JPH0581322A - Output processing method for specific object of retrieving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently search target data from a large quantity of data in which all objects related to a retrieval are outputted as a table by giving discriminating information for showing conformity to the object of an item conforming to a retrieval condition. CONSTITUTION:When discriminating information such as a retrieval condition, a color, netting, a pattern, etc., is set by using a keyboard 1, a processor 8 registers these setting conditions in a setting buffer 2. Also, a data group related to the retrieval is copied to a display buffer 4 from a data base 3. Subsequently, a display condition generating part 16 generates a display condition 17, based on display data stored in the display buffer 4. The processor 8 extracts a designated color, netting, a color, etc., from a pattern buffer 6, based on a display condition 17, synthesizes them in a prescribed position of the display buffer 4, and outputs the synthesized display contents 19 to a display device 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information output processing method in an electronic file system or a database system, and is particularly suitable for efficiently displaying information matching a search condition and facilitating a search operation. The present invention relates to an output processing method for a specific target of a simple search system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In electronic files and database systems, search is the main processing content, and the display, which is an output device, makes it easy for the operator to see the search results, that is, the contents can be understood at a glance. It is desirable to be displayed in. Therefore, in the conventional search operation, for example, “Ricoh Optical Filing System RIFILE 6000 SYSTEM” issued by Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Operation Manual Reference, "pages 177 to 24
As described on page 9, only the objects matching the search conditions were extracted and displayed.

However, for example, in the case of a train timetable, it is sometimes desired to display not only the objects that match the search conditions but also the objects that do not meet the search conditions. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of output from a database of train timetables. The data associated with each item of the driving date, train name, departure time, destination, arrival time, and vacancy status are arranged in a list in ascending order of departure time. In the database output in this way,
For example, if the driving day is specified as a holiday target, that is,
If the search condition is "operating day = holiday",
Eight targets of data numbers “5 to 7, 9, 10, 25, 33, 34” are extracted and output. By this,
The operator can understand the search result at a glance. Furthermore, by adding a search condition as "vacant seat status = vacant seat available", the output of the search result can be narrowed down to only the data numbers "5 and 6". However, in actual operation, for example, the target may be specified under the first, second, and third desired conditions. In this way, if the output is narrowed down, other train information will be displayed. I can't see it, which is inconvenient.

In the case where data is displayed and output on the display, if the screen size of the display is small and the number of items is large, it is not possible to display all the information on the display at once. Therefore, it is necessary to scroll the display screen horizontally by the scroll processing. In this case, the appropriate scroll speed differs depending on the search content and the operator's skill level, and the burden of scrolling becomes a burden.

Further, in a display capable of color display, if the train schedule is displayed in a list on the full screen, it takes time for the user to decipher, and therefore specific characters are displayed in color. There is something to do. However, it is generally the title or item that specifies the color of the character, and it is not useful for detecting the data itself.

Further, in a system for displaying character data and image information at the same time, the image information alone occupies more than half of the display screen, the display amount of character data is small, and the search operability is further deteriorated. Will end up. For example, it is difficult to simultaneously display a list of search items and image information.

[0007]

The problem to be solved by the prior art is that in the prior art, when the target is specified, for example, when the data is detected by the conditional search, the character information or data specified and output is specified. The items are too limited to obtain the necessary information, and it is impossible to compare with other character information or data items that do not match the search condition, for example. The object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art, and to make it possible to efficiently search for the target data from a large amount of data in which all the objects involved in the search are output in a list, and to improve the performance of the search system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a specific target output processing method of a search system, which makes it possible to improve

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, an output processing method for a specific target of a search system according to the present invention is (1) based on an input search condition, a target of an item that matches the search condition. In the output processing method of the specific target of the search system for specifying and outputting, the identification information indicating the matching with the search condition is given to the target of the item that matches the search condition, and the other items that do not match the search condition are added. It is characterized in that a list is output together with the target. In addition, (2) in the output processing method of the specific target of the search system that specifies and outputs the target that is associated with a plurality of items and is made into a database based on the input search conditions, It is characterized in that identification information indicating the matching of the search condition is added to the matching target and the list is output together with other targets that do not match the search condition. Further, (3) in the output processing method of the specific target of the search system according to (1) or (2) above, the identification information indicating the match with the search condition is the target that matches the search condition. Is added to items other than the items specified in this search condition, and the items specified in this search condition are excluded from the list.

[0009]

In the present invention, the object that matches the search condition,
For example, color, shading, or a pattern is added to the character data, and the character data is output as a list together with other character data that does not match the search condition. In this way, by adding the identification information of the non-specific target to the specific target, the user can select the desired character from the large amount of character data printed out or displayed on the screen. The data can be easily searched. Further, by adding the identification information indicating the match with the search condition to the character data of the items other than the search item, it is not necessary to output the character data in the search item column, and the number of items in the list can be reduced.
As a result, it is possible to reduce the load of the horizontal scroll operation on the display device having a small screen.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the configuration of an information search system for implementing an output processing method for a specific object of the search system of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a keyboard for the user to set the data, 2 is the setting data input through the keyboard 1, colors, shading,
A setting buffer for storing the display condition of the pattern, 3 is a database for storing the data shown in FIG.
Is a display buffer that stores the contents to be displayed and output.
Is a working buffer that stores the number of a data group having data that matches the search condition, 6 is a pattern buffer that stores a color, a halftone pattern, and a pattern that are identification information of the present invention, and a code indicating the pattern, 7 Reference numeral 8 is a display device for displaying and outputting the search result, and reference numeral 8 is a processing device for performing the output processing of the specific object according to the present invention. Then, in the processor 8, 9 is setting data transferred from the keyboard 1 to the setting buffer 2, 10 is search data of the search condition set by the keyboard 1, and 11 is a search based on the search data 10. The processing unit 12 is a data group number extracted based on the search result of the search processing unit 11, and 13
Is a data item indicating an item to be displayed or searched, 14 is display position information of the display data stored in the display buffer 4, and 15 is set by the keyboard 1 and stored in the setting buffer 2. Identification information such as the color, shade, pattern, etc., 16 is the display position information 14 and the identification information 15
The display condition creating unit 18 creates display conditions 17 such as colors, shading, and patterns based on the display conditions 17 based on the display conditions 17, and the display identification information extracted from the pattern buffer 6 is displayed. Reference numeral 19 is a display content in which the data group stored in the display buffer 4 and the display identification information 18 are combined. The operation until the display content 19 is generated and displayed on the display device 7 will be described below.

When the user uses the keyboard 1 to set the search conditions and the identification information of the present invention, the processing device 8
Registers these setting data 9 in the setting buffer 2. The setting data 9 includes types of colors, shading, patterns, etc., data items (display data items) for display of colors, shading, patterns, etc., and data items for search (search). Data item) and the search data contained in the search data item column as the search condition data. For example, in the database corresponding to FIG. 12, “driving date” is set as the display data item, and “holiday” is set as the search data. The processing device 8 copies the data group related to the search from the database 3 to the display buffer 4 based on the information of the data item 13. Then, the search processing unit 11 of the processing device 8 performs a conditional search based on the search data 10 of the setting data 9 stored in the setting buffer 2, and if there is data that matches the search data among the search data items, The data group number 12 to which the data belongs is registered in the work buffer 5. For example, in the database corresponding to FIG. 12, as the data group number 12 having the data matching the search data “holiday”, “5 to 7, 9, 10, 25, 33,
34 ”are retrieved and registered. Next, the processing device 8
The display condition creation unit 16 of the display position information 14 of the display data stored in the display buffer 4 and the identification information 15 such as colors, shades, and patterns stored in the setting buffer 2
Based on and, display conditions 17 for colors, halftones, and patterns are created. The content of the display condition is, for example, a display start point and a display range indicating a display position relative to the display on the display device 7, and a code indicating a type. The display condition creating unit 16 changes the display condition created in this way into
If necessary, it is registered in the setting buffer 2. Then, the processing device 8 displays the display condition 1 created by the display condition creating unit 16.
7, the specified color from the pattern buffer 6,
Screening, patterns, etc. are extracted and combined at a predetermined position of the contents in the display buffer 4, and the combined display contents 19
Is output to the display device 7. The display content 19 output in this way is as the display content of FIG.
It is displayed on the screen of the display device 7.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a first example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. The present embodiment is the display content when the user sets "driving date" as the display data item and "holiday" as the search data in the information retrieval system of Fig. 1, and the "driving date" is " The character data 20 to 27, which is “holiday”, is displayed in a shaded manner. As a result, the user can easily find the data of the desired condition in the list display of all cases. In this way, the search results are displayed in a list together with the data that does not match the search condition, so that the user can refer to other data outside the search condition as a second request, for example. it can.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the structure of the data stored in the database shown in FIG. The database of this embodiment has data items A, B,
C ..., "driving date", "train name" in FIG.
“Departure time” ... Corresponds to, for example, in the data group 28 of the data group number “1”, the data item A
The data (A-1) of ("driving date") is "every day", the data (B-1) of data item B ("train name") is "First Sagami", and the data item C (""700" corresponds to the data (C-1) of "departure time". Search condition (holiday) for data item A by the user
1 is set, the processing device 8 of FIG. 1 determines that the data group number “1” does not match the search condition, but if the search condition (every day) is set, the processing group 8 matches the search condition. Identification information such as colors, halftone dots, patterns, etc. is added according to the present invention.

The processing operation of the information retrieval system of FIG. 1 according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the setting data input processing operation according to the present invention of the information retrieval system in FIG. First, a window for input operation is opened, that is, a screen for input operation is displayed (step 101). When the input of the setting data from the user is completed (steps 102 and 103) and the instruction to execute the registration process is input (step 104), it is determined whether the input setting data is valid or invalid (step 105), and the setting data is invalid. If so, the process returns to step 102 to wait for re-input from the user, and if valid, the setting data is registered in the setting buffer 2 in FIG. 1 (step 106), and the window for input operation is closed. Processing ends (step 10)
7). When the input of the setting data is completed in this way, the information search system of FIG. 1 then performs a condition search process.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the condition retrieval processing operation of the information retrieval system in FIG. 1 according to the present invention. Database 3 (D
The data groups in B) are copied one by one to the display buffer 4 in FIG. 1 (step 201). The number (n) of search data is set (step 202), and the following processing is repeated until the number of search data becomes "0" (step 203). First, the total number of data groups (m) is set (step 204), and if the total number of data groups is not "0" (step 205) and there is data that matches the search data (step 206), this The data group number is registered in the work buffer 5 of FIG. 1 (step 207). Then, the remaining number (m) of the data groups is reduced by one (step 208), and step 2
Returning to 05, it is confirmed that the search data matches the next data group. In step 205, when the confirmation processing with the search data for all the data groups is completed, the remaining number (n) of the search data is reduced by one (step 209), the process returns to step 203, and the search for the next search data is performed. Perform processing. When the search process for all the search data is completed in this way, the information search system of FIG. 1 then performs a display content creation process.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the display content creation processing operation according to the present invention of the information retrieval system in FIG. Set the total number (i) of data groups detected by the above search processing (step 3
01) until the total number (i) of the data groups becomes "0" (step 302), the following display condition creation processing is repeated. First, the color, the shading, the display starting point of the pattern, and the range are determined (step 303). next,
The codes of colors, shading, and pattern types are detected (step 304), and the information is stored in the setting buffer 2 of FIG.
(Step 305). Then, the remaining number (i) of the data group is reduced by one (step 30
6) Then, the process returns to step 302, and the display condition is similarly created for the next data group. When the display condition creation processing for all data groups is completed in step 302, the number of display conditions (j) is set (step 307), and the total number of display conditions (j) becomes "0". Until (step 308), the following color, halftone, and pattern forming processes are repeated. First, set the total number (k) of the created setting conditions (step 30
9) If the remaining number (k) of setting conditions is not "0" (step 310), color, halftone, and pattern are combined at a predetermined position of the contents of the display buffer based on the setting conditions (step 311). ). Then, the remaining number (k) of setting conditions is reduced by one (step 312), and step 31
The process returns to 0 and the process based on the next setting condition is repeated. When all the setting conditions have been processed in step 310, the number of display conditions (j) is decreased by one (step 31
3) Create colors, shades, and patterns under the following display conditions. The display contents created in this way are shown in FIG.
The information retrieval system of 1 outputs to the display device 7 of FIG.

The processing shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described below with reference to a concrete example. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a second example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. In this embodiment, in the information retrieval system of FIG.
The processing result when the data item input to the search data item is different is shown. Based on the same database corresponding to the result shown in FIG. 2, the search data item and the data belonging thereto are not displayed as a list but are displayed as a list. In the display area in front of,
Identification information such as shading and patterns and search data items corresponding to the identification information are displayed in association with each other. That is, in this figure, the search data items of “driving today” on Friday and “today are full” and the identification information indicating that they match the search conditions of the respective search data items are “train name”, "Departure time", "Destination",
Also, it is displayed before the list display including "arrival time". Further, each piece of identification information is added to the data of other search data items. For example,
Search data items for "train name", "1st Sagami" and 1st
Each piece of data such as "Enoshima" is given identification information indicating that it matches the search condition of the "Today's driving" search data item, and "Gotemba" and "Odawara" search data items of "Destination" are added. Identification data indicating that the search condition of the search data item "full today" is met is added to each data such as "." By displaying in this manner, the user can easily detect a train that is currently driving and is full. In this embodiment, it is not necessary to display the data items of "driving date" and "vacant seat status", and the display area is small.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a third example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. This embodiment shows an example of display of search processing results when the user sets four search data items for each search data item in the information search system shown in FIG. That is, the display items have the same number of "train name", "departure time", "destination", and "arrival time", but the search condition of the search data item "driving date" is "every day (today)".
The four conditions of "driving", "driving today", "driving tomorrow", and "holiday driving", and the search conditions for the search data item "vacancy status" are "3 days full", "full today", and "full tomorrow". ,
It consists of four cases of "holiday full", and more information is displayed in the same display screen area. This allows the user to review the information from various perspectives.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a first embodiment of the data setting screen according to the present invention of the information retrieval system in FIG. The present embodiment shows a data setting screen for obtaining the display contents in FIGS. 7 and 8, and FIG.
(A) is an initial screen, which includes a setting table 29 column for specifying the setting operation identification, a document name data 30 column for specifying a database to be searched, a condition target item 31 column for specifying a data item of a search condition, and identification information. It is composed of a display target item 32 column for designating a data item to be displayed by adding, a display color / pattern 33 column for designating the type of identification information, and a condition data 34 column for designating a search condition. FIG. 9 (b),
In (c), the actual input is shown in FIG.
In (b), “setting table A-1” is set in the setting table 29 column, “romance car” is set in the document name data 30 column, “driving date” is set in the condition target item 31 column, and display target item 32 column is set. Is the "train name", the display color / pattern 33 is "Pattern A", and the condition data 34 is "Today".
However, in addition, in FIG. 9C, "setting table A-
2 ”,“ romance car ”,“ vacancy status ”,“ destination ”,
"Pattern B" and "Today full" are set. With such a setting, the information retrieval system of FIG. 1 outputs the display content shown in FIG. Furthermore, FIG.
In (d) and (e), the display color / pattern 33 column,
Also, four data items are set in each of the condition data 34 columns, and based on this setting, the information search system of FIG. 1 outputs the display content shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the setting process is performed by changing the setting table for each of the condition target item 31 and the display target item 32, but as described below, the setting process is performed while changing each item in one setting table. May be done.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a second embodiment of the data setting screen according to the present invention of the information retrieval system in FIG. This embodiment shows a data setting screen for obtaining the display contents in FIGS. 7 and 8, and in particular,
A single setting table sets a plurality of conditions. As shown in the initial screen of FIG. 10A, in the setting table of the present embodiment, the setting table 35 column for specifying the setting operation, the document name data 36 column for specifying the database to be searched, and the first search condition Condition target item A37 column for specifying a data item,
Display target item A38 column for specifying data items to be displayed with identification information, display color for specifying the type of identification information
Pattern A39 column, condition data A4 designating search conditions
0 column, a condition target item B41 column for designating the data item of the next search condition, a display target item B42 column for designating a data item to be displayed with identification information added, a display color for designating the type of identification information. It is composed of a pattern B43 column and a condition data B44 column for specifying a search condition. still,
In the display color / pattern A39 column and the condition data A40 column, and in the display color / pattern B43 column and the condition data B44 column, the condition target item A37 column and the display target item A, respectively.
A plurality of columns can be set in correspondence with the column 38, the condition target item B41 column, and the display target item B42 column. As shown in FIG. 10B, the actual setting is “setting table B” in the setting table A35 column, “romance car” in the document name data A36 column, and “driving date” in the condition target item A37 column. "
However, in the display target item A38 column, "train name" is displayed
In the pattern A39 column, “Pattern A” is the condition data A
In the 40th column, "Today's driving" is displayed, and the next condition target item B
In the 41st column, "vacant seat information", in the display target item B42 column, "Destination", in the display color / pattern B43 column, "Pattern B", and in the condition data B44 column, "Today full"
Is set. With such a setting, the information retrieval system of FIG. 1 outputs the display content shown in FIG. Further, in FIG. 10C, the display color / pattern A3
In the 9th column and the condition data A40 column, and in the display color / pattern B43 column and the condition data B44 column, four data are respectively set. That is, in the display color / pattern A39 column, "pattern A", "pattern B",
“Pattern C” and “Pattern D” are the condition data A40.
In the column, “everyday driving” corresponds to “pattern A” in the display color / pattern A39 column, and similarly, “today driving” corresponds to “pattern B” and “today” corresponding to “pattern C”. "Holiday operation" is associated with "Tomorrow operation" and "Pattern D", and "Pattern A", "Pattern E", "Pattern C", and "Pattern F" are displayed in the display color / pattern B43 column. In the condition data B44 column, "3 days full" corresponding to "pattern A" in the display color / pattern B43 column, and similarly "full today" and "pattern C" corresponding to "pattern E". Correspondingly, "Tomorrow is full" and "Pattern F" is set to "Holiday full". Based on this setting, the information search system of FIG. 1 outputs the display content shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a fourth example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. In the present embodiment, various information is displayed beside the list display area 45, and as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, an empty space obtained by deleting the search data item and the data belonging thereto. Is an area large enough to display other information. In this way, in the empty space,
Since other information is entered, the amount of information is further increased.
That is, in FIG. 11A, the list display area 45
7 or 8 will be displayed on the screen, and in the empty space, "Guide to the halfway stop" for each train will be displayed.
46 is displayed. The user can simultaneously refer to the information on the empty space (stop station) and the list (train schedule) in the list display area 45, and select the desired train.
It can be easily identified. Further, in FIG. 11B, image information (romance car) 47 showing the appearance of the train is displayed in the vacant space, and the user can specify the train that the user desires to board. Then, in FIG. 11C, the setting table 48 shown in FIG. 9 or 10 is displayed in the empty space. In this way, by displaying the setting table and the list at the same time, the user can input and update the setting data while looking at the list, so that the setting operation can be simplified and the convenience can be improved. ..

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11, in the output processing method of the specific target of the search system of the present embodiment, the target matching the search condition is displayed in the list display of all the targets related to the search. Identification information such as color, shading, and pattern is added and highlighted. In this way, by making the processing such as coloring useful for detecting the data itself, the user can easily and quickly detect the specific object, and the conventional operation is performed separately. Further, the list display and the condition search display work can be performed at the same time, and the operation of the database and the like can be simplified and convenient. Furthermore, by adding the identification information to the items other than the search items, the number of items to be displayed can be reduced, and more information can be represented by displaying a small area. This eliminates the burden of scrolling operations. Then, it is also possible to display related image information and the like in the remaining display area to apply the search result in a higher degree. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. For example, the present invention can be applied to a system having a general file structure instead of a database. Further, instead of the display device, a printer may be used to print out a list.

[0023]

According to the present invention, since identification information such as color, shading, and pattern is given to a specific object that matches the search condition, even if all objects related to the search are output as a list,
The user can easily detect the target object of interest, and by adding the identification information to the items outside the search, the number of output items can be reduced and the space of the list can be reduced. It is possible to improve the performance of the search system.

[0024]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of an information search system for implementing an output processing method for a specific target of the search system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a first example of a result of a search process according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG.

3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a structure of data stored in a database shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of an input processing operation of setting data according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG.

5 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a condition search processing operation according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG.

6 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a display content creation processing operation according to the present invention of the information retrieval system in FIG.

7 is an explanatory diagram showing a second example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG.

8 is an explanatory diagram showing a third example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1. FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram showing a first embodiment of a data setting screen relating to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1. FIG.

10 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of a data setting screen relating to the present invention of the information retrieval system in FIG. 1. FIG.

11 is an explanatory diagram showing a fourth example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of output from a train timetable database.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 keyboard 2 setting buffer 3 database 4 display buffer 5 working buffer 6 pattern buffer 7 display 8 processing unit 9 setting data 10 search data 11 search processing unit 12 data group number 13 data item 14 display position information 15 identification information 16 display condition Creation unit 17 Display condition 18 Display identification information 19 Display content 20 to 27 Character data 28 Data group 29 Setting table 30 Document name data 31 Condition target item 32 Display target item 33 Display color / pattern 34 Condition data 35 Setting table 36 Document name Data 37 Condition target item A 38 Display target item A 39 Display color / pattern A 40 Condition data A 41 Condition target item B 42 Display target item B 43 Display color / pattern B 44 Condition data B 45 List display area 46 Midway stop station Information 4 Image information (Romancecar) 48 Configuration Table

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In an output processing method of a specific target of a search system, which specifies and outputs a target of an item that matches the search condition based on the input search condition, the target of the item that matches the search condition is An output processing method for a specific target of a search system, which is characterized in that identification information indicating a match with the search condition is added and is output in a list together with targets of other items that do not match the search condition. 2. An output processing method for a specific object of a search system, which specifies and outputs an object associated with a plurality of items and made into a database based on the input search condition, and a search condition for any of the above items. An output processing method of a specific target of a search system, characterized in that identification information indicating that the search condition is matched is added to a target that matches the search condition, and the list is output together with other targets that do not match the search condition. 3. The output processing method for a specific target of the search system according to claim 1, wherein the identification information indicating a match with the search condition is a target that matches the search condition. An output processing method of a specific target of a search system, wherein the items specified in the search condition are added to items other than the items specified in the search condition, and the items specified in the search condition are excluded from the list.