embedded in the document “drawing” which is the image embedding portion 7 .

In particular, the generation unit 332 assigns serial numbers based on the order of arrangement of the images 60 included in the image composite file 6 shown in FIG. embedded tag 70 is generated. For example, if the identifier 501 of each figure is [Fig. 1], [Fig. 2], [Fig. 3], [Fig. 4], [Fig. 5a] [Fig. The images 60 included in the image 60 are sequentially numbered such as “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “5”, and “6” from the first image 60 in the order of arrangement. An embedded tag 70 is generated (see FIG. 8).

The operation of inserting images 60 whose identifiers 501 are not consecutively numbered is likely to be confusing when manually performed by a human, and there is a possibility that the order of the images 60 to be inserted may be wrong or omissions may occur. With the above configuration, the embedded tag 70 is generated regardless of the identifier 501, so that the description in a format suitable for submission to the Patent Office can be obtained without manually inserting the image 60 into the document file 5. It is possible to create documents and drawings.

Here, the generating unit 332 may generate the outline information 50 of the image 60 to be embedded in the document file 5 based on the description of the document file 5 and generate the embedded tag 70 based on the generated outline information 50. good. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the description 502 of each figure. The generation unit 332 extracts the description 502 of each drawing including the identifier 501 of each drawing and generates outline information 50 .

More specifically, the generating unit 332 edits the extracted description 502 of each figure so that it can be described in the column of the brief description of the drawing, outputs it to the column of the brief description of the drawing, and generates the outline information 50. Generate. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the generating unit 332 extracts the description "FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration overview of the system 1 according to the present embodiment." , to generate outline information 50 by outputting it to the brief description column of the drawing.

Subsequently, the first conversion unit 333 converts the document file 5 into a document file 51 having a file format suitable for submission to the Patent Office (A04). For example, if the document file 5 is a Word file, the first converter 333 converts it into the document file 51 in HTML format. The file format after conversion is not limited to this, and may be XML format, TIFF format, or the like.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the embedded tag 70 after conversion into HTML format. According to the example of FIG. 8, when the document file 5 including the embedded tag 70 is converted into the document file 51 in HTML format, the embedded tag 70 becomes <img src=fig/1. jpg>, <img src=fig/2. jpg>.

The identification unit 334 identifies the image composite file 6 including the image 60 corresponding to the generated embedded tag 70 (A05). Specifically, the specifying unit 334 determines (1) the positional relationship of the directory relative to the document file 5, (2) the identification information of the document file 5, and (3) the directory in which the image composite file 6 is stored in advance. The image composite file 6 is identified based on at least one of the absolute path of . When the identification unit 334 identifies the image composite file 6 based on the relative directory positional relationship, for example, the file included in the same directory as the directory in which the document file 5 is stored corresponds to the embedded tag 70. The image composite file 6 containing the image 60 is specified. Further, the specifying unit 334 may specify, as the composite image file 6, a file stored in a directory one level higher or lower than the directory in which the document file 5 is stored.

The identification information of the document file 5 is information that makes it possible to distinguish the document file 5 from other files, such as the file name of the document file 5, the reference number, and the character string described in the header or footer. For example, the identification unit 334 identifies, as the image composite file 6, the image composite file 6 including the file name of the document file 5 or the image composite file 6 including the same character string as the character string of the header in the file name.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the image composite file 6. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the image composite file 6 includes a plurality of images 60, and each image 60 included in the image composite file 6 corresponds to an embedded tag 70. FIG. The image composite file 6 is preferably at least one of a PowerPoint file, a Visio file, a pdf file, an ai file, an eps file, and a CAD file, but is not limited to this.

This enables processing of the image composite file 6 without manually selecting the image composite file 6 containing the image 60 to be embedded in the document file 5 . As a result, it is possible to prevent the user from accidentally selecting the image compound file 6 containing the image 60 different from the image 60 that the user wants to embed in the document file 5, thereby preventing the user from making a human error and realizing the intent of the creator of the document file 5. It is possible to prevent an image 60 different from that from being embedded in the document file 5 .

Next, if the number of dots in the image 60 exceeds the default value of the submission institution, the second conversion unit 335 reduces the image 60 to within the default value range (A06). For example, if the number of dots in the image file 61 including the image 60 is assumed to exceed 4015 dots in the vertical direction, the image 60 is adjusted so that the number of dots in the image file 61 including the image 60 is 4015 dots or less in the vertical direction. to shrink. In addition, the second conversion unit 335, if the number of dots of the image 60 exceeds the default value of the submission destination institution and the number of dots in excess is less than 10 dots or less than 10% of the total number of dots, the image 60 may be reduced to within the default range.

More specifically, when the number of dots of the image 60 exceeds 10 dots or 10% in at least one of 1338 in height and 2007 in width, at least one of 2007 in height and 3011 in width exceeds 10 dots or 10%. In this case, when at least one of 2677 in height and 4015 in width exceeds 10 dots or 10%, the second conversion unit 335 reduces the image 60 to within the range of default values.

The number of dots in the image file 61 containing the image 60 is preferably 2677 dots or less in the horizontal direction and 4015 dots or less in the vertical direction. Specifically, the number of horizontal dots is, for example, 1,900, 2,000, 2,100, 2,200, 2,300, 2,400, 2,500, 2,600, 2,677 dots or less, and may be within the range between any two of the numerical values exemplified here.
Further, the number of dots in the vertical direction is specifically, for example, 415,215 dots or less, and may be in the range between any two of the values exemplified here.

On the other hand, if the number of dots of the image file 61 including the image 60 is within the preset value of the submission institution, skip A06 and proceed to A07.

With such a configuration, even if the size of the image file 61 including the image 60 is expected to exceed the default value of the submission institution, the image size will be changed to fit within the range of the default value. and prevent human error that can occur when manually correcting the image 60 .

After that, the image output unit 336 outputs each image 60 included in the image composite file 6 as an image file 61 corresponding to the embedded tag 70 (A07). Specifically, the image output unit 336 outputs the image 60 as an image file 61 in any format of PNG image, JPEG image, BMP image, and GIF image.

In particular, the image output unit 336 extracts the image file 61 after trimming each image 60 so that the margin is minimized. Specifically, the topmost, bottommost, leftmost, and rightmost pixels that are not white in the image 60 are identified, trimmed to the minimum size of the image 60, and then output as an image file 61. . As a result, each image 60 is not cut out in a uniform size, but each image 60 is cut out to have an appropriate size, and an image file 61 with high visibility is output. The sizes of the images 60 included in the image compound file 6 are generally different. If the image file 61 with many blank spaces is output, the contents of the image 60 are displayed in a small size, and the visibility of the drawing is lowered when others later check the drawings in patent publications or the like. The above configuration prevents such problems and improves usability.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the output image file 61. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10 , each image 60 included in the image composite file 6 corresponds to embedded tags 70 numbered sequentially based on the order of arrangement in the image composite file 6 . In FIG. 10 , the file name of each image file 61 is output so as to correspond to the embedded tag 70 . The image 60 of the output image file 61 is either a PNG image, a JPEG image, a BMP image, or a GIF image. As a result, the image file 61 that can be embedded in the image embedding portion 7 is output without manually separating the images 60 included in the image compound file 6, thereby preventing human error and improving work efficiency. planned.

When the image file 61 is output, the transmission unit 337 transmits the converted document file 51 and image file 61 as an application file to the application terminal 2 (A08). Thereafter, the person in charge of operating the application terminal 2 causes the Internet application software to read the set of application files (A10). The application terminal 2 also transmits this to the patent office server 4 (A11). Then, when the patent office server 4 receives the transmitted set of application files, the information processing in this embodiment ends (A12).

Thus, according to the above configuration, when the patent attorney completes preparation of the documents to be submitted, the document file 5 and the image composite file 6 in the file format suitable for submission to the office are output simply by performing the first input. The Rukoto. In other words, the patent attorney can output a set of application files suitable for patent application by one-click operation.

5. Others Regarding the system 1 according to the present embodiment, the following aspects may be adopted.

(1) In the above-described embodiment, the patent attorney makes the first input to specify the image compound file 6 and output the image file 61. However, the image compound file 6 is specified. After that, the image file 61 may be output by further inputting the second input by the patent attorney. Any step of the information processing may be implemented with multiple entries by the patent attorney so that the complete application file is output.
(2) In the above-described embodiment, the generation unit 332 generates the embedded tag 70 for the document file 5 before the first conversion unit 333 converts the document file 5 into HTML. The generation unit 332 may generate the embedded tag 70 for the document file 51 after HTML conversion by the first conversion unit 333 .
(3) The application terminal 2 may include a preprocessing section (not shown). Before and after the identification unit 334 generates the embedded tag 70, the preprocessing unit formats the document file 5 so that the file is suitable for submission to the Patent Office. For example, if the document file 5 is a Word file, the preprocessing unit reflects the change history in the file or collectively deletes comments.
(4) The application terminal 2 may include a display control section (not shown). When the document file 5 including the generated embedding tag 70 is opened in HTML format, the display control section displays the image 60 in the image embedding portion 7 of the document file 5 in a visible manner. That is, the display control unit displays the image 60 converted into a JPEG image or the like as if it were embedded in the image embedding portion 7 of the document file 5 .
(5) As the image 60 to be embedded in the document file 5, the drawing included in the specification has been described as an example, but the image is not limited to this, and may be a table, a numerical formula, a chemical formula, or the like.
(6) In addition, as the document file 5, the specification and drawings attached to the application form of the patent application have been described as an example, but the document file 5 is not limited to this, and the document file 5 can (Written opinion, procedural amendment, etc.), or application documents and/or interim documents for designs and trademarks. Also, the document file 5 may be a document to be submitted to a public organization other than the Patent Office or a private organization. For example, the document file 5 may be a paper submitted to an academic conference or the like.
(7) The aspect of this embodiment may be a program. The program causes the computer to function as the document preparation terminal 3 .
(8) An aspect of the present embodiment may be an information processing method. The information processing method includes a generating step and an identifying step. In the generating step, an embedded tag 70 is generated based on the description of the document file 5, and the embedded tag 70 links the image embedding location 7 of the document file 5 and the image 60 to be embedded in the document file 5. be. In the identification unit 334 step, the image composite file 6 including the image 60 corresponding to the embedded tag 70 is identified.

Furthermore, it may be provided in each aspect described below.
The information processing apparatus is configured to further execute an image output step, wherein the image output step outputs each of the images included in the image compound file as an image file corresponding to the embedded tag. .
In the information processing apparatus, in the generating step, outline information of the image to be embedded in the document file is created based on the description of the document file, and the embedded tag is generated based on the outline information.
In the information processing device, the document file includes a specification to be attached to a patent application, the outline information is information described in a brief description column of a drawing included in the specification, and In the generating step, the embedded tag is generated based on the information described in the column.
In the information processing device, in the generating step, the serially numbered embedded tags are generated based on the order of arrangement of the images included in the image composite file, regardless of the identifier of each figure in the column. thing.
In the information processing device, the document file includes a drawing to be attached to an application, and the image indicates each drawing included in the drawing.
In the information processing device, the image is any one of a PNG image, a JPEG image, a BMP image, and a GIF image.
In the information processing device, the embedded tag is described in a drawing attached to an application.
In the information processing apparatus, the number of dots of the image is 2677 dots or less in width and 4015 dots or less in height.
In the information processing apparatus, in the specifying step, (1) relative directory positional relationship with the document file, (2) identification information of the document file, and (3) the image composite file are stored in advance. Identifies the image composite file based on at least one of an absolute directory path.
The information processing device is configured to further execute an image conversion step, wherein, if the number of dots of the image exceeds a default value of the institution to which the image is to be submitted, the image is converted to within the range of the default value. One that shrinks to
In the information processing device, in the image conversion step, the number of dots of the image exceeds the default value of the submission destination institution, and the excess number of dots is less than 10 dots or 10% of the total number of dots If less than, shrinks said image to within said default value.
In the information processing device, the image compound file is at least one of a PowerPoint file, a Visio file, a pdf file, an ai file, an eps file, and a CAD file.
In the information processing device, the document file is a Word file.
A program that causes a computer to execute each step of the information processing device.
An information processing method, comprising a generation step and a specification step, wherein the generation step generates an embedded tag to be described in the document file based on the description of the document file, and the embedded tag is the A method for citing an image to be embedded in a document file, wherein in the identifying step, an image compound file containing the image corresponding to the embedded tag is identified.
Of course, this is not the only case.

Finally, while various embodiments of the invention have been described, these have been presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment can be embodied in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. The embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

1: system 2: application terminal 3: document preparation terminal 30: communication bus 31: communication unit 32: storage unit 33: control unit 331: reception unit 332: generation unit 333: first conversion unit 334: identification unit 335: third 2 conversion unit 336 : image output unit 337 : transmission unit 34 : display unit 35 : input unit 4 : patent office server 5 : document file 50 : overview information 51 : document file 501 : identifier 502 : description 6 : image composite file 60 : Image 61 : Image file 7 : Image embed location 70 : Embedded tag

Claims (9)

An information processing system,
a controller capable of executing a program to perform the following steps;
The receiving step receives a document file as a draft of a document to be submitted to a public or private organization and an input to the document file,
In a first generation step, triggered by the input, an embedded tag defined by an identifier in the document file is generated , wherein
the identifier identifies an image to be embedded in the document file;
The embedding tag is described at an image embedding location in the document file, and indicates an instruction to be embedded in the document file and an embedding position thereof,
the image is contained in an image compound file different from the document file;
The conversion step converts the document file containing the embedded tag into a file format for submission as the submission document. In the information processing system according to claim 1,
the document file includes descriptive information delineating the image to be embedded;
In the first generating step, the embedded tag is generated based on the outline information. In the information processing system according to claim 2,
Furthermore, in the second generating step, the outline information is generated based on the description of the document file. In the information processing system according to claim 2 or claim 3,
The document file includes a specification to be attached to a request for a patent application,
The outline information is the information described in the brief description column of the drawings included in the specification,
In the first generation step, the embedded tag is generated based on the information described in the column. In the information processing system according to claim 4,
The documents to be submitted include drawings attached to the application,
The image represents each figure contained in the drawing. In the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The file format is any one of HTML format, XML format and TIFF format. In the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The document file is a Word file. a program,
A computer that executes each step of the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7. A computer-implemented information processing method comprising:
A method comprising the steps of an information processing system according to any one of claims 1-7.

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