JPH06337900A - Information retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce handling time for reinput operation in the case of executing retrieval again by storing a retrieving condition retrieved in the past as an icon. CONSTITUTION:An input device 1 is constituted of an indicating device such as a mouse and a tablet and a character input device such as a keyboard. Information to be retrieved/displayed is stored in a data base device 2. A retrieving system device 3 is instructed from an icon display part 5, receives a retrieved result from the device 2 and displays the received retrieved result on a display part 10. When a delete key 7 and an icon name changing key 8 are instructed from the input part 1, icon deletion and icon name change are instructed to an icon retrieving condition storing part 6. At the time of receiving an instruction from the input device 1, an icon preparing key 9 instructs an icon preparing part 4 to prepare an icon. After preparing the icon, the prepared icon is displayed on the display part 10 through the icon display part 5 and the retrieving system part 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, when performing an information search, automatically retains a search character string for performing a search as an icon so that the search character string previously searched indicates an icon. Can be searched again easily by
The present invention relates to an information search device that reduces the time and effort required for re-input operations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When information is searched, it is usually necessary to input search conditions each time information is searched. Therefore, when re-searching a condition that has been previously searched, the search condition (search character string) is input again.

[0003]

In the information search, when the search is performed again, there is a problem that the search character string searched previously must be input again.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to indicate an icon when a search character string that has been searched before is searched again by holding the search character string input for the search as an icon. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information search device that can be easily searched.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the present invention, a search character string storage means for holding a search character string input for a search,
An icon creating means for displaying the search character string input to perform a search as an icon, an icon displaying means for displaying an icon associated with the search character string, and a search character The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with a search means by an icon instruction for obtaining a search character string from the row storage means and performing a search from the search device, and a search result display means for displaying the search result.

[0006]

When performing the information search as described above, by automatically holding the search character string for the search as an icon, when the condition that has been searched previously is searched again, the icon is designated. You can search again by
The effort of re-input operation is reduced. Also, by selecting the search condition to be displayed as an icon according to the user's instruction,
Only necessary search conditions are displayed as icons, and it is possible to search again and the time and effort of re-input operation is reduced.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. 1
Is an input device, such as a pointing device such as a mouse or a tablet, and a character input device such as a keyboard. Reference numeral 2 denotes a database device, which stores the respective information contents to be displayed. Three
Is a search system unit that searches the database unit 2 based on the contents input from the input unit 1 and displays the result on the display unit 10. An icon creating unit 4 creates an icon indicating the currently input search character string and holds the search character string in the icon search condition holding unit 6. Reference numeral 5 denotes an icon display section, which is used when an icon is designated from the input device 1.
The icon display unit 5 acquires the search character string corresponding to the icon instructed from the icon search condition holding unit 6, and passes the search character string to the search system unit 3.

The icon search condition holding unit 6 holds the search condition of each displayed icon. 7 is a delete button, which deletes unnecessary icons. Reference numeral 8 denotes an icon name change button, which changes the displayed name of the icon. An icon creation button 9 instructs the icon creation unit 4 to create the search character string currently input by the user as an icon. The display unit 10 displays the information retrieved by the retrieval system unit 3.

First, a search character string is input from the input device 1, the search character string is transmitted to the search system unit 3, and the search system unit 3 searches the database device 2 for information based on the search character string. , The search result is displayed on the display unit 10. When the icon of the search character string is automatically created, it is sent to the icon creating unit 4 to create the search character string as an icon, and the search character string is used as the search condition corresponding to the icon in the icon search condition holding unit. Held at 6. Then, the icon thus created is displayed on the icon display unit 5.

If the icon is not automatically created, the user can explicitly press the icon creation button 9
When an instruction to create the input search character string as an icon is given, the search character string is sent to the icon creating unit 4 as described above, the search character string is created as an icon, and the search character string corresponds to the icon. The icon search condition holding unit 6 holds the selected search condition. Then, the icon thus created is displayed on the icon display unit 5. When the icon displayed on the icon display unit 5 is instructed from the input device 1, the icon display unit 5 acquires a search character string corresponding to the instructed icon from the icon search condition holding unit 6, and then the search character string. Search system section 3
The search result is displayed on the display unit 10. Here, the icon which is no longer needed can be deleted by the delete button 7. Also, the display of the icon of the search icon display section 11 is on the right side of the search character string (XX of "match = XXX").
X), but can be changed by the icon name change button 8.

FIG. 2 is an example of a display screen of the information retrieval device. FIG. 2A is an example of a display of the information search device. In the search condition input display section 13 in the figure, "ma
“Tch = Oda Nobunaga” is input, and at the same time, “Oda Nobunaga” is highlighted in the search icon display section 11. As a result, the search result display section 12 displays the search result for “match = Oda Nobunaga” in the search condition. The icon creating unit 4 creates an icon and registers the input search character string in the icon search condition holding unit 6.

FIG. 2B shows which icon of the search icon display unit 11 and which registration item (character string of the search condition) of the icon search condition holding unit 6 are associated with each other.
When a search character string is input from the input device 1 and an icon is created, the icon search condition holding unit 6 registers and holds the input search character string. When there is a request from the icon display unit 5, the registered search character string is transmitted to the icon display unit 5. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, when the icon "Takeda Shingen" is designated by the input device 1,
“Takeda Shingen” in the designated search icon display unit 11 is highlighted, and the search condition “match = Shingen Takeda” is displayed in the search condition input display unit 13, and the icon search condition is displayed from the designated icon. The registration item of the holding unit 6 is acquired, and the search character string obtained from the registration item is transmitted to the search system unit 3 as a search request. The search result is displayed on the search result display unit 12.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a method of operating the icon of the information search device. FIG. 4 shows an example of deleting. 2A, when the delete button 7 is selected by an instruction from the input device 1, the currently set icon is deleted from the icon display section 5, and at the same time, the icon search condition holding section 6 is displayed. Delete the registered items corresponding to the icon currently set from. Therefore, the search condition input display unit 13 and the search result display unit 12
Is also deleted from. FIG. 5 shows an example of changing the icon name. When the current screen display is in the state of FIG. 2A, when the icon name change button 8 is selected by an instruction from the input device 1, the icon name set from the icon display unit 5 is changed. FIG. 6 shows an example of creating an icon. When the icon creation button 9 is selected by an instruction from the input device 1, the icon creation unit 4 is requested to create an icon indicating the currently input search condition.

FIG. 7 is an embodiment of a flow chart of the information retrieval apparatus. In this embodiment, the operation will be described by taking as an example the case where the database device 2 is a book database and the search system unit 3 searches for a keyword in the book database under the search condition "match = keyword".

In step 20, the search system unit 3 gives an instruction to the database device 2. In the input processing of step 21, the input signal from the input device 1 is input to the database device 2
Process it so that it is easy to handle. The processed signal moves to step 22 in the next stage. In the search condition input in step 22, it is determined whether or not the character string of the search condition is input from the input device 1, and if the search condition is input, the process proceeds to the icon creation in step 28. In step 28, the icon of the search condition input from the input device 1 is created and the character string of the search condition is held. Next, the process moves to the search of step 29, and the search system unit 3 searches from the search conditions. Then, the search result is displayed on the display of step 30, and when the display is finished, step 36
The processing shifts to this step, that is, the database apparatus 2 is terminated, and the processing shifts to the search system unit 3. If the search condition is not input in the search condition input in step 22, the process proceeds to step 23.

The instruction to the icon in step 23 determines whether the icon of the search icon display section 11 is instructed from the input device 1, and if so, the process proceeds to the information retrieval acquisition in step 27, The search condition is acquired from the icon search condition holding unit 6 related to the instructed icon, and the process proceeds to step 29 in the next stage. The steps after step 29 are as described above. Also, the search icon display section 11
If the icon is not instructed, the process proceeds to the deletion in step 24.

In the deletion of step 24, it is judged whether or not the delete button 7 is instructed from the input device 1, and if so, the process proceeds to the deletion of the search condition in step 31. A step 31 deletes the search condition related to the icon currently highlighted in the search icon display unit 11 from the icon search condition holding unit 6. Then, in the icon deletion of step 32, the icon highlighted in the search icon display portion 11 is deleted. If the delete button 7 is not instructed, the process proceeds to step 25 in the next stage.

The change of icon name in step 25 judges whether or not the input device 1 gives an instruction to the icon name change button 8. If so, the process moves to step 33 to input a new icon name. In this step 33, the name of the icon is newly input from the input device such as the keyboard of the input device 1. Then, by changing to the new icon name in step 34 in the next step, the icon name currently highlighted in the search icon display portion 11 and instructed is changed to the input new icon name. After changing the icon name, step 36
The processing shifts to and the processing ends. If the icon change button 8 is not instructed, the process proceeds to step 26.

In the icon creation in step 26, it is judged whether or not an instruction is made from the input device 1 to the icon creation button 9, and if so, the process proceeds to the icon creation in step 35. In the icon creation in step 35, the icon of the search condition input from the input device 1 is created and the character string of the search condition is held. Then, the process proceeds to step 36, and the process ends. If the icon creation button 9 is not instructed, the process is step 3
Then, the process is completed.

[0020]

According to the present invention, when an information search is performed, a search character string for performing a search is automatically held as an icon so that the previously searched search character string indicates an icon. Can be searched again easily by
This has the effect of reducing the trouble of re-input operation. Further, by selecting the search condition to be displayed as an icon according to the user's instruction, only the necessary search condition is displayed as an icon, and the search can be performed again, and the time and effort of the re-input operation can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an information search device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of an icon and other configuration diagram of the information search device.

FIG. 3 is an example of a method of operating an icon of the information search device.

FIG. 4 is an example of an operation method for deleting an information search device.

FIG. 5 is an example of an operation method for changing the icon name of the information search device.

FIG. 6 is an example of an operation method for creating an icon of the information search device.

FIG. 7 is an embodiment of a flowchart of the information search device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input device 2 Database device 3 Search system part 4 Icon creation part 5 Icon display part 6 Icon search condition holding part 7 Delete button 8 Icon name change button 9 Icon creation button 10 Display part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A retrieval device for retrieving information from a large amount of information by using a CPU, a storage means for holding a retrieval character string input for retrieval, and an input for retrieval. In order to display the searched character string as an icon, a means for creating the icon, a means for displaying the icon associated with the searched character string, An information retrieving apparatus comprising: a means for acquiring and retrieving from the retrieving apparatus; and a means for displaying a result of the retrieving. 2. The information search device according to claim 1, wherein the means for creating the icon is automatically created each time a search is performed. 3. The information search device according to claim 1, wherein the means for creating the icon is created only when the user makes a request.