JPH02287877A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently retrieve necessary literature by providing a second recorder for storing literature information forming a pair with image information, and a third recorder for retrieving the literature information for satisfying at least a part of retrieval information from a second recorder and storing a result of this retrieval and the retrieval information as retrieval history information. CONSTITUTION:Literature information forming a pair with image information stored in a first recorder 2 is stored in a second recorder 4, the literature information for satisfying at least a part of a condition shown by retrieval information is retrieved from a second recorder 4 as a result of retrieval, and a result of this retrieval and the retrieval information are stored as retrieval history information in a third recorder 7. Therefore, at the time of retrieving new image information, first of all, at the time of setting the retrieval information required for the retrieval, the retrieval information related to the retrieval of the image information in the past can be referred to. Accordingly, it becomes unnecessary to generate newly retrieval information for itself, and the retrieval information can be set by utilizing the retrieval history information in the past. In such a way, necessary literature can be retrieved and extracted efficiently.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a data processing device for filing documents and searching for a desired document from a plurality of filed documents.

[Prior art] When trying to find out about earlier patent applications for inventions and devices, such as published patent publications, published utility model publications, published patent publications, published utility model publications, etc., and trends in new technology, literature searches are conducted. . Conventionally, the following methods have been used to efficiently conduct this type of investigation. In other words, methods are used to attach multiple keywords to technical documents based on the content of the documents to be filed, to create a summary of the technical documents, and to electronically file the technical documents, keywords, and summary. Ta. Then, search for the desired document from among the multiple filed documents.

When extracting documents, a microcomputer is used to search for documents with keywords that match keywords related to the desired document, and the summary text attached to the searched document is referenced to confirm that the document is the required document. I was deciding whether or not.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] ``Two-color conventional means searches for documents that match keywords related to the desired document. If this is entered, a huge amount of literature will be searched. Therefore, there was a problem in that it took a lot of time and effort to extract the necessary documents from the searched documents. On the other hand, when the number of keywords is small, the amount of documents to be searched is small, and there is a problem that necessary documents are not retrieved. Furthermore, the results of searched documents were compiled into a list or copies of the searched documents were filed into files, but as the number of searches increased, the amount of lists and files increased. A problem arises in that it becomes difficult to store and manage files and the like.

As mentioned above, the time and effort required to search for the desired documents is enormous, and there are various problems such as duplicate searches such as re-searching with keywords, mistakes in setting keywords related to the desired documents, etc. There were issues that needed to be improved.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a data processing device that can efficiently search and extract required documents.

[Means for solving the problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the purpose, the following measures were taken. That is, an input device for inputting image information, a first recording device for recording and storing the image information input by this human-powered device, and an operating keyboard with a display function and for inputting bibliographic information and search information. a second recording device that records and stores the document information that is paired with the image information stored in the first recording device; and a hard copy output device that can output images. ,
A control device that controls each of these devices and searches a second recording device for literature information that satisfies at least a part of the search information as a search result, and a search history that records the search results performed by this control device and the search information. and a third recording device for recording and storing information.

[Function] 11) By taking the above measures, the following effects are achieved. That is, literature information that is paired with the image information stored in the first recording device is stored in the second recording device, and literature information that satisfies at least part of the conditions indicated by the search information is retrieved as a search result. A search is performed from the second recording device, and the search results and the search information are stored in the third recording device as search history information. Therefore, when searching for new image information, first, when setting the search information necessary for the search, it is possible to refer to search information related to searches for past image information. Therefore, there is no need to create new search information by oneself, and search information can be set using past search history information.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The data processing device is an image human power device 1 that inputs image information.
, a first recording device (optical disk device) 2 that records and stores image information input to the image input device 1, and a first recording device (optical disk device) 2 having a display function and document information.

An input/output device 3 having an operation keyboard for inputting information such as search information, and a second recorder for recording and storing bibliographic information paired with the image information stored in the first recording device 2. a device (magnetic disk device) 4, a hard copy output device 5 capable of outputting image output, and a control device that controls each of these devices and searches the second recording device 4 for literature information that at least satisfies the search information. 6, a third recording device (optical disk device) 7 that records and stores search results and search conditions performed by this control device 6 as a search history, and an image input device 1. First recording device 2. Hard copy 5. I10 ink capable of transferring information at high speed between each of the third recording devices 7 and the control device 6.
It is composed of a face bus 8.

The image input device 1 optically reads texts, drawings, etc., converts them into electrical signals, and outputs them as image information IDI. 1st
The recording device 2 exchanges the digitalized image information ID2. with the control device 6. It is a large-capacity device that can send and receive literature information IFI and record, reproduce, and erase image information ID2 literature information IFI relatively quickly. Specifically, as this first recording device 2, an optical disk device is used. The input/output device 3 includes a high-resolution CRT display capable of displaying graphics that displays an image corresponding to the image information ID2 inputted from the control device 6, and an operator inputting literature information IFI, search information, etc. to the control device 6 F2. It consists of a keyboard KB for inputting information. The second recording device 4 is capable of high-speed recording and high-speed reproduction of the search information IFI, and specifically uses a fixed magnetic disk device. The hard copy output device 5 receives an image signal from the control device 6, forms an image on paper according to this signal, and outputs the image. The control device 6 mainly controls the operation of each device, and includes a ROM10. Work memory 1] 1
Image memory] Consists of a 2° microcomputer 13.

The third recording device 7 records the encoded search/extraction result information IF and image information ID2 at relatively high speed.

It is a large-capacity device that can reproduce and/or erase data, and specifically uses an optical disk device.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing information stored in the first recording device 2 and the second recording device 4. As shown in FIG.

Documents such as patent publications, patent publications, utility model publications, utility model publications, etc. are optically read as images by the image input device 1. Image information IDI corresponding to this image is sent to the control device 6. At this time, the operator uses the keyboard KB of the input/output device 3 to input information related to the document, such as technical classification, applicant, application number, application date, publication number, publication date, publication number, publication date, registration number, name,
Registration date.

Specific information consisting of keywords regarding the content of the document and a summary of the document are input as document information IFI.

As shown in the figure, the control device 6 first stores the digitized image information IDI in the first recording device 2, and adds the address of this image information ID2 to the last part of the document information IF1, and records the document. The information IFI is stored in the first recording device 2 and the second recording device 4. At this time, the literature information IF1 and the image information IDI of the first recording device 2 are stored in separate areas.

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing the operating procedure of the microcomputer related to literature search in the data processing device. Hereinafter, a detailed explanation of the document search procedure performed by the data processing device will be given with reference to flowcharts.

When the data processing device is activated to search and process documents (31), first the CRT display screen is cleared (S2). When the operator inputs a command (s3), a display asking whether to select a single search, multiple searches, or history search is displayed on the CRT display.

Single search means specifying specific conditions specific to the desired document, such as application number, publication number, or publication number, as the search condition for the -next search specification item, and searching for documents that match this search condition. 1 from the optical disk device 2,
This is a search process that displays the contents of this document on a CRT display.

Multiple searches refer to the following processes ① and ②.

■Search name, search criteria, and search conditions related to the required document search, such as technical classification, application date, and publication address.

Search information IF2 consisting of publication date, public notice date, registration date, keywords, etc. is set and input using the keyboard KB. By this input, a document that matches at least a part of the search information IF2 is searched, and a summary of this document is displayed on the CRT display.

(2) The operator determines whether the document information is the desired document by checking the information (abstract, etc.) regarding the same document as the desired document displayed on the CRT display. After the operator completes all of the confirmation work, the search information IP2.
Image information ID2° Search results (literature information of searched documents) are stored in the third recording device 7.

History search is search information IF of multiple searches performed in the past.
2. Manage search results comprehensively. That is, when a new search is required, the history of past searches is first read from the third recording device 7, and the search conditions for the new search include (or are the same as) the search conditions set during the past document search. ), the document is searched for using different search conditions (past search condition and new search condition), and this search result is combined with the search history. This makes it possible to efficiently search and extract documents.

The operator uses the keyboard KB to select whether to search for the desired document using a single search, multiple searches, or history search.
Set (S4).

When a single search is set (S5), the operator selects information unique to the desired document, that is, specific information, using the cursor K.
Enter at B. The control unit 6 searches the first recording device 2 for literature information IFI that matches the specific information (S7). Then, from the address of the searched literature information IF1, image information I
Read D2, display it on the CRT display, and (S8
), the single search process ends (S9).

When multiple searches are set by selecting a search menu (S4), a multiple search is started via a search determination unit (S5, 5IO).

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents displayed on the CRT display when performing multiple searches.

The operator sets search information IF2 such as the search name displayed on the CRT display, the search purpose, and the search conditions for the primary search specified items using the keyboard KB (Sll).
. The control device 6 searches the second recording device 4 for document information IFI that replaces at least a part of the set search information IF2 (512), and retrieves the search result, that is, the document information IFI of the searched document. is displayed on the A-A dosimeter in Figure 4. The displayed contents include, for example, the publication number,
Publication No., applicant, filing date, 2 names (patent, utility model).

There are multiple sets, each containing a summary sentence. Here, if the document unrelated to the document requested by the operator] 2 is displayed on the CRT display, that is, when it is determined that the search conditions need to be reset (S14), the search The conditions are reset (811).

If it is determined that there is no need to reset the search conditions (314
), the information paired with the displayed search results, that is, the first
The image information ID2 (specification statement) stored in the recording device 2 is sequentially displayed on the CRT display (S15,8
113). Thereby, it is possible to reliably determine whether the search result is necessary or not. Then, if the operator determines that the image information ID2 (specification) displayed on the CRT display is not the required document,
The literature information IFI regarding this document is deleted from the work memory]1 of the control device 6 (SI8). Furthermore, if it is determined that the document is the specification displayed on the CRT display or the required document (S17), deletion processing (818) is performed, and the process proceeds to the judgment processing section (S19) to determine whether or not the search is complete. . Then, it is determined whether or not all of the retrieved literature information IFI is required (815-819).
, obtain the final search/extraction results. Further, at this time, the operator can output the image information ID2 of the desired document from the hard copy output device 5 by operating the input/output device 3.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing information stored in the second recording device 4 and the third recording device 7. As shown in FIG.

The final search/extraction results obtained through multiple searches, that is, the search name, search purpose 2 search conditions, and literature information IFI of the retrieved documents, are stored in the work memory 11 of the control device 6 as search results/extraction information IF. It is stored as .

Then, the control device 6 reads image information ID2 that is paired with the search result stored in the work memory 11 from the first recording device 2, and transfers this image information ID2 to the third recording device 7.
Store in. At this time, the address where the image information ID2 is stored is added to the end of the search/extraction result information IF and then stored in the third recording device 7. Therefore, each time multiple searches are executed, search/extraction result information IF is additionally recorded in the third recording device 7, and a search history list is formed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a search history list displayed on a CRT display.

The history search will be explained below.

When history search is specified in the search menu selection (S4),
Single search, multiple searches, history search judgment unit (S5810.5
30), the history search is started.

When performing a history search, the control device 6 uses the third recording device 7
The search/extraction result information IF stored in the CRT is read into the work memory 11, and the search history list is
It is displayed on the display (S31). This search history list includes a plurality of sets of past searches, each including a search name, search 1 target, primary search designation items set at the time of search, number of matching search results, search handler, person in charge, etc. Here, the operator should consider the content for each displayed search number53.
2), Search/extraction result information IF corresponding to this search number
(Fig. 4) is displayed on the CRT display. In response to this, the control device 6 displays the search/extraction results stored in the third recording device 7 on the CRT display (333) c At this time, the contents of the displayed search/extraction results are updated. or whether to perform a new search using the search/extraction result information IF (S34).

[When updating the search history is selected and specified (S34) The work memory 11 of the J control device 6 stores search/extraction result information IF.

(2) When expired information is mixed among a plurality of search results displayed on the CRT display, the operator operates the keyboard KB to delete the expired search results. This causes the control device 6 to switch to the third recording device 7.
At least the search/extraction result information IF stored in the search/extraction result information IF is deleted.

At this time, if a magneto-optical disk device is used as the third recording device 7, the image information ID2 is also erased.

■If you need to change the search results, i.e. public N
o, to the announcement number, the operator operates the keyboard KB to change the search results in the work memory 11, and records the changed content in the third recording device 7.
Restore to .

■Primary designation J(i) displayed on the CRT display
If it is necessary to search for documents by specifying a period that includes the specified period of application, publication date, and publication date, and is longer than the specified period, specifying the period to be added allows the control unit to 6 performs the second search again, and then adds the search results increased by the second search to the search results of the search/extraction result IF stored in the work memory 11. Similarly, the image information ID2 increased by the second search is stored in the image memory 13. After that, the image information ID2 stored in the image memory 13 is stored in the third recording device 7,
The address of this image information ID2 is written to the end of the search/extraction result information IF in the work memory 11, and the search/extraction image information IF is stored in the third recording device 7.

``When selecting and specifying a new search to use the search history (S34) J The operator selects each item (search name, search purpose) of the search history displayed on the CRT display.

- By referring to the search conditions (search conditions) in the next search specification item L1, it is checked whether a search similar to or the same as the conditions for searching the searched document has been performed, and more detailed information, such as search/ The extraction result information IF (shown in the fourth diagram) and the like are displayed on the CRT display (S37). When determining the search conditions for the primary search specification items to be specified when searching for the desired literature, refer to the past search/extraction result information IF and the search conditions for the primary extraction specification items (
838). For example, when searching for documents using a search condition that is a search condition that has been added to a previous search condition, search for documents using conditions other than search conditions that overlap with the search conditions that have been used in the past. The desired literature is found by combining the search results with past search results. In addition, it is possible to avoid searching for documents by specifying the same search conditions as those used in the past, and to specify the search conditions for the most appropriate primary search specification items in order to extract the desired documents. can. After specifying the search conditions, the control device 6 performs the multiple search process (S12) and subsequent processes.

Therefore, the search conditions and search results set when searching for documents are automatically recorded. Therefore, search conditions to be set when searching for a desired document can be set with reference to the search history list. Therefore, it is possible to set reliable search conditions to obtain the desired documents.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. For example, when recording only the edge information ID in the first recording device 2, the address of the image information ID2 stored in the first recording device 2- is added to the end of the document information IFI, and this document information I′ F] may be stored in the second recording device 4. Further, in the above embodiment, the search history information is stored in the third recording device 7, but it may be further recorded in the second recording device. In addition, the search/extraction result information IF and image information ID2 were stored in the third recording device 7;
Only the search/extraction result IF may be stored.

Further, by providing the above-described data processing device with a device and an interface for receiving a character-copied signal, data other than image information can be filed. It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, there is provided an input device for inputting image information, and an input device for recording and storing both edge information manually input by this human-powered device.
an input/output device having a display function and an operating keyboard for inputting literature information and search information; and the literature information paired with the image information stored in the first recording device. a second recording device that records and stores images; a hard copy output device that can output image output; Since the control device searches from the third recording device, and the search results performed by the control unit and the search information are recorded in the third recording device as search history information, it is possible to efficiently search for desired documents.
A data processing device capable of extraction can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 6 are diagrams showing a data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the configuration of the device, and FIG. 2 shows a first recording device and a second recording device. A schematic diagram showing the relationship between the data held by the device and the control device. Figure 3 is a flow diagram showing the operating procedure of the microcomputer related to literature search of the device. Figure 4 is the display on the CRT display when performing multiple searches. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the information stored in the second recording device and the third recording device, FIG.
The figure shows a search history list displayed on a CRT display. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Image human power device, 2... First recording device (optical disk device), 3... Input/output device, 4... Second recording device (fixed magnetic disk device), 5... -Hard copy output device, 6...control device, 7...'th recording device (optical disk device), 8...I10 interface bus, ]0...ROM, 1.1... - Work memory, 12... Image memory, 13... Microcomputer. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Atsushi Tsuboi

Claims (1)

[Claims] It has an input device for inputting image information, a first recording device for recording and storing the image information input by the input device, and an operation keyboard having a display function and for inputting literature information and search information. an input/output device, a second recording device that records and stores the document information that is paired with the image information stored in the first recording device, a hard copy output device that can output images; a control device that controls each device and searches a second recording device for literature information that satisfies at least part of the search information as a search result;
A data processing device comprising: a third recording device that records and stores the search results performed by the control device and the search information as search history information.