JPH06187289A - Cooperative work support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the work efficiency in a system where a common informa tion display device and the work station alloted to plural persons are connected by a network. CONSTITUTION:A work station 3 for individual is provided with an information selection and instruction means 31, an information extraction request means 32 and an extraction information display means 33. A share information display device 2 is provided with an information identification data addition means 23, an information control means 24, an information request identification means 21 and a transfer control means 22. From the information displayed on the share information display device 2, the information which is required for each user can be selected, extracted and utilized. The information that he carries back can be worked individually, the result can be reflected on original information and it can be presented to other user.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collaborative work support system for collaborating with a plurality of persons using a shared information display device and a plurality of personal workstations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, at a meeting or a presentation, a person in charge of explanation displays necessary information on a shared display device and presents it to other participants for explanation or consideration. Only the hard copy is used to add, change, or edit other information by the person in charge of explanation or other participants and present it to everyone else as text or image information.

On the other hand, as a system capable of selecting and extracting information required by each user from the information displayed on a common information display device viewed by a plurality of users, the system is assigned to each user. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-199284 discloses a device which allows an information selection instructing device to record information displayed on a display screen on an information recording medium assigned to each user or output to an information line. ing.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the information required by each user is selected from the information displayed on the common information display device, and this information is extracted and brought back, that is, the user himself / herself. Although it can be recorded in the recording medium, it is impossible to make corrections or edits on the information brought back and return it to the common information display device side.

Further, the information displayed on the common information display device cannot be extracted at the granularity required by the user, that is, the information level, and the extracted information is processed to obtain the original information. It is also impossible to present it to other users in response to. The purpose of the present invention is to
In the system in which the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques are solved and a common information display device and an information processing device (hereinafter, referred to as a workstation) assigned to a plurality of people are connected via a network, the information is displayed on the common information display device. The extracted information can be selected and extracted from each user's workstation, and can be used individually by the user. In addition, the extracted information can be modified, edited, etc. and shared with the original information. Back to the information display device side so that it can be presented to other users, and the display of the common information display device is kept simple, and each user has a more detailed granularity according to the level required. It is to provide a collaborative work support system that can retrieve contents.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 connects a shared information display device 2 used by a plurality of persons and the shared information display device via a network 1. Multiple personal workstations 3
The information selection instructing means 31 for selecting required information from the information displayed on the shared information display device 2, and the information extraction requesting the extraction of the selected information to the personal workstation 3. The request means 32 and the extracted information display means 33 for displaying the extracted information are provided, and the shared information display device 2 is provided with the information identifier adding means 23 for adding an information identifier to each piece of information to be displayed, and the information identifier. Information management means 24 for managing information using the information request identification means 21 for identifying requests from the plurality of personal workstations, and the plurality of personal workstations according to the identification result of the information request identification means. A transfer control means 22 for transferring information to the shared information display device used by a plurality of persons is provided, and necessary information is selected from the information displayed on the shared information display device. With use in personal workstation of the user, editing, characterized in that taking a correspondence between the modified information of the original information to be displayed in the shared information display device.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the personal workstation 3 is provided with extraction information editing means 35 for editing and correcting the extraction information transferred from the shared information display device 2, and the information management means 24 is provided. Is characterized by locking the information in response to an information request from another personal workstation for the extracted information. Further, in the invention of claim 3, the shared information display device 2 is provided with display control means 26 for switching and displaying information at a plurality of display levels, and the shared work information display device 2 is displayed on the personal workstation 3. The detailed information display means 34 is provided to display the detailed information of the existing information, and the detailed information of the level is transferred to the personal workstation and displayed in response to the request of the detailed information of the predetermined level from the personal workstation. It is characterized by

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the shared information display device 2 is provided with an information retrieval means 25 for retrieving information based on the information identifier, and the personal workstation 3 is provided with the shared information display means 2. Designated information retrieval and retrieval means 36 for designating retrieval of information related to the information extracted from
Is provided, and the retrieved information is returned to the shared information display device 2 in correspondence with the original information so that it can be used in another personal workstation.

As a means for accessing the shared information display device from the personal workstation side, the personal workstation may be provided with a pseudo cursor operating means for designating a required position on the display screen of the shared information display device. .

[0010]

In the invention of claim 1, the shared information display device 2
The information identifier adding means 23 provided in the shared information display device 2
An information identifier for each information unit is added to all the information displayed by, and the information management means 24 manages the information by using the information identifier. The information request identification means 21 identifies the request destination and the request content of the information request from a plurality of personal workstations, and the transfer control means 22 transfers the information requested to the requesting personal workstation according to the identification result. I do.

The information selection instructing means 31 provided in the personal workstation 3 selects necessary information from the information displayed on the shared information display device 2, and the information extraction requesting means 3
2 requests the shared information display device 2 to extract the information selected by the information selection instructing means 31. The extracted information display means 33 displays the information transferred from the shared information display device 2 according to the above request. That is, the information displayed on the shared information display device 2 is brought back to the personal workstation 3.

The user of the personal workstation 3 is
Extracted information display means 3 transferred from the shared information display device 2
The information displayed on item 3 (take-away information) can be personally used on the spot. In claim 2, the extraction information editing means 35 provided in the personal workstation 3 edits the information selected and extracted from the shared information display device 2 such as correction, change, etc., and constitutes the shared information display device 2. Reference numeral 24 locks a request for editing the information or editing request from the personal workstation 3 to the information being edited and rejects an editing request from another personal workstation, or locks the editing end information. Information management is performed such as releasing the status to make it transferable.

The user of the personal workstation can change or modify the information displayed on the shared information display device 2 used by a plurality of people as necessary. Claim 3
In, the display control means 2 provided in the shared information display device 2
6 has a function of switching the display level as needed,
The detailed information display means 34 provided in the personal workstation 3 requests more detailed information of the information displayed on the shared information display device 2, extracts it, and brings it back to its own workstation.

Information can be simply displayed on the shared information display device 2, and the user can bring back and use more detailed information with a granularity according to the degree to which the displayed information is needed. In claim 4, the retrieval information designating means 36 provided in the personal workstation 3 designates the information to be retrieved from the information extracted from the shared information display device 2 by its information identifier. The specified information search means 25 provided in the shared information display device 2 searches for information using the information identifier specified by the personal workstation 3 of the user.

The shared information display device 2 associates the extracted information with the retrieved information and presents it to other users.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of an embodiment of a collaborative work support system according to the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 is a local area network, 2 is a shared information display device, and 3 is a personal workstation.

The shared information display device 2 is connected to a plurality of workstations 3 via a local area network (LAN) 1 such as Ethernet. The shared information display device 2 includes a transfer control unit A, an information management unit B, and a display control unit C. The transfer control unit A includes an information request identification unit 21 and a transfer control unit 22. The identified information is transferred by the transfer control means 22 to the personal workstation 3 that has made the information request.

The information management section B comprises an information identifier adding means 23 and an information managing means 24, and the information managing means 24 manages information using the identifier added by the information identifier adding means 23. The display control means C is the designated information retrieval means 25.
The display control means 26 is configured to search the specified information from the personal workstation and display the search information by the display control means 26.

The personal workstation 3 comprises an information extraction requesting section a and an extraction information processing section b, and the information extraction requesting section a
Is composed of an information selection instructing means 31 and an information extraction requesting means 32.
The detailed information display means 34, the extraction information editing means 35, and the search information designating means 36 are provided, and appropriate processing is performed on the extracted and transferred information.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below.
FIG. 2 is a processing flow chart for explaining the outline of the operation of one embodiment of the collaborative work support system according to the present invention. First, the shared information display device 2 checks the request from the workstation of each user while performing the joint work (S-21) (S-22), and if there is no request, returns to S-21 and performs the joint work (S-21). -21) is executed.

If there is a request, the process proceeds to S-23. If it is a work end request, the joint work is ended.
In step S-24, the requesting personal workstation is identified and the transfer destination is determined according to the identification result (S-2).
5). Further, the request content of the workstation is identified (S-26), the process according to the identified request content is executed (S-27), and the process returns to the collaborative work (S-21).

FIG. 3 is a process flow chart outlining the operation of one embodiment of a personal workstation according to the present invention. On the other hand, the personal workstation 3 checks the input from the user while performing personal work (S-31) (S-32), and if there is no input (S-3).
The work of 1) is executed, and if there is an input, the process proceeds to S-33.

In S-33, if the user's request is not a request for the shared information display device 2, the process returns to S-31, and if it is a request for the shared information display device 2, a request command is sent to the shared information display device 2. Is transmitted (S-35). Then, the response from the shared information display device 2 is checked (S
-36), if there is a response, the process according to the requested content is performed (S-37) and the process returns to (S-31) again.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a command sequence when an information extraction request is made from the personal workstation to the shared information display device, and FIG. 5 is a structural explanatory diagram of the command sequence. The above command sequence is transmitted according to the processing flow described in FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the process (S-35), the personal workstation 3 transmits an information selection request command to the shared information display device 2 and a response from the shared information display device 2. Wait for (S-36). The shared information display device 2, which has received the selection request command from the personal workstation 3, processes this according to the processing flow shown in FIG. 2, and in (S-27), the information management means 24.
The information identifier is obtained from the device, and the identifier is transmitted as a selection confirmation command to the personal workstation that has made the selection request.

The personal workstation to which the information identifier is transmitted from the shared information display device 2 is the personal workstation (S-3 in FIG. 3).
In 7), the user is allowed to confirm the target and contents of the extraction request, and when the extraction request is confirmed by the input (S-32) from the user, the extraction command is displayed in shared information in (S-35). It is transmitted to the device 2 and waits for a response from the shared information display device 2 (S-36).

Upon receiving the extraction request command from the personal workstation 3, the shared information display device 2 processes according to the processing flow shown in FIG. 2, and the information identifier designated by the information management means 24 in (S-27). The information identified by is obtained and transferred to the personal workstation 3 that made the extraction request. A personal workstation 3 to which information has been transferred from the shared information display device 2.
Displays the above information to the user in (S-37).

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a command sequence when an edit request is made from the personal workstation to the shared information display device, and FIG. 7 is a structural explanatory diagram of the command sequence. The above command sequence is transmitted according to the processing flow described in FIGS.

In the processing flow (S-35) of FIG. 3,
The personal workstation 3 transmits an information selection request command to the shared information display device 2 and waits for a response from the shared information display device 2 (S-36). Upon receiving the selection request command from the personal workstation 3, the shared information display device 2 processes it according to the processing flow described in FIG. 2, acquires the information identifier from the information management means 24 in (S-22), and selects it. The information identifier is transmitted to the requesting personal workstation 3 as a selection command.

The personal workstation 3 to which the information identifier is transmitted from the shared information display device 2 enables the user to confirm the object and contents of the edit request in (S-37), and the input from the user (S-37). When the edit request is confirmed in -32), the edit request command is transmitted to the shared information display device 2 in (S-35) and the response from the shared information display device 2 is waited for (S-36).

The shared information display device 2 which has received the edit request command from the personal workstation 3 processes it in accordance with the processing flow of FIG. 2, and the information formula specified by the information management means 24 in (S-27). The information identified by is obtained, and when it is in the editable state, the information is locked, and the information is transferred to the personal workstation 3 that has made the edit request.

The personal workstation 3 to which the information is transferred from the shared information display device 2 displays the above information so that the user can edit the information in (S-37), and the input from the user (S-37). When the edit end is confirmed in 32), the edit end command is transmitted to the shared information display device 2 in (S-35), and a response from the shared information display device 2 is waited for (S-36).

Upon receiving the editing end command from the personal workstation 3, the shared information display device 2 processes according to the processing flow of FIG. 2, changes the information in (S-27), releases the lock, and confirms the editing. Communicate the command to the personal workstation 3. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a command sequence in the case of making a detailed information request from the personal workstation to the shared information display device, and FIG. 9 is a structural explanatory diagram of the command sequence.

The above command sequence is shown in FIG.
Transmission processing is performed according to the processing flow described in FIG. In the process flow (S-35) of FIG. 3, the personal workstation 3 transmits an information selection request command to the shared information display device 2 and waits for a response from the shared information display device 2 (S-36). .

The shared information display device 2 which has received the selection request command from the personal workstation 3 processes it according to the processing flow described in FIG. 2, and obtains the information identifier from the information management means 24 in (S-27). Then, the above information identifier is transmitted as a selection command to the personal workstation 3 that has made the selection request. Shared information display device 2
The personal workstation 3 to which the information identifier has been transmitted from (S-37) enables the user to confirm the target and details of the detailed request in (S-37), and inputs from the user (S-3).
When the detail request is confirmed in 2), the detail request command is transmitted to the shared information display device 2 in (S-35) and the response from the shared information display device 2 is waited for (S-36).

The shared information display device 2 which has received the detailed request command from the personal workstation 3 processes it according to the processing flow of FIG. 2, and the information identifier designated by the information management means 24 in (S-27). Obtain the information identified by and the associated detail information along with the identifier and forward the information and detail information to the personal workstation 3 that made the detail request.

The personal workstation 3 to which the information is transferred from the shared information display device 2 displays the above information and detailed information to the user in (S-37).
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a command sequence when a personal workstation requests a shared information display device to retrieve information, and FIG. 11 is a structural explanatory diagram of the above command sequence.

The above command sequence is shown in FIG.
Transmission processing is performed according to the processing flow described in FIG. In the processing flow (S-35) of FIG. 3, the personal workstation 3 transmits an information retrieval request command to the shared information display device 2 and waits for a response from the shared information display device 2 (S-36). .

The shared information display device 2, which has received the search request command from the personal workstation 3, processes this in accordance with the processing flow described in FIG. 2, and searches for the information of the information identifier designated in (S-27). Then, the search result information is displayed. In this way, the personal workstation 3 carries back, edits, or retrieves necessary information with the shared information display device 2 and presents the processed information to execute a collaborative work.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Information that each user needs can be selected and extracted from the information displayed on the information display device used by multiple people, and can be used on the spot at an individual workstation, and the information brought back can be personalized. It is possible to process, reflect the result in the original information, and present it to other users.

Information can be simply displayed on the shared information display device, and detailed information related to each user can be obtained with a granularity according to the degree of need. It is possible to connect a plurality of personal workstations with each other to provide work support that is extremely effective in performing collaborative work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of a collaborative work support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing flow chart for explaining the outline of the operation of one embodiment of the collaborative work support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a process flow chart outlining the operation of one embodiment of a personal workstation according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a command sequence when an information extraction request is made from a personal workstation to a shared information display device.

FIG. 5 is a structural explanatory view of a command sequence when an information extraction request is made from a personal workstation to a shared information display device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a command sequence when an edit request is made from the personal workstation to the shared information display device.

FIG. 7 is a structural explanatory diagram of a command sequence when an edit request is made from a personal workstation to a shared information display device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a command sequence for making a detailed information request from a personal workstation to a shared information display device.

FIG. 9 is a structural explanatory diagram of a command sequence when a detailed request for information is made from a personal workstation to a shared information display device.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a command sequence when a personal workstation requests a shared information display device to retrieve information.

FIG. 11 is a structural explanatory diagram of a command sequence when a personal workstation requests a shared information display device to retrieve information.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 local area network, 2 shared information display device, 3 personal workstation, 21 information request identification means, 22 transfer correct means, 23 information identifier adding means, 24 information management means, 25 designated information search means, 2
6 display control means, 31 information selection instructing means, 32 information extraction requesting means, 33 extraction information displaying means, 34 detailed information displaying means, 35 extraction information editing means, 36 search information designating means.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A shared information display device used by a plurality of people,
In a collaborative work support system consisting of a plurality of personal workstations connected to the shared information display device via a network, the personal workstation is required to be selected from among the information displayed on the shared information display device. An information selection instructing means for selecting information, an information extraction requesting means for requesting extraction of the selected information, and an extracted information display means for displaying the extracted information, wherein the shared information display device is provided from the information storage means. Information identifier adding means for adding an information identifier to all information to be taken out and displayed, information managing means for managing information using the information identifier, and information request for identifying requests from the plurality of personal workstations Identification means and information to the plurality of personal workstations according to the identification result of the information request identification means. And the necessary information among the information displayed on the shared information display device that is used by a plurality of people is used at the personal workstation of the user, and is edited or modified. A collaborative work support system characterized in that information can be displayed on the shared information display device in correspondence with original information. 2. The personal workstation according to claim 1, further comprising extraction information editing means for editing and correcting the extraction information transferred from the shared information display device, and the information management means is provided for other information related to the extraction information. A collaborative work support system characterized in that the information is locked in response to an information request from the personal workstation. 3. The shared information display device according to claim 1, further comprising display control means for switching and displaying information at a plurality of display levels, and the shared work information display device 2 is displayed on the personal workstation. Displaying more detailed information of the existing information, providing detailed information display means, and transferring and displaying the detailed information of the level to the personal workstation in response to a request of the detailed information of the predetermined level from the personal workstation. A collaborative work support system characterized by: 4. The shared information display device according to claim 1, wherein the shared information display device is provided with information search means for searching information based on the information identifier, and the personal workstation is extracted from the shared information display means. It is possible to use it in other personal workstations by providing a designated information retrieval means for designating retrieval of information related to the retrieved information and returning the retrieved information to the shared information display device in correspondence with the original information. A collaborative work support system characterized by