JPH0589183A - Data base constructing device for book - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a system where document's content is not required to understand when a data base is constructed and where a user is not required input through a keyboard, etc., by magnetically or optically storing various information used for retrieving a keyword, etc., generated according to book the content of the or report, etc. CONSTITUTION:As a reading means 3 which magnetically or optically reads the information in a storing part 2 provided to a book 1, photodetectors, for example, arranged in a two-demensional array which read series of dots are used, if the storing part 2 optically stores data. Thus, much higher resolution than that of print dots is obtained. The data which indicates series of dots thus read out is stored in a disk device 5 through a calculator 4. Sufficient data is stored in the book 1, especially in a patent announcement public report, and by reading the storing part 2 as required, a data base is automatically and easily constructed in a disk device 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is applicable to general books, technical books,
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for constructing a database of patent publications and other various books, and more particularly, to a book database constructing apparatus capable of easily constructing various kinds of information published in books as a database.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An enormous amount of various kinds of books such as general books, technical books, and patent specifications are issued every day. It is not easy to find the various contents of these huge books at a later date. Therefore, for the contents that are considered to be needed in the future, only the information in a predetermined format is extracted in advance, and these are compiled and constructed as a database, and the database is searched as needed to find the relevant information. It is being extracted. Here, to build a database, the reader generally reads the various contents published in the book once, summarizes them, decides keywords, etc., and calculates them from the keyboard (computer etc.)
The method of inputting to, and storing in the memory was taken.

[0003]

However, the construction of such a database has a problem in that the reader needs considerable labor such as reading the contents, deciding a keyword, and operating the keyboard. The present invention is
The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object thereof is to provide an apparatus that facilitates construction of a database and can accurately perform the construction.

[0004]

The present invention which achieves such an object is an apparatus for making a database of the contents of a book in which information including characters, figures and the like is written on a paper, and is disclosed in the book. A book provided with a storage unit for storing information used for searching the contents such as an outline of contents and keywords by a magnetic or optical method, and a reading unit for magnetically or optically reading the storage unit And a computer equipped with a memory that constructs a database relating to the contents of a book based on the data read by the reading means.

[0005]

[Operation] In the storage unit provided in a book, various information for searching such as keywords created magnetically according to the publisher, author, date of publication of the book, content of the book or thesis content is magnetic. Alternatively, it is stored in advance by an optical method. Therefore, the reader can read the information through the reading means and store it in the memory to easily construct the database. Further, the data stored in the memory can be easily searched by using information such as keywords.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a book used in the device of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a book, which is assumed to be a patent publication, and has a predetermined format matter (publication number, publication date, title of invention, application number,
Filing date, publication number, publication date, inventor, applicant, agent,
Examiner name, references, etc.), specifications, drawings, etc. are printed. Reference numeral 2 denotes a storage unit in which information used for searching the contents such as an outline of the invention content to which the publication number is attached, keywords, and the above-mentioned format matters are stored by a magnetic or optical method. is there. The storage unit 2 is in a folded state, for example, as shown in the drawing with respect to the portion in which the text is placed, and is configured so that it can be cut off as necessary. In the storage unit 2, various types of information used for searching are converted in advance by the issuer into, for example, a standardized code signal, which is expanded in a fixed rectangular area and then magnetically or optically. It has been stored in memory so that a relatively large amount of information can be stored in a small area.

Although the information stored here cannot be read by a human being as it is, it is read by a reading means as necessary when constructing a database,
It can be read on a display attached to a computer and can be stored in a memory device such as a disk device. FIG. 2 is a structural conceptual diagram showing an example of the storage unit 2. Two alignment pattern areas 21,
A code storage area 23 is provided between the two. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of the code storage area 23 provided inside the alignment pattern areas 21 and 22. In the code storage area 23, here is shown that each dot corresponding to the resolution of the storage medium is stored as a code corresponding to a bit. Further, the pattern areas 21 and 22 for alignment are also composed of the same dots (3 dot width), and have a checkered pattern here. With this, the resolution is also expressed for convenience of reading.

In the code storage area 23, 1 byte is expressed by 10 dots in the horizontal direction. The breakdown of 10 dots is 8 dots for code, 8 dots for parity, and 1 dot for stop bit. Also, the vertical direction is 8
Vertical parity and stop bits are provided for each character. Taking the information printed in the code area surrounded by circles as an example, by making dot arrangements in which b0, b4, and b5 are dot-printed (with dots) and b1 to b3, b6, and b7 are non-dotted, It represents $ 31 ”=“ A ”. Here, the reason (function) for providing each of the alignment pattern, the parity bit, the stop bit, the vertical parity, and the vertical block division is as follows. Although the display resolution differs depending on the device that records or prints the (positioning pattern) storage unit 2, the dot size can be determined so that reading can be performed even if there is such a difference. Further, the data dots can be read correctly even if there is dot irregularity or distortion during recording or printing in the X and Y directions. (Parity bit) This is for checking read errors. (Stop bit) For detecting byte delimiters. (Vertical parity, vertical block division) This is to cope with recording or printing unevenness in the vertical direction.

FIG. 4 shows a book 1 constructed in this way.
It is a block diagram of a database construction device for constructing a database from the. In the figure, reference numeral 3 is a reading unit which magnetically or optically reads information in the storage unit 2 provided in the book 1. As the storage unit reading means 3, for example, if the storage unit 2 is optically stored, a two-dimensional array-like optical sensor capable of reading a dot row is used. It has a resolution sufficiently higher than that of recording or printing dots. In addition, it is configured to be able to sense an area that is larger than the maximum area size of the coding unit 23 that is recorded or printed.
When the information in the storage unit 2 is read, the storage unit 2 is mounted in the groove 31 for inserting the storage unit 2 which is profitable to the reading means 3 as shown in the drawing, and the coded unit 23 of the storage unit 2 recorded or printed. So as to completely enter the sensor reading surface of the reading means 3. Then, the indicator 32 indicating readability provided in the reading means 3 is lit, and the information in the storage unit 2 is read by operating the entry key 33 in this state. In this case, even if the storage unit 2 is slightly tilted with respect to the reading means 3, the alignment data, stop bits, parity bits, vertical parity, vertical block division, etc. are detected and the read data is corrected based on these. As a result, accurate information can be read. The data indicating the dot row read in this way is stored in the disk device 5 via the computer 4.

[0010] In the book 1, each of the official gazettes to which the respective official announcement numbers are attached stores the above-mentioned information, and by reading the storage unit for each official gazette as necessary, the database is stored in the disk device 5. Can be built automatically and easily. It should be noted that data can be added to or corrected in each database using the keyboard 6 or the like of the computer 4. Further, when retrieving the necessary contents from the database, the keyboard 6 of the computer 4 or the like is used to input keywords and formative matters, and the relevant information is extracted by the retrieval function of the computer. For such a technique, the technique of extracting the corresponding item from the conventionally established database can be applied as it is. In the above description, patent publications are taken as an example of books, but the present invention can be applied to construct a database of various books such as various technical documents and dissertations.

[0011]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to understand the contents of the relevant documents one by one when constructing a database, and it is not necessary for each person to input data from a keyboard or the like. So you can create an easy and accurate database.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a book used in a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration conceptual diagram showing an example of a storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of a code storage area provided inside an alignment pattern area.

FIG. 4 is a structural conceptual diagram of a database construction device for constructing a database.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 book 2 storage parts 21 and 22 alignment pattern area 23 code storage area 3 reading means 4 computer 5 disk device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A device for creating a database of the contents of a book in which information including characters, figures, etc. is written on a paper, and the information used for searching the contents such as an outline of the contents of the book and keywords is magnetic. A book provided with a storage unit that stores the data by a physical or optical method, a reading unit that magnetically or optically reads the storage unit, and a database relating to the contents of the book is constructed based on the data read by the reading unit. A book database construction device composed of a computer equipped with a memory. 2. The book database construction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage section for storing information related to the contents of the book is provided in a part separable from the book. 3. The storage unit for storing information relating to the contents of a book includes a parity check code for checking whether the reading is performed correctly. Book database construction device.