JPH01118924A - Information retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize the simple input of the contents of the items necessary for the retrieving conditions with a small shift of a cursor and with no need for page ejection by limiting the items of a list for retrieving conditions displayed at a display part at input of the retrieving conditions in a setting process of the retrieving conditions. CONSTITUTION:In a retrieving process, the contents of the retrieving conditions are supplied from a keyboard 2 by request of an operator based on a list of items for retrieving conditions consisting of the secondary information limited by a limiting means for items of the retrieving conditions and displayed on a CRT 3. Then a CPU 1 controls each device and collates the input retrieving conditions with the secondary information added to the primary information registered at a register part of a memory 8. Thus a list of secondary information accordant with the retrieving conditions is displayed on the CRT 3. In such a way, the simple input is possible for the contents of items for the necessary retrieving conditions with a small shift of a cursor and with no need for page ejection.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to information retrieval that searches primary information registered with secondary information added thereto, which serves as search conditions etc. at the time of search, based on search conditions. Regarding equipment.

<Prior art> Conventionally, such information retrieval devices include a CPU (central processing unit), a registration unit for registering primary information to which secondary information has been added, a keyboard for inputting search conditions, etc. CR that displays a list of secondary information searched based on
There is a device that is provided with a T (cathode ray tube) and performs the search processing operation as follows according to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S, initialization is performed to display various lists and the like.

In step S2, a search condition setting process operation for setting search conditions for searching primary information is executed. This search condition setting processing operation is performed by moving the cursor to the desired item position in the search condition item list consisting of secondary information displayed on the CRT and keying in the contents of that item from the keyboard. executed. The above item list consists of predetermined items.

In step S3, a search processing operation is executed based on the search conditions set in step S above.

In step S4, a list of secondary information matching the above search conditions is displayed on the CRT.

In step S, predetermined secondary information is selected and input from the secondary information list displayed on the CRT. Then, from among the primary information registered in the above registration department,
The primary information to which the inputted secondary information is added is selected and displayed on the CRT.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the above-mentioned conventional information retrieval device, when setting search conditions in the search condition setting processing operation, only one of the predetermined item list of search conditions displayed on the CRT is selected. Since the required item is selected with the cursor and the contents of that item are entered from the keyboard, the item list with the above search conditions is spread out over multiple screens, and there are only several items for which the contents should be entered. If limited,
There is a problem in that the user has to enter the contents of the required items by moving the cursor while changing pages according to the displayed list of all items, which is extremely troublesome.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for page breaks by making it possible to limit the items in the search condition item list displayed on the display section when entering search conditions in the search condition setting processing operation. An object of the present invention is to provide an information retrieval device that can easily manually enter the contents of items required for search conditions with a small amount of cursor movement.

Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides secondary information added to primary information registered in a registration department in order to search for this primary information, and a display. The secondary information list displayed on the display section is compared with the search conditions input from the input section according to the search condition item list consisting of secondary information displayed in the section, and the secondary information list displayed above is compared with the search conditions input from the input section. Predetermined 2 from among
In an information retrieval device that selects next information and displays primary information to which this secondary information is added on the display section, the items in the search condition item list displayed on the display section are limited. A search condition item limiting means is provided to display on a display section an item list of search conditions limited based on the search condition item limiting means, and according to the limited search condition item list displayed on the display section, The feature is that search conditions can be entered from the input section.

<Operation> When the search processing operation starts and the item limiting processing operation of the search condition item list is started according to the operator's instruction, the items of the search condition item list consisting of secondary information displayed on the display section are It is limited by the search condition item limiting means. Then, an item list of limited search conditions is displayed on the display section, and search conditions are input from the input section according to this limited list of items. Then, the input search condition is compared with the secondary information added to the primary information registered in the registration section, and a list of secondary information matching the search condition is displayed on the display section.

Then, the operator selects a predetermined number from this secondary information list.
By selecting the next information, it is possible to search for the primary information to which this secondary information has been added.

If the item-limiting processing operation does not start, all predetermined item lists are displayed on the display section, and search conditions are input according to this unlimited item list.

Therefore, the list of search condition items displayed on the display when entering search conditions can be limited to only the necessary items.There is no need to break pages, and the contents of the necessary search condition items can be displayed with fewer cursor movements. can be entered.

<Example> Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information retrieval device according to the present invention, where l is a CPU that controls the entire information retrieval device and performs search processing operations, etc., and 2 is a CPU that controls registered primary information. A keyboard for manually inputting the contents of search conditions to be set during a search, 3 a CRT for displaying a list of secondary information selected as described in detail later, a list of items for search conditions, etc. 4 a CRT 3. A memory 5 for temporarily storing information to be displayed and search conditions during search processing, a control circuit for controlling the CRT 3, etc., 8 a storage device having an area such as a registration section for registering primary information, 7 a storage device 1
A scanner is used for inputting the next information, and a printer 9 is used for outputting the primary information selected by the search. The scanner 7, storage device 8 and printer 9
is connected to the CPUI, control circuit 4 and memory 5 via an interface circuit 6.

In the search processing operation in the information search device, in response to the operator's request, the search condition item list consisting of secondary information, which is limited by the search condition item limiting means of the CPUI and displayed on the CRT 3, is used from the keyboard 2. The contents of the search condition are input. The CPU then controls each device to compare the input search conditions with the secondary information added to the primary information registered in the registration section of the storage device 8. A list of secondary information matching the search conditions is then displayed on the CIIT 3. This search processing operation will be explained below according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step S11, initialization is performed to display various lists and the like.

In step Si1, a search condition setting processing operation for setting search conditions for searching primary information is executed. This search condition setting processing operation is executed by moving the cursor to a desired item in the search condition item list displayed on the CRT 3 and keying in the contents of that item from the keyboard 2. The above-mentioned item list consists of predetermined items in the case of normal display, and consists of limited items in the case of display after an item-limiting processing operation of the item list is executed as described later. In addition, in the item list of the above search conditions, for example, "limitation" is added to specify an item limitation operation that limits the items in this item list.
If you wish to perform the above-mentioned item limitation operation, move the cursor to "Limit" and input.

In step S13, step S1. It is determined whether the manually entered content is "limited" or not. As a result, “limited”
If so, proceed to step S14, otherwise proceed to step S15.

In step S+4, the item limiting processing operation for the item list of search conditions is executed as follows, and the process returns to step S12. That is, from among the items of the search condition consisting of predetermined items, only the necessary items are selected according to the instructions input from the keyboard 2, and from then on the above step sty is selected.
When displaying the item list again, an item list consisting only of the selected items is displayed on the CRT 3.

In step S4, a search process is executed based on the search conditions set in step S+2.

Thereafter, step S4 of the flowchart in the conventional example shown in FIG. Similar to S5, a secondary information list matching the search conditions is displayed on the CRT 3 in step S14,
When predetermined secondary information is selected and manually inputted by the operator in step S+5, the secondary information is added to the 1
The following information is selected.

As described above, when the item list of the predetermined search conditions spans multiple screens, the information retrieval device of the present invention limits the items in the item list to necessary items according to instructions from the operator, and It is possible to enter search conditions according to the search condition item list. therefore,
When inputting search conditions, there is no need to break pages, and the contents of the items required by the search conditions can be easily entered manually with a small amount of cursor movement.

Note that the display of the above-mentioned limited items on the display section can be displayed as a default function.

<Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above, the present invention enables information processing to be performed from the input section according to the secondary information added to the primary information registered in the registration section and the search condition item list displayed on the display section. An information retrieval device that collates input search conditions and displays a list of secondary information that matches the search conditions is provided with search condition item limiting means to limit the items of the search condition item list displayed on the display unit. Since we have made it possible to enter search conditions according to this limited list of items, there is no need to break pages when entering search conditions, and with less cursor movement, you can easily manually enter the contents of the items that require search conditions. It becomes possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the information retrieval apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the search processing operation in the above embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the conventional search processing operation. l...CPU, 2...Keyboard, 3...CRT
. 4...Control circuit, 5...Memory, and...Storage device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Input section according to the search condition item list consisting of the secondary information added to the primary information registered in the registration section to search this primary information and the secondary information displayed on the display section. A list of secondary information is displayed on the display section by comparing the search conditions input from An information retrieval device configured to display the added primary information on the display section, further comprising: a search condition item limiting means for limiting the items in the search condition item list displayed on the display section; An item list of search conditions limited based on the item limiting means is displayed on the display section, and the search conditions can be input from the input section according to the item list of the limited search conditions displayed on the display section. Characteristic information retrieval device.