JPH06325099A - Information retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a user to clearly know a segment at every item and to recognize the position of an item in an item list table at the time of continuously referring to plural items by displaying the item table for prescribed time and clearly showing the item of a transfer destination in the item list table. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with an item transfer means showing the item list table for prescribed time and clearly showing the item of the transfer destination in the item list table when the display of the text of some item on a display device 21 transfers to the display of the text of another item. Namely, when a down scroll key and a page sending key of a key board 20 are pressed after displaying some text, the item table is displayed on a display device 21 and a transfer destination is displayed for the prescribed time by a transfer destination item clearly showing marker. Namely, the item transfer means displays the item list table so that the user clearly knows a segment at every item. On the other hand, the item of the transfer destination is clearly shown so that the user easily know the position of the item of the transfer destination in the item list table.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention searches information stored in an information storage medium such as a compact disc (hereinafter abbreviated as CD) by selecting a predetermined menu, and displays the text of the searched item. The present invention relates to an information search device such as an electronic book player which is displayed on a display device as a search result.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to improve workability in collecting information from documents such as English-Japanese dictionaries and kanji dictionaries, information storage media such as CD-ROMs, which can retrieve a large amount of information at high speed, have been developed. , Various information retrieval devices such as an electronic book player for storing the content of a document as a document file, searching the document file by selecting a prepared menu, and displaying the text of the searched item have been developed. ing.

A general document file will be described below. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a general document file. 1
Is a document file stored in an information storage medium such as a CD-ROM, 2 is a document management block for managing the entire document file 1, and 3 is the content of a document such as a dictionary (text / image) stored as the document file 1.・ Text data indicating (voice etc.), 4 is various indexes for searching by a search word consisting of a character string of one or more characters input by the user, and 5 is a menu according to a predetermined classification content. 6 is a viewpoint management block that defines a plurality of search conditions, and 7 is an external character font for displaying the special characters used in the document stored as the document file 1 as external characters. is there.

The conventional information retrieval device uniquely identifies the retrieval order defined in any one of the various indexes 4, the menu data 5, and the viewpoint management block 6, the selection input by the user, the retrieval word, etc. The character data in the body data 3 of the determined item is displayed as a sentence on the display device,
When other data such as image data and audio data exist in the body data 3, they are also reproduced.

With respect to the conventional information retrieval apparatus configured as described above, a retrieval method by menu selection will be described below. 5 is a view showing a document list screen of a general information search device, FIG. 6 is a view showing a search method list screen of a general information search device, and FIG. 7 is a menu of the general information search device. It is a figure which shows an item list screen, FIG. 8 is a figure which shows the display screen of the text of a certain item of a general information search apparatus, and FIG. 9 is an end position of the text of a certain item of a general information search apparatus. It is a figure which shows a display screen, and FIG. 10 is a figure which shows the display screen of the text of the following items of a general information search device. 8 is a marker that clearly indicates the selected document, search method, menu item, etc., 9 is a language button for changing the language used, 10 is a LANG button for displaying English, and 11 is a battery for charging. Buttons 12 are decision buttons for deciding the document or the like being selected by the marker 8. In FIG. 6, 13 is a return button for returning to the previous screen. In FIG. 8, 14 is a button for returning to the menu item list screen and performing a search again. In FIG. 9, reference numeral 15 is the body end position of a certain menu item.

Here, as an example, it is assumed that the retrieval target is an electronic book (product name: cooking papa, manufactured by Kodansha). First, on the document list screen as shown in FIG.
Select "How to use this ebook". Next, "menu search" is selected on the search method selection screen as shown in FIG. Next, select "Contents of this electronic book" from the menu item list as shown in FIG. 7, display the text of this item as shown in FIG. 8, and use the down scroll key (not shown) or the like. I displayed the continuation and then referred to the text of the item. Here, when the text end position 15 of the item is reached as shown in FIG. 9 and the down scroll key (not shown) is further pressed,
As shown in 0, the text of the next item was displayed.

[0007]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, when referring to a plurality of items in succession, after the display of the text of a certain item is finished, the text of the next item is displayed as it is. There is a problem that it is difficult to work because it may not be known where the text of one item ends and where the next item starts. Further, there is a problem in that workability is lacking because it is not possible to know at which position in the entire item list the next item is located.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems. When a plurality of items are referred to successively, the user can clearly know the division of each item, and the item is the entire item list. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information retrieval device having excellent workability, which allows the user to know which position in the position.

[0009]

In order to achieve this object, an information retrieval apparatus of the present invention retrieves / displays information stored in an information storage medium such as a CD by selecting a predetermined menu or the like. An information retrieval device for displaying a list of items for a predetermined time when transitioning from displaying the body of a certain item to displaying the body of another item, and clearly showing the destination item in the item list to the user. It has a configuration provided with an item transition clarification means.

Here, as the information storage medium, a CD, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a ROM cartridge or the like is used. In addition, examples of a method of clearly indicating the item of the transfer destination include reverse display, addition of underlines, change of display color, and the like.

[0011]

With this configuration, when a plurality of items are continuously referred to, when the display of the body of one item is changed to the display of the body of another item, the item list is displayed by the item transfer specifying means for a predetermined time. Therefore, the user can clearly know the division for each item. Further, since the item of the transfer destination is clearly indicated by the item transfer clarification means, it is possible to easily know where the item of the transfer destination is in the item list.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An information retrieval apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of an information retrieval apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 16 is a CPU that controls the entire information retrieval apparatus, 17 is a main memory used as a work area or the like required when the CPU 16 performs processing, and 18 is a CPU 16
R storing a control program for instructing processing by
OM, 19 is a keyboard management unit that acquires key input information from the keyboard 20 for inputting a character string or the like that is a user's selection, instruction, or a search word, 21 is a display device on which characters and the like are displayed, and 22 is A display memory that stores a character code of a character displayed on the display device 21;
A display control unit for controlling the display device 21 to display a character corresponding to the character code stored in the display memory 22 on the display device 21.
Is a CD drive unit including a motor for rotating a CD (not shown) storing the document file 1 and the like, and 25 controls the rotation of the CD drive unit 24 and reads CD data from the CD (not shown). CD drive control unit that manages 2 etc.
6 indicates the CD data output from the CD drive control unit 25 as C
A data decoding unit 27 for converting into a format that can be processed by the PU 16 is a bus for transferring data between the above devices.

The operation of the information retrieving apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described below. FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the item transfer specifying means of the information search device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an item transfer display screen of the information search device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 28 denotes a migration destination item clarification marker that clearly indicates the migration destination item by highlighted display.

First, as in the conventional example, as shown in FIG. 5, "How to use this electronic book" is selected, "Menu search" is selected as shown in FIG. 6, and as shown in FIG. "Contents of this electronic book" is selected to display the text of the item "Contents of this electronic book" as shown in FIG. At this time, when the down scroll key or the page forward key is pressed, the processing in the item transition specifying means as shown in FIG. 2 is started.

First, the type of pressed key is checked (S
1). If it is the down scroll key, jump to S6.
If the key is a page feed key, line head information for one page is expanded (S2). Next, it is checked whether the menu identifier exists within the range of the line head information expanded in S2 (S
3). If No, jump to S5. If Yes, the menu item list is displayed, and the item of the menu identifier found in S3 is moved to the destination item explicit marker 28.
Etc., the item transition clarification screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed for a certain period of time (S4). Here, the display time of the item transfer clarification screen is, eg, 300 ms. Next, the page-scrolled text is displayed, and the process ends (S5). Next, the line head information for one line is expanded (S
6). Next, it is checked whether or not the menu identifier exists within the range of the line head information expanded in S6 (S7). If No, jump to S9, and if Yes, a menu item list is displayed, and the item of the menu identifier found in S7 is specified by the migration destination item explicit marker 28 or the like, and shown in FIG. Such an item transition clarification screen is displayed for a certain period of time (S8). Here, the display time of the item transfer explicit screen is, for example, 300 ms. Next, the line-scrolled text is displayed, and the process ends (S9).

If the up scroll key or the page return key is pressed in S1, the line head information in S2 and S6 is reversed, and in S4 and S8,
The item immediately preceding the menu identifier found in S3 and S7 may be indicated by the migration destination item explicit marker 28.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of items are continuously referred to, when the display of the text of a certain item is changed to the display of the text of another item, the predetermined item is specified by the item transition specifying means. Since the time item list is displayed, the user can clearly know the delimiter for each item, and since the item of the transfer destination is clearly indicated, the position of the item of the transfer destination is in the item list. It is possible to realize an information retrieving device with excellent workability that allows the user to easily know.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of an information search device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an item transfer specifying means of the information search device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an item transition clarification screen of the information search device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 4] Schematic diagram of a general document file

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a document list screen of a general information search device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a search method list screen of a general information search device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a menu item list screen of a general information search device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display screen of a text of an item of a general information search device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen of the end position of the text of an item of a general information search device.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen of the text of the following items of a general information retrieval device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Reference File 2 Reference Management Block 3 Body Data 4 Various Indexes 5 Menu Data 6 Viewpoint Management Block 7 External Character Font 8 Marker 9 Language Button 10 LANG Button 11 Battery Button 12 Enter Button 13 Return Button 14 Re-Button 15 Body End Position 16 CPU 17 Main memory 18 ROM 19 Keyboard management unit 20 Keyboard 21 Display device 22 Display memory 23 Display control unit 24 CD drive unit 25 CD drive control unit 26 Data decoding unit 27 Bus 28 Transition destination item explicit marker

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An information retrieval apparatus for retrieving / displaying information stored in an information storage medium such as a compact disc by selecting a predetermined menu or the like, and displaying the text of a certain item to another item. An information retrieval device, comprising: an item migration demonstrating means for displaying a list of items for a predetermined period of time when the display shifts to the display of the body of the text, and for clearly indicating to the user the item of the transfer destination in the item list.