JPH01250135A - Information processor and its information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To successively display the designated pages for reuse by designation by using a memory which stores the identification name and the reuse designation address of the using information. CONSTITUTION:An auxiliary memory 5 consisting of a nonvolatile memory includes the areas to store a using book name control table for reading out the addresses of the pages designated for reuse at the reuse time and a reuse page control table respectively. When a program stored in a memory 2 is carried out by a CPU 1 at the reuse time, the pages designated for reuse are retrieved and displayed by reference to both control tables of the memory 5. Thus it is possible to automatically take the information out of an address column and to automatically display the pages designated for reuse just with the designation of a password and the information name. Furthermore these designated pages are successively displayed with no designation of the information name just by performing the input for the display of the designated pages.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is used in various information processing devices, and relates to an information processing device that functions as a so-called “bookmark” that can display information used in work, and the information processing device. Concerning information display method.

It is particularly suitable for use when searching and displaying a large amount of information or specifying a page to be reused while creating a document and rereading it later.

The present invention can be used in a device that automatically displays pages previously designated for reuse after resuming browsing in an electronic library. Furthermore, in a device for electronically viewing technical documents such as patent publications, it can be used to insert a "bookmark" during viewing and read carefully again.

〔overview〕

In an information processing device that displays various information, the present invention stores the usage information name and address information indicating the address of the page designated for reuse in a special memory area (thereby, the page designated for reuse is stored in a special memory area). This function functions as a so-called "bookmark" by automatically displaying information on pages designated for reuse by the user's input.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when creating a document on an information processing device or searching and displaying a page that you want to reuse later, when you use the information processing device next time, the beginning of that information is displayed. It had become.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Currently, we are trying to build an electronic library that stores documents in large-capacity storage devices such as optical disks, searches these stored documents by document name, displays them on terminal devices, and allows users to view them as needed. There is a technical idea. However, with conventional file management systems for information processing devices, although it is possible to add a mark to noteworthy information, when you try to refer to it again at a later date, the starting part is displayed. When a long document is stored, such as in an electronic library, there is a problem in that when attempting to view the landmark addition information again, the first page of the document is displayed.

In addition, when browsing and searching patent information stored on optical disks, etc. one by one, a large amount of documents are searched at once, so when you find noteworthy information, you can use a marker to read it carefully again. In many cases, it is necessary to simply add a ``page'' and skip it, and after viewing all the information to be viewed, read out the information of interest again and read it carefully to determine whether or not it is the information that should be searched. In this case, during the search, it is not possible to carefully read the searched technology while comparing the technology to be compared and the searched technology due to the required browsing speed. It is desirable to read and examine the information carefully while comparing it with the technology to be compared.

As described above, there has been a need for a means for specifying and displaying a page of information to be reused while using an information processing apparatus.

The present invention has been made in response to the above-mentioned conventional demands, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device and an information display method that can sequentially display pages designated for reuse according to designation.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the information processing device of the present invention includes a storage device that stores an identification name of information used by a user and a designated reuse address of the information accessed from the operation keyboard. Search and display information.

This storage device has a memory area that stores the user's identification symbol, and this memory area stores the identification name of the information used by the user and the reuse designation address of the information accessed from the operation keyboard. It can contain a table.

The information processing device of the present invention is capable of storing the usage information name and its reuse designation address at the time of reuse and displaying the page designated for reuse last time when a document is viewed with a search device for an electronic library. can.

Furthermore, when creating and updating a document using a word processor, the page address for which reuse was previously specified can be stored in the file of the document, and when the document is reused, the page for which reuse was previously specified can be displayed.

Further, the information processing device of the present invention can search and display documents edited by classification of technical field.

The information display method of the information processing device of the present invention stores the identification symbol of the information being worked on and the address of the page designated for reuse, and when reusing the information processing device, the identification code of the information When a symbol is input, the information at the address corresponding to the identification symbol of the information is read out, and a search display is performed to display information designated for reuse.

[Effect]

The non-volatile memory or other storage device of the information processing device of the present invention has a memory area for each password, which is the identification name of the user, and when the information processing device is used, reuse is specified for each name of the information being used in correspondence with the password. Multiple addresses are stored.

This storage is performed according to the user's specifications.

When using the same information again, specify the password and information name, and the information in the address field will be automatically retrieved and the page specified for reuse will be automatically displayed.

Furthermore, pages designated for reuse can be sequentially displayed by simply manually displaying the reuse designated pages without specifying the information name.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the configuration of an information processing device used in an embodiment of the present invention, and in this embodiment device, the case where it is used as a search display device for browsing in a so-called electronic library will be explained. .

A central processing unit (CPU) l is connected to the common bus 10,
This common bus 10 includes a memory 2 that stores programs executed by the central processing unit 1, a human output section 3 to which a keyboard 4 is connected, an auxiliary memory 5 composed of nonvolatile memory, and a display 7. A display control section 6 is connected to a memory control section 8 that controls an external memory 9 such as a floppy disk or a hard disk device.

In this embodiment, the area to be searched and displayed is an area in the above-mentioned non-volatile auxiliary memory 5 that stores a used book name management table and a reused page management table for reading out the address part of a page that is set to be reused at the time of reuse. is provided, and when the program stored in the memory 2 is executed by the CPU during reuse, the used book name management table and the reuse page management table in the auxiliary memory 5 are referred to, and the page specified for reuse is selected. It's in the search display area.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of the used book name management table stored in the auxiliary memory 5 mentioned above.

This used book name management table is composed of a plurality of password areas, and each password area is composed of a password column 11 and a book name column 12. The password column 11 is a field for storing a password for identifying the user, and the book name column 12 is a field for storing the name of the book corresponding to the reuse designated page group stored in the reuse page management table. . Here, both the password and the book base are stored in the JIS code format in this used book name management table. Note that the addresses used in this embodiment will be treated as indicating the page of the book (document) to be searched and displayed.

Figure 3 shows an example of how the used book name management table shown in Figure 2 is used. The password column 11 is composed of 16 bytes long, and each character is 2 bytes long and can be memorized including a kanji code. . The book name type 12 indicates the storage arrangement of the book reuse designated page group in the reuse page management table shown in FIG. 4, which will be described later. , divided by delimiter code.

FIG. 4 shows a reusable page management table stored in the auxiliary memory 5, from No. 1 to No. m.
It is composed of each book reuse designated page group. The book reuse designation page group in FIG. 4 corresponds to each book name in the password field in FIG. 3. In other words, the No. 1 book reuse designated page group in Figure 4 is the No. 1 book reuse designated page group in Figure 3.
, 1 book "Informatized Future City Concept", the Nα2 book reuse designated page group in Figure 4 is No. 2 in Figure 3, book rTRON
The Nα3 book reuse designated page group in Figure 4 corresponds to ``Idea from ``, and the Nα3 book reuse designated page group in Figure 4 is No. in Figure 3.

3 books "Japanese Information Processing" are supported.

A specific example of the book reuse designated page group shown in Figure 4 is shown in Figure 5.
As shown in the figure. In FIG. 5, pages designated for reuse are stored in the designated order in JIS code.

A delimiter code (JIS code 2221
Use the display code specified in . ) is inserted to distinguish them. In this example of using the reuse page management table in Figure 5,
Reuse designation is 18 pages, 55 pages, 70 pages, 32 pages, 6 pages,
It shows what was done in the order of pages 125 and 195.

Note that when the reuse display of the corresponding book in FIG. 5 is specified, the corresponding pages are displayed in the book reuse designated page group in the order in which they were stored.

The specified page in the embodiment of the reusable page management table in the auxiliary storage memory 5 described above can also be deleted by the library user's command. In this case, the area of the designated page that has been deleted is filled in by automatically moving the page stored next to the deleted area.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to an operation flowchart during use.

Figure 6 shows an example of the operation of specifying a page that you would like to reuse later while browsing, and Figure 7 (a) shows an example of the screen that is displayed at that time.
) or 6). Further, FIG. 8 shows an example of an operation for referring to a page designated for later reuse, and FIGS. 9(a) to 9(e) show examples of screens displayed at that time.

First, the operation of reuse designation will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

At the start of use, as shown in FIG. 7(a), the display 7 displays the message ``Please input your password and book name manually.'' and requests the user to input the password and book name.

The user manually enters his own password from the keyboard 4, in this case the user's last name "Kikuchi" and the name of the book to be used, such as "Informatized Future City Concept" (see Figure 7).
), the first page of the [Informatized Future City Concept] will be displayed. The steps up to this point are preliminary operations of the apparatus according to the present invention. As you continue reading, when you come across a page that you want to use again later, press a specific key on the keyboard 4, for example, the first function key, and specify the page you want to reuse. "Reuse designated page" is displayed (Figure 7 (d)),
The password, book name, and reuse designated page are registered in the used book name management table and the reused page management table. In this way, the designation of reusable pages for the used book is registered, and the browsing of the book ends.

Next, referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, the operation when reusing a book in which reuse designated pages are stored will be explained.

When you start using it, the message "Please enter your password and book name" will appear on the display 7, as shown in Figure 9 (a).
is displayed, requesting the user to enter the password and the name of the book to be used.

When the user manually enters his own password from the keyboard 4, in this case his last name "Kikuchi" and the name of the book he is using, for example "Informatized Future City Concept" (Figure 9 Q)
)), the first page of "Informatized Future City Concept" is displayed.

The steps up to this point are preliminary operations of the apparatus according to the present invention. As you continue reading, if you want to view the reuse specified page that you previously specified while reading, press a specific key, for example, the second function key, and the device will display the password and the used book. Based on the name, the registered data in the used book management table and the reused page management table is retrieved, and the page registered as No. 1 in the book reuse designated page group is displayed (FIG. 9(d)). If the displayed page is not the page you want to see, press the second function key again.
Display the page registered in No. 12 of the reuse page designation group (
Figure 9(e)).

In addition, if the user no longer needs to specify a reuse page while viewing a reuse specified page, by pressing a specific key, for example, the third function key, the user can specify the book reuse corresponding to the displayed page. The stored contents of the displayed page in the page group are deleted.

In this way, the user of this device can easily specify reuse designated pages while browsing a book, and can easily search for and view a desired page from among the reuse designated pages at a later date.

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail.

This application example adds the concept of a so-called "bookmark" to the above-described embodiment. This application example differs from the previous embodiments in the structure of the reusable page management table shown in FIG. 5, and in the operation flowcharts and display screen examples shown in FIGS. 6 to 9.

FIG. 10 shows a specific example of the reuse page management table in this application example. In the reuse page management table shown in FIG. 10, "bookmark" pages for book browsing and reuse designated pages are stored in JIS codes. As shown in Figure 10, one or more "bookmark" pages are stored at the top of the reusable page management table, and between each "bookmark" page there is a "bookmark" code (JIS
A display code specified by code 2223 is used. ) and indicates that it is a bookmark page area.

The reuse designated page is stored next to the final designated page field in which the "bookmark" page is stored. The storage of reuse designated pages in the reuse page fixed page column is the same as the reuse page management table shown in Figure 5 above, and each reuse designated page is divided by each reuse designation separated by a delimiter code. The page is stored in JIS code.

It should be noted that if the "shifuri" page is designated as the last page to be used at the end of book viewing, all designated pages are stored. This is particularly effective when reading in parallel, such as a handbook, a book whose content is divided into chapters, a specialized book, or a collection of essays.

Next, the operation of the application example device of the present invention will be explained with reference to a flowchart of the operation during use. Here, the designation of the final page to be used and the viewing of the final designated page will be described. Designation of a reusable page and its viewing are the same as in the above-described embodiment, so a description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device according to the applied example of the present invention, and FIG. 12 shows an example of a display screen during operation of the applied example of the present invention.

First, at the beginning of use, as shown in Figure 12(a), the display 7 displays "Please enter your password and the name of the book you want to use" and requests the user to enter the password and the name of the book you want to use. .

The user inputs his/her own password and the name of the book to be used manually from the keyboard 4 (Fig. 12, Q))). So far,
This is a pre-operation of the application example device of the present invention.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12(C),
Ask whether you are using a book from the beginning or a continuation of what you used last time.

When the user enters an input that means starting from the beginning, the first page of the book to be used is searched and displayed based on the password and the name of the book to be used (in this case, Informatized Future City Concept). At this time, if the password is used for the first time, a password area dedicated to this password is provided in the used book name management table, and the password is registered in the password column. In addition, if the book name is not registered in the relevant password area, register the book name in the book name column of the relevant password area.
Record. Note that if the password or book name is registered in the used book name management table, only the confirmation is performed.

Next, "1" is registered in the final specified page column of the book reuse specified page group corresponding to the input book name in the reuse page management table, and the first page of the book is displayed (Figure 12 (company) ).

When the user performs the manual operation that means to continue, the bookmark page of the book name is searched and displayed based on the password and the name of the book used.At this time, the password is not in the password column of the book name management table. If the name of the used book is not in the book name type of the corresponding password area of the used book name management table, the user is notified by displaying that it is unregistered (FIG. 12(f)).

If the password and book name are registered in the reuse page management table, the "bookmark" page No. 091 in the final specified page column of the book reuse specified page group corresponding to the input book is displayed (Figure 12 (e) ). Here, when a specific key, for example the fourth function key, is pressed, it is assumed that the displayed page is not the page desired by the user, and the next page after the Nα1 "bookmark" page is checked. NO, 1 “If the next bookmark page is also a “bookmark” page, display the next corresponding “bookmark” page (12th
Diagram (Town.

Nα1 If the next “bookmark” page is not a “bookmark” page, or if there is no next “bookmark” page, the user will be prompted to
Displays and informs you that there are no more “bookmark” pages (
Figure 12 Ch)).

When the book browsing is finished, a specific key, for example the fifth function key, is pressed. At this time, the user is asked whether or not to insert a "bookmark" (FIG. 12 (1)). When the user manually inserts a "bookmark", the "bookmark" corresponding to the currently displayed page in the corresponding book reuse designated page group is inserted.
Change the page to the currently displayed page. If the user manually inserts a “bookmark”, the registered “
Leave the bookmark page intact.

In addition, although the above-mentioned embodiment explained the case where documents such as books stored in an electronic library are viewed, the use of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. When creating a document, by specifying the above-mentioned reuse pages for pages that are later determined to require reexamination, pages that require reexamination can be easily found later.

As an example, an operation will be described in which patent information is stored in an optical disk device and a technology to be searched is searched for while sequentially viewing the patent information stored in the optical disk device.

Currently, patent information is stored in an optical disk device in the order of its publication number or public notice number, and its search and viewing is performed by manually reading out and displaying the target patent information using search keywords of bibliographic items such as numbers or classification symbols. However, by storing patent information by classification, it is possible to search and view patent information in a specific classification, including drawings, and in that case, it is possible to search for technologies in the same technical field at once. It has the advantage of being able to be viewed.

When searching and viewing patent information edited by classification in this way, the first search and viewing process involves looking at the display screen and extracting technologies that are relatively similar to the technology to be searched and extracted by simply specifying their numbers. Normally, a rough search is performed, and then the extracted applications are carefully read again to examine whether or not the technology should be extracted, and to determine the similarity with the technology to be compared.

When performing such a search for patent information using the information processing device of the present invention, the search and browsing is performed while displaying on the display 7 the storage contents of the optical disk device that stores the patent information of the specified category. . During this search and viewing, when a screen (specification or drawing) that you want to read later is displayed, by pressing a specific key, for example, the first function key, you can specify the reuse in the reuse page management table. Memorize the page you have read.

After the rough search and viewing is completed, the pages stored in the reusable page management table are sequentially displayed by pressing a specific key, for example, the second function key. At this time, it is preferable to display the patent information so that the pages before and after the displayed page (for example, the specification part when the drawings are displayed) are displayed. In addition, the screen can be split into a multi-screen display format.
It is preferable to separately scroll and display the specification part while displaying the page of the drawing designated for reuse, so that the contents can be examined carefully.

In this way, it is possible to sequentially display and carefully read the patent information designated for reuse, and examine whether or not it is the technology to be searched.

In the case of such search and viewing, when searching and viewing - discs of optical discs and reading them carefully again, only one reuse page management table is used to store the addresses of multiple pages designated for reuse in that management table. It can be configured to
Further, the publication or announcement number and the corresponding page address may be stored. Furthermore, when searching and viewing an information processing device equipped with multiple optical disk devices from a terminal device, an optical disk that replaces the book name field that stores the classification target name of the optical disk searched and viewed for each user password. It is possible to provide a used patent information management table corresponding to the used book name management table of the above embodiment, which has columns such as numbers, and perform search and display.

This method of searching and viewing classified patent information can be used to search not only patent information but also technical information that has been classified and edited by technical field.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which documents, drawings, etc. are stored in an optical disk device and the document is viewed, but the use of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

It goes without saying that the information processing apparatus for specifying reusable pages and "bookmarks" according to the present invention can be used in workstations or other information processing apparatuses that perform program and image processing work.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention stores the address of the specified reuse page by specifying the reuse page while using the information processing device, and instructs the use of the specified reuse page at the time of reuse. By doing this, you can automatically display the reusable pages that you have specified so far, so you can change the page by -page or store reusable pages separately and specify and display the reusable pages. It is possible to eliminate annoyance and improve the convenience of the user. Furthermore, since a necessary page can be immediately searched and displayed, work efficiency can be improved.

Furthermore, the present invention also stores multiple addresses at the time when the use of the information processing device ends, and when the information processing device is used again, the information from the last time the device was ended can be automatically displayed. You can also start viewing documents from where you left off the previous time, which is convenient for users, and you can immediately resume work on the information processing device, which has the effect of increasing work efficiency. be.

Furthermore, in the case of searching for documents such as technical information that requires a rough search browsing first and then careful reading later, it is possible to specify the pages that require careful reading during the rough search browsing, and then reuse designated pages. By carefully reading the information later, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the search, and to perform a search in which the information to be searched is carefully read and carefully considered.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an example of the book name management table used in the embodiment. FIG. 3 is an example of how the book name management table used in the embodiment is used. FIG. 4 is an example of the reuse page management table of the embodiment. FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the reuse page management table according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the reuse page designation operation of the embodiment device. Figure 7 is an example of the screen display of Figure 6. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the reuse designated page usage operation of the embodiment device. Figure 9 is an example of the screen display of Figure 8. FIG. 10 shows an example of how the application page management table can be used. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the final specified page usage operation of the applied example device. FIG. 12 is an example of the screen display of FIG. 11. 1...Central processing unit (CPU), 2...Memory,
3... Input/output section, 4... Keyboard, 5... Auxiliary memory, 6... Display control section, 7... Display,
8...Memory control unit, 9...External memory, 10...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an information processing device equipped with a display device for displaying information and an operation keyboard, an identification name of information used by a user and reuse of the information accessed from the operation keyboard. An information processing device comprising a storage device that stores a plurality of designated addresses. 2. The storage device has a memory area that stores the user's identification symbol, and in this memory area, the identification name of the information used by the user and the reuse designation of the information accessed from the operation keyboard. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a table storing a plurality of addresses. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the user identification symbol is a password, and the information identification name stored in the table is a document name. 4. The information processing device is used as a search display terminal device that displays documents in the electronic library, and the storage device stores the user's password, the document name corresponding to the password, and the user's specified reuse information. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein addresses of a plurality of pages are stored. 5. Claims 1 to 4, wherein the storage device is a nonvolatile memory.
The information processing device according to any one of. 6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is a word processor, and the document file of the storage device is provided with a storage column for storing addresses indicating a plurality of pages designated for reuse of the document. . 7. The storage device is configured to store the designated address in the storage column when there is a designation to store the address in the storage column for storing the designated reuse page address. The information processing device described. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus searches and displays documents edited by classification of technical field. 9. In the information display method of an information processing device that redisplays the information being used during or after using the information processing device, when a page that you want to reuse is specified while the information processing device is in use, The identification symbol of the information and the working address are memorized, and when the information processing device is restarted or there is an instruction to display it again, the identification symbol of the information is inputted. Read the information of the above address corresponding to
An information display method for an information processing device, characterized in that information on a page designated for reuse is displayed.