JPH08185401A - Document retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a document retrieving device with which words can be easily unified. CONSTITUTION: Concerning the document retrieving device with which a relevant retrieving object word is retrieved by inputting a retrieving target word or sentence and this retrieving object word is replaced with the other word as needed, this device is provided with a document selecting means 10 for selecting plural documents to be retrieving objects and a retrieving means 20 for inputting the plural retrieving target words or sentences and retrieving plural retrieving sentences including the plural retrieving target words or sentences from the plural documents selected by the document selecting means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document retrieval device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a document search device used when searching for a desired word or phrase in a document in a document processing device such as a word processor.

More specifically, when editing one document or a series of documents, terms having the same or similar meanings need to be unified throughout, and therefore, documents created by a plurality of personnel. Also, the present invention relates to a document search device for searching and unifying terms in order to create a normalized document in which terms are consistent even in long documents. Furthermore, in recent years, various output methods for retrieved results and replaced results are desired.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to unify terms during or after the creation of a document, the document is read out on a document processing device and a search word is designated to perform a search process. When the term searched by the search process is pointed by a cursor or the like, the operator looks at the pointed term and determines whether or not to replace the search term.

For example, when the operator notices that "Transport" is erroneously input, when "Transport" is a search word and the term that should originally be replaced is "Phase", a keyboard or the like is used. As a search term
When "Transfer" is input and the search term is pointed on the display, it is determined from the sentences before and after "Transfer" whether the search term should be replaced.

For example, "transfer data to medium A."
Since the search word "transport" used in the sentence is correct, no replacement is performed. In addition, "Transportation" used in the sentence "Requesting transportation by simulation."
Is incorrect and should be replaced by "phase". In such a case, if it is necessary to search and point the search terms one by one and replace the search terms,
There is a method in which a replacement word “phase” for replacement is input and the replacement process is performed while pressing the execution key or the like.

[0006] Further, when the document creator notices that the "language" was originally written as "original language" while the document was being created by the word processor, but kana-kanji conversion was performed as the "language", the entire document was found. If you decide that you want to unify in the "original language" across
There is also a method in which the replacement word is searched as the "original word", and when the search word is detected, it is automatically replaced with the replacement word "original word".

If one search character string is input,
There is a method of reading and displaying a nearby sentence including the input character string for search. For example, if you enter "conversational vectorizer" as a search character string, the text "containing the character string could not be used, but the conversational vectorizer outputs these processes as interactive processing". However, in this case, 14 before and after the search character string
It is assumed that the text of the character is set to be output. The user can check the output text and determine whether or not the "conversational vectorizer" used in the text is correctly used.

[0008]

However, the search-and-replace process of a certain term often relies on the user's memory when creating a document, and has the following problems. First, while one day uses the same term throughout the day's work, other writing days may change the notation. Also, if you want to unify the terms,
Since the current search function is a method of inputting a search word by word, it is difficult to grasp the flow before and after a sentence, and it is difficult to judge which is the best notation. There's a problem.

Secondly, in the case of confirming a term with respect to a plurality of terms, the present search function has no means other than designating the terms one by one, and the search term is changed for one document many times. Must repeat the same process. Thirdly, when searching for a plurality of documents, there is no choice but to open each document for processing, and the user has to repeat the same operation for the number of documents.

Fourthly, when the replacement for correction is performed by confirming the terms and the like, there is a concern that the total replacement may replace a portion that does not need to be replaced. After all, there is no other way than checking all again or replacing while checking one by one. However, when replacing one by one, the flow before and after is difficult to understand, and return work such as checking the replaced word again appears.

Fifth, when a single document is prepared by a plurality of people, the expression method often differs depending on the authors, and it is assumed that the terms are unified in one document. However, if there are multiple documents created by each person, it is difficult to unify terms among the documents. Furthermore, since there are more that individual personnel unpredictable such to use the advance what terms, it is difficult to perform unification of terminology prior document creation.

[0012] Sixth, the method of inputting a search word and outputting the sentences before and after the search word is difficult to read as a sentence because only a predetermined number of characters before and after the search word are output. , When an important noun or verb part is cut off, its comprehension becomes ambiguous because there is no choice but to make an analogy.

Seventh, when a search word is searched, when it is not searched, and when the replacement is successful or fails, it is impossible to output by voice. Even if you can input a search word or a replacement word from the keyboard of, if you output the result, only the output to the display is performed, so for visually impaired people, you can check the input information. The problem is that there is no means.

As described above, conventionally, although the search / replacement process for unifying terms takes time, it is not always replaced with the optimum term and the efficiency is low. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document search device capable of easily unifying terms.

A further object of the present invention is not to search and confirm terms one by one, but to confirm the terms.
An object of the present invention is to provide a document search device capable of confirming a plurality of terms at once. Further, a further object of the present invention is to provide a document retrieval device capable of confirming terms only in a necessary place and enabling easy confirmation work at the time of replacement.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a document search device which outputs searched terms and the like and can be used as a glossary. A further object of the present invention is to provide a document search device capable of grasping the input result even for a visually impaired person.

[0017]

According to the present invention, a search word or a search sentence is input to search for a corresponding search target word,
In a document search device that replaces the search target word with another term as necessary, a document selection unit for selecting a plurality of documents to be searched, and inputting a plurality of search words or search sentences,
And a search unit for searching a plurality of search words or a plurality of search sentences including the search sentence from the plurality of documents selected by the document selection unit.

Further, the above-mentioned search means has a search condition setting means for designating a plurality of search words or search types of search sentences together. Further, the search condition setting means, as the search type, designation of case sensitivity, designation of half-width characters and full-width characters, designation of whether to include a wildcard that can be replaced with an arbitrary term I do.

Further, the above-mentioned retrieval means has retrieval number output means for outputting the number of retrievals for each retrieval word or retrieval sentence. Further, it has a confirmation list output means for outputting the search result obtained by the above-mentioned search means for each search word or each search sentence, or for outputting all the search results including the search word or the search sentence.

Further, there is provided a replacement means for simultaneously setting a plurality of search words or a replacement word corresponding to the search sentence and completely or partially replacing the original document with the replacement words. Further, the above replacement means has means for setting at least one replacement word for a plurality of search words or search sentences.

It also includes a first accumulating means for accumulating the inputted search word or the search sentence. It also includes a second accumulating unit that accumulates the search word output by the confirmation list output unit or the confirmation list including the search sentence. It also includes a third storage unit that stores the search word output by the confirmation list output unit, the entire search text including the search text, or an arbitrary search word or search text.

Further, it includes a fourth accumulating means for accumulating by selecting all or an arbitrary part of the document which has been replaced by the replacing means. Further, it has voice output means for inputting a search document or a search word, outputting confirmation list output means, and outputting the document replaced by the replacement means by voice.

Further, the replacing means displays only the sentence including the search word corresponding to the set replacement word.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by selecting a plurality of documents to be searched at the same time, a plurality of documents can be collectively fetched, and a plurality of search words can be designated for the document group.
As the search result is output as a set of sentences including the search word, it is not necessary to input the search words one by one when there are a plurality of search words. Further, since a plurality of documents to be searched are simultaneously designated, it is not necessary to repeatedly designate and search each document with one search word.
Therefore, when compiling a series of manuals, etc., uniform terms will be used throughout all documents.

In the second and third aspects of the present invention, when a search word is input, even if the search word has the same image, it can be designated as one search word even if the word contains some ambiguity. It is not necessary to specify the search term while repeating trial and error one by one for the search term including the ambiguity. This saves a great deal of time in specifying search terms. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by displaying the number of retrieved items for each retrieval word, for example, when there is no retrieved item, useless processing for accessing the sentence to be retrieved becomes unnecessary.

In the fifth invention, since the confirmation list is output as one sentence including the search word as a search result, the sentences before and after are not interrupted in the middle, so is it appropriate to use the search word? It is possible to accurately determine whether or not.
In the sixth invention, it is possible to set a replacement word corresponding to a plurality of search words at the same time and perform full replacement or partial replacement of the original document with the replacement word.

In the seventh invention, one replacement word is set for one search word or search sentence, and in addition to this, in addition to this, a plurality of search words or search sentences are set. By having a unit for setting one replacement word, it is possible to unify one or more similar search words into one term.

In the eighth and ninth aspects of the present invention, the confirmation list including the search word is held so that the record can be referred to even if the work is interrupted in the middle. Furthermore, by holding the document before replacement of the search text, generally only the document updated after replacement is held, but since the document before update can also be held by the present invention, after replacement If there is an error in the document, it is possible to use the held document before update. Further, it is possible to edit the search results in various ways and use them as a glossary to make appropriate corrections.

The tenth aspect of the present invention accumulates all the search documents when the memory has enough space, and when there is not enough space, the search word or the sentence including the search text to be replaced is included. It is possible to extract and store it. It is also possible for the user to pick up terms that are likely to be used in the future.

The eleventh aspect of the present invention accumulates all the replaced documents when the memory has sufficient margin, and extracts the replaced replacement word or the sentence including the replacement sentence when there is not enough memory. It is possible to accumulate it. Similarly to the above, it is also possible to pick up and hold a replacement word that is considered to be likely to be used in the future.

The twelfth aspect of the present invention can provide a device that can be used by visually impaired persons by inputting a search word by using voice input means and outputting a search result or a replacement result by voice. At the same time, even an able-bodied person can easily detect an input error by outputting the sound.

Since the thirteenth invention outputs (displays) only the sentence including the search word corresponding to the set replacement word as a confirmation list, it is possible to narrow the range to be checked when confirming the replacement. It is possible.

[0033]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a document search device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The document search device 100 includes an input document designation unit 1
0, a search word setting unit 20, a search processing unit 30, a search result display unit 40, a result storage unit 50, a replacement word setting unit 60, a replacement instruction display unit 70, a replacement processing unit 80, and a document storage unit 90.

The document storage section 90 stores a plurality of currently-created documents and already-created documents. The input document designation unit 10 designates and reads an identifier such as a title or number of a document to be searched. If there are multiple documents to be searched, specify multiple documents to be searched at the same time. FIG. 2 shows an example of specifying a search target document according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
It is also possible to select three documents corresponding to "1", "4", and "8" with the mouse. Document "1" (Introduction 1)
The next document "4" (Explanation 1) may be selected after the processing of (1) is completed. However, it is preferable to specify a plurality of documents if the documents are edited as a series. For example, a series A document 1
When the documents 2, 5 and 6 are included in the series B of 2 and 3, only the series may be displayed on the screen for selecting the document and the series identifier may be selected. . In the example shown in the figure, document names corresponding to item numbers 1 to 10 are set, but the number of items displayed on the screen can be set arbitrarily, and n items can be set. is there.

The search word setting unit 20 specifies a search word or a search phrase. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the search term setting unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure,
A plurality of search words can be specified, and a plurality of settings can be similarly set for the search clause and the search text. In addition,
In the search word input area of the display shown in the figure, for example, a WINDOWS combo box or the like can be used, and when the number of search words to be input increases, a scroll bar shown at the right end of the figure is displayed. , N inputs are possible.

Further, the search word setting unit 20 specifies a search word or a search sentence. When setting a search term, it is possible to use a wild card or an option setting that handles an expression including an ambiguous element in the search term. FIG. 4 shows an example of a wild card according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9A shows an example of setting a wild card, and FIG. 9B shows an example of a character string search using a regular expression. As shown in FIG.
"•" indicates an arbitrary character, and "&" indicates an arbitrary character string. In the case of the normal display, as shown in FIG. 7B, when "ai / ue" is set, the characters for 5 characters including the character strings "ai" and "ue" are included before and after. Search columns. When "ai &kao" is set, a sentence including a character string of arbitrary length including the character strings "ai" and "kao" is searched for.

For example, "sales / collection" can be designated as a search word, "to" can be inserted as a word corresponding to ".", And the search processing unit 30 can search for "sales / collection". It is possible. In the above "sales / collection", "..." can be searched by inserting an arbitrary word of two characters. For example, it is possible to perform a search word setting process that enables a search regardless of whether any of the characters “actual” or “planned” is inserted.

The search word setting unit 20 also creates search word data and a hash for searching. The hash is used to disperse search data evenly in order to perform a high-speed search and quickly locate a necessary key in the search.
In the option setting in the search word data, when the options are distinguished, it is only checked whether the input search words are exactly the same, and if they are the same, an error message that there is the same is output.

On the other hand, when the options are not distinguished, the inputted search word is searched for whether it is the same including half-width / full-width or uppercase / lowercase letters. If they are the same, output an error message to point out.
In addition, when changing the option, there is a search word input when distinguishing half-width / full-width, and a search word input when distinguishing uppercase / lowercase. Therefore, according to the option change, the search word setting unit 20 Performs the following processing.

When the content of the option is changed to "no distinction", it is inspected whether the same search word is included in the search word data including half-width / full-width or uppercase / lowercase letters. When the same search word is found, a flag indicating that it is not displayed in the search word setting unit 20 is set in the option setting area (for example, "0"). Then, the search term setting unit 20
Is redisplayed so that the search word data flagged not to be displayed in the option setting area is not displayed.

The flags in the option setting area are set as follows. "Is case insensitive"
Set a flag that can be used to distinguish between "and" Do not distinguish between half-width and full-width characters "option and" Cancel display when option is changed ". -A flag that means "case sensitive" and "distinguish between half-width and full-width" ・ Flag that means "no distinction between upper-case and lower-case" and "no distinction between half-width and full-width" ・ " Flag that means "case sensitive" and "no distinction between half-width and full-width" ・ Flag that means "no distinction between upper-case and lower-case" and "distinguish between half-width and full-width" ・ "optional" Depending on the change, there is a flag that means "search word not to be displayed in the option setting area".

The search term setting unit 20 also generates a hash of the search term. At this time, if a wildcard exists at the beginning of the search term, the part of the character that is not a wildcard is extracted and the value is used to create a hash table. If a wildcard is included in the search word, the beginning of the non-wildcard character is extracted and that value is used to create a hash table. If there is the same value, the hash table is linked.

The search processing unit 30 searches the document designated by the input document designating unit 10 with the search term designated by the search term setting unit 20. When a plurality of documents are designated by the input document designation unit 10, all the designated documents are searched. The search processing unit 30 increments the number of searches each time a search word is searched. Specifically, the search processing unit 30 inspects whether or not there is a specified search word while dividing the input document one sentence at a time. At this time, the number of each of the corresponding search words is counted, and the document number, the document name in which the search word existed, the page (total page and page in the document), line, and the found search word in one sentence The position and the length of the corresponding search word found are also acquired and stored.

The search result display unit 40 represents each search word as a list of one sentence including the search word. First, since the search result display unit 40 is often searched for a plurality of one search word, the search word searched by the search processing unit 30 and the number of searches are displayed on the first screen (first screen). Display each. This allows the user to select the search word for which the sentence including the search word is desired to be displayed. In other words, if the number of searches is 0, no sentence can be displayed as a search result, so the number of searches is displayed and used as a reference for user selection.
FIG. 5 shows a display example of the search result display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, on the initial screen 41, the number of searches for each search word is displayed. Next, on the search result display screen 42, the search result corresponding to the search word selected by the user on the initial screen 41 is displayed. Further, the search result display screen 42 also displays the document number, page, number of lines, etc. of the search sentence searched by the search processing unit 30 as a confirmation list. As a result, it is effective when performing a process such as referring to the entire sentence of the search word in more detail.
In the example of the figure, the sentence corresponding to “search” is described in document number 1, page 17, line 11.

The initial screen 41 shown in FIG.
In OWS, what is called a dialog box is a screen for designating search results to be displayed. When an item to be displayed is selected, the screen 41 disappears and the specified item is displayed. The corresponding content is displayed on screen 42.
Is displayed in. User first screen (first screen) 41
If you specify more search terms, the next screen (second screen) 42
The sentences including the search word are displayed in the order of being searched.
At this time, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the search word portion and the search sentence portion are highlighted or highlighted by coloring or the like.

Further, "search word + number of items" is displayed on the first screen (first screen) 41, and when an arbitrary search word is selected by the user, the search word is displayed on the second screen. Before displaying the included sentence, a list of information (document name, page, line) in which the search word is located may be displayed, and the user may select or display an arbitrary position. It may be designed so that a document including a sentence, a range, and the like are designated.
For example, specify "Display only the sentences including the search words existing in document 1" or "Display the sentences including the search words existing in the range of 1 to 10 pages of document 1". It is also possible to do so.

It is also possible to display in the search result display section 40 using a card format. FIG. 6 shows an example (1) displayed using the card format according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure (a), when the search word column is specified by clicking with a pointing device such as a mouse, as shown in the figure (b), the search word or the sentence including the search sentence and the selected search word are displayed. Is displayed.

FIG. 7 shows an example (No. 2) displayed using the card format according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the example shown in FIG. 7, as shown in FIG. 6B, the search word designated in the first screen (dialog box) is displayed in FIG. 7A without displaying the designated portion of the search term. It is also possible to stack them like playing cards as shown in FIG. 2 or to display only necessary cards side by side on the screen as shown in FIG.

The result storage unit 50 stores the confirmation list, which is the search result displayed on the search result display unit 40, in a storage medium such as an external storage device. When storing the search results, all the search results may be stored, or any search result may be selected and stored.
It is also possible to store the document processed by the replacement processing unit 80 described later or the document before the replacement processing.

The replacement word setting unit 60 specifies a replacement word corresponding to the search word specified by the search word setting unit 20. FIG. 8 shows an example of a replacement word setting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the search word area 61, the search word set by the search word setting unit 20 is displayed. In the replacement word area 62, a word used for replacement is input. In the search word number (No) field of the search word area 61, a number is assigned to each search word that requires replacement, and in the replacement area 62, a number corresponding to the search word and a replacement word corresponding to the number. To set. In this case, a replacement word is set in "setting" of the search words. In the replacement word area 62, the word "install" to be replaced with the number "1" of the search word "setting" is set. Further, when setting the replacement corresponding to the search term including the wildcard, the same wildcard used when the search term is specified is used as the wildcard of the replacement term. At this time, it is possible to set one replacement word for a plurality of search words even if a wild card is included.

When the same replacement word "internal" is set for the search word "built-in" and "content", the search word "built-in"
And "content" are numbered 2 and "internal" is set in the replacement word area 62 as a replacement word corresponding to the number "2" specified in the search word area 61. In this way, it is possible to set one common replacement word for a plurality of different search words.

When these settings are completed, either full replacement or partial replacement is selected as the replacement method. The full replacement is a method of converting all the search words into the replacement words at once, and the partial replacement is a method of designating a place to be replaced and performing replacement. The replacement instruction display unit 70 displays only the confirmation list of sentences including the search word for which the replacement word is set. In the replacement word setting unit 60, when all replacements are designated, the confirmation list is used for confirmation. FIG. 9 shows a display example of the confirmation list on the replacement instruction display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the replacement instruction display unit 70 displays a sentence including the search word “setting” and displays the search word “setting” in reverse video, highlighted in another color, or replaced by the replacement word. Show me. If the user sees this display and has no problem in converting to the replacement word "installation", he presses the execution key.

The substitution processing section 80 is the substitution word display section 7 described above.
When the execution key is pressed with 0, it is entered in the search process (search word found, document number, document name, page (total page and page in document), line, found in one sentence) The original document is replaced based on the position of the search word and the replacement word length corresponding to the found search word). It is also possible to save the replacement result and the document before replacement in the result storage unit 50 (external storage device). As a result, the document information stored in the result storage unit 50 can be output to the list.

Next, a series of operations of the above configuration will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation from the search processing to the replacement processing according to the embodiment of the present invention. Step 1000) The input document designation unit 10 displays a document to be searched from the documents stored in the document storage unit 90 on the display screen and selects it. In the case of selection, as shown in FIG. 2, a document identifier such as a title or a number is designated, the document to be searched is read, and the search processing unit 30 is read.
Transfer to. If there are multiple documents to be searched, specify multiple documents at the same time. For example, when editing a certain series, all the documents that make up the series are designated.

Step 1100) Search word setting unit 20
Specifies a search word or a search clause on the input screen.
When there are a plurality of search target search words, a plurality of search target documents are designated at the same time and transferred to the search processing unit 30. Step 1200) The search processing unit 30 searches the document specified by the input document specifying unit 10 with the search word or the search phrase specified by the search word setting unit 20. Here, when the term corresponding to the search term can be retrieved, the retrieved document name (document number), page, and line are stored, and the number of retrievals for each search term is counted.

Step 1300) If the search processing unit 30 has searched all the documents specified by the input document specifying unit 10, the process proceeds to step 1400, and if there are still documents to be searched, the process proceeds to step 1200. Transition. Step 1400) The search result display unit 40 first edits the number of searches for each search word as the search result. At this time, when the set of the search word and the number of cases is edited, the search word may be sorted and displayed in Japanese syllabary or the like.

Step 1500) Search result display section 40
Displays the information edited in step 1400 above. The number of searches for each search term is displayed on the first screen (first screen). Step 1600) The user refers to the number of searches shown for each search word on the search result display unit 40, specifies the search word to be displayed in detail, and based on the specification, as shown in FIG. 5, Display the sentence corresponding to the specified search term.

[Step 1700] If the number of designated search words is 0, it does not make sense to display it. Therefore, the process proceeds to step 1800. If the number of retrieved items is 1 or more, the process proceeds to step 1900. Transition. Step 1800) The search result display unit 40 displays a message indicating that there are 0 search results for the search word. Or, to enter another search term automatically,
You may move to step 1600 as it is.

Step 1900) All or arbitrarily specified search results are stored in the result storage unit 50. The result storage unit 50 also stores the input search word, a list of display of one sentence of the search result (stores that fact in the card format), the replaced document, and the like.

Step 2000) Next, the replacement word setting unit 60 sets the replacement word corresponding to the search word, as shown in FIG. (Step 2100) After setting the replacement word, as a method of replacement, if partial replacement is performed, the process proceeds to step 2200, and if total replacement is performed, the process proceeds to step 2500.

Step 2200) When partial replacement is performed, a search word or a search word to be replaced by selecting a range is selected. (Step 2300) When a search word to be replaced is specified and replaced, the replacement target corresponding to the search word is edited in the confirmation list.

Step 2400) When a replacement range is designated (for example, only replacement for document 1, pages 10 to 10)
For the replacement up to page 30, each range is specified, and the replacement target corresponding to the range is edited in the confirmation list. (Step 2500) As shown in FIG. 8, the search words to be replaced, the sentences including the search words, and the position where the search exists are displayed as a confirmation list.

(Step 2600) If the user confirms the confirmation list and the replacement is permitted, the process proceeds to step 2700. If it is determined that the user is not the replacement target, the process proceeds to step 2000. (Step 2700) If the result of confirmation in the confirmation list indicates that replacement is possible, the user presses the execution key.
When the replacement instruction is input by pressing the execution key, the replacement word is converted into a replacement word corresponding to the specified search word. In the case of partial replacement, when a sentence including a search word is displayed on the replacement instruction display unit 70, the corresponding part is highlighted or highlighted in another color or the replacement word while checking the part to be replaced. The display replaced by is displayed, and the user is made to judge whether or not the replacement is performed. When the necessary pointing work on the confirmation list is completed, the replacement work is started by operating the replacement execution button or the like. Also,
In the case of full replacement, all search words designated by pressing the execution key are converted into replacement words.

Next, specific examples of the present invention will be shown. (1) The input document designation unit 10 selects three documents, document 1, document 4, and document 8 shown in FIG. 2 from the document storage unit 10 in the word processor, and transfers them to the search processing unit 30. .

(2) As shown in FIG. 3, the search word setting unit 20 uses "search", "setting", and "sales / sales" as search words.
Set three search words "collection" and transfer them to the search processing unit 30. (3) The search processing unit 30 sequentially searches the documents 1, 4, and 8 to obtain the result shown in FIG. This means that 8 items were searched for "search", 107 items were searched for "setting", and 69 items were searched for the search term "sales / collection" including a wildcard.

(4) The search result display section 40 displays the number of cases for each of these search words on the initial screen 41. here,
When the user selects "setting", a plurality of search words "setting" and sentences including the search word "setting" are displayed as search results on the search result display screen 42. In the example of FIG. 5, 107 search results are displayed.

(5) As a result of confirming the contents displayed in the search result display 40, the term "setting" is changed to "install".
It is necessary to replace with. (6) As a result, in the replacement word setting unit 60 shown in FIG.
The number "1" is given to the "setting" in the search word area 61 and the corresponding number is set to the replacement word "installation" in the replacement word area 62 using the display screen shown in FIG. As a result, "installation" is designated as a replacement word for "setting". In this example, it is assumed that all replacement (collective replacement) is selected as the replacement method.

(7) Here, the replacement instruction display section 70
As the confirmation list, as shown in FIG. 9, all sentences including the search word are displayed. At this time, the search word "setting" is highlighted. When the user confirms the displayed text and determines that the text may be replaced with "installation", the user presses the execution key.

(8) As a result, the replacement processing unit 80
All the "settings" shown in FIG. 9 are replaced with "installation".
Next, a case where the partial replacement is selected in the above (6) will be described. (6 ′) In the replacement word setting unit 60, when partial replacement is selected, a search word is input and the cursor is moved to the position of the searched search word, the search result display unit 4
Based on the information such as the search word, the document name, the page, and the line displayed on the search result display screen 0 of 0, the method for designating the portion to be replaced, the range to be partially replaced is the document name,
The information is output to the replacement instruction display unit 70 depending on which method is designated by information such as a page.

Further, in the above processing (3), the following display is possible. FIG. 11 shows another example displayed on the search result display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the example shown in the figure, the first screen displays the number of items for each search word as in FIG. 5, and the next screen displays the position (document name, page, line) information of each search word. Is an example of displaying.
As a result, the user recognizes that there are many "searches" on the 17th page of the document 1, so in the processing of (4) above, the search word "search" is selected, and By specifying the number (document name) and page (1-17), the page of the document is displayed. By making such a setting, it is possible to view the desired confirmation list in a short time, and it is determined whether or not the search word needs to be replaced in the subsequent processing of (5) and (6). The time to do is shortened.

Next, an example of editing the term library using the search results saved in the result saving unit 50 is shown below. The search results are read out from the result storage unit 50, and the search words are sorted in the order of Japanese syllabary or alphabetical order,
It is possible to store a sentence including the search term as a term library. When saving, the result processed by the user can be saved so that the user can easily use it, and various options can be specified at the saving stage.

An example of using the term library generated in this way is shown below. FIG. 12 shows an example of using the term library according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the example of the figure, the manual creator A creates the manual VOL.1.
B creates manual VOL.2, C creates manual VOL.3
In the case of creating, the term library created as described above is referred to by each manual creator accessing and used for creating the manual.

Further, even if the process is completed while it is being created on the previous day, it is possible to refer to it by saving the terms used up to the previous day in the term library.
It is possible to use the terms used up to the previous day in a unified manner. Further, a sentence that can be used as it is when creating a manual by referring to the term library can be copied and used as it is.

When creating an index of a term library, it is possible to cut out a desired term and generate an index by using a known term cutout method. Next, as another embodiment of the present invention, a case where voice output is used for inputting a search word and outputting a search result will be described.

FIG. 13 shows the configuration of a document search device according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as in FIG.
The same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted. The document search device shown in FIG. 13 has a configuration in which a voice generation unit 210 and a voice output unit 220 are added to the configuration of FIG. Voice generation unit 210
When a voice output instruction signal is input from the input document designation unit 10, the search word setting unit 20, the search processing unit 30, and the replacement processing unit 80, the voice output instruction signal is converted into a voice signal and is output to the voice output unit 220. Output.

First, when an instruction signal relating to a document name to be searched is input from the input document designating unit 10, the voice generating unit 210 voice-converts the designated document name. The voice output unit 220, to which the voice-converted signal is input, displays, for example, “The input document numbers are 1, 3, and 5. If you do not change it, press the Enter key. If you want to change it, press the cancel key. ”Is output.

Further, when the instruction signal relating to the search word is input from the search word setting section 20, the voice generating section 210 converts the set search word into voice and outputs it to the voice output section 220. As a result, the voice output unit 220 displays, for example, "The input search word is transaction, built-in, or reference. If you do not change it, press the Enter key. If you want to change
Please press the cancel key ".

Further, when an instruction signal relating to the search processing result is input from the search processing section 30, the voice generating section 210.
Converts the set search word into voice, and outputs the voice output unit 220.
Output to. The voice output unit 220 indicates, for example, "A reference word among the input search terms does not exist in the document. To continue the process, press the Enter key. To cancel the process, press the cancel key ".

Further, when the instruction signal regarding the replacement instruction is input from the substitution word setting unit 60, the voice generation unit 210 performs voice conversion on the signal regarding the substitution result and outputs it to the voice output unit 220. The voice output unit 220 replaces, for example, “search word“ transaction ”with“ buy / buy ”and“ built-in ”with“ content ”. If you do not change it, press the Enter key. To change it, press the cancel key. The voice message is output.

When the replacement processing section 80 receives an instruction signal regarding the replacement processing result, the voice generation section 210
The signal relating to the replacement result is converted into voice, and the voice output unit 220
Output to. The voice output unit 220 displays, for example, “All replacement processing has been completed. Voice message saying "1" if you want to save the document before update, "2" if you want to save the document before and after update, and "3" if you do not want to save it " Output.

Although voice output has been described in the above example, it is also possible to specify a search document, a search word, and a replacement word by voice input. This case is realized by adding a voice recognition device (not shown). For example, when a search word is input to the search word setting unit 20, a voice input device (not shown) specifies the search word by voice to the voice recognition device. Regarding the above audio output,
An example of displaying the user's intention by key operation was shown.
Especially for a visually impaired person, if there is a difficulty in operation, it is possible to use a voice input device and a voice recognition device to give a response (yes, no) for indicating an intention.

The input confirmation and the result confirmation by the above-mentioned voice output are effective for a healthy person to confirm an input error. The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various applications and modifications are possible within the scope of the claims.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, since it is possible to specify a plurality of documents and a plurality of search words at the same time, it is not necessary to repeat the input for setting for each document or each search. Become.

According to the second invention, when a search word is specified, an option corresponding to the search word can be specified. Therefore, it is possible to specify detailed search conditions when performing a search process for a plurality of search words. Become. Therefore, for example, conventionally, "A
When searching for "BC" and "abc", two search words had to be specified, but one search word can be specified by specifying options.

According to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the above, by designating half-width characters, full-width characters, etc. as option designation,
The problem that the same search word cannot be searched because it is a half-width character is solved, and conversely, even if it is not treated as the same search word, the search can be specified, so that a more strict search can be performed.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, since the number of retrieved items is output, for example, when the retrieval result is 0, the user is prevented from performing the subsequent replacement process, for example. Avoid unnecessary processing. According to the fifth invention, by outputting the sentence including the search word as the confirmation list,
There is no possibility that the sentences before and after the search term will be unclear because the sentence is interrupted. Further, since all the searched items are output as the confirmation list, it is possible to confirm all the search terms searched at any position.

According to the sixth aspect, by setting the replacement word corresponding to the search word at the same time, it is unnecessary to set the replacement word for the search word for each replacement process. Further, it is possible for the user to select partial replacement or total replacement processing. According to the seventh aspect, it is possible to generate a unified sentence by converting a plurality of similar searches with one replacement word.

According to the eighth invention, even if a document is being created, it is possible to create a unified document by referring to the search result held at the time of the previous end. It is effective for editing a glossary and creating a term library. According to the ninth aspect, by storing the search result in the external storage device, the search result can be used for drafting a glossary, a term library, or the like, and it is possible to perform a term confirmation work. By using this glossary, it is possible to use unified terms even if there are multiple document persons. Further, since the search word can be stored in the external storage device, the work of re-inputting it when performing the search process can be reduced.

According to the tenth invention, it is possible to select and save the contents to be stored in the external storage device according to the ninth invention, and it is also possible to save all the output results. is there. According to the eleventh invention, as in the ninth and tenth inventions, not only the search word but also the document before the replacement process and the document after the replacement process can be saved. Even if the document is updated, if the document before the replacement process is required, it can be read from the external storage device.

According to the twelfth invention, since the user can input the search target document, the search word, and the replacement word by voice, and operate the search result, the replacement result, and the like by voice, not only the visually impaired but also the healthy person. However, it is effective for confirming input and finding mistakes. According to the thirteenth invention, when the confirmation list is displayed, all the sentences including the search word are not displayed, but only the sentence including the search word corresponding to the set replacement word is displayed. When it is desired to check whether or not it is appropriate for selection, it is possible to narrow the range to be checked. Therefore, the time for checking is shortened.

As described above, according to the document retrieval apparatus of the present invention, the term can be confirmed only by confirming the output result without the troublesome procedure of the retrieval work required for confirming the term. . Further, with respect to the replacement value, it is possible to determine whether or not the search term may be replaced by simply checking the confirmation list.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a document search device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of search target document designation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation of a search word setting unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a wild card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a search result display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram (No. 1) showing an example displayed using the card format according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram (No. 2) showing an example displayed using the card format according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a replacement word setting unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a confirmation list display example of a replacement instruction display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation from a search process to a replace process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example displayed on the search result display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of using a term library according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a document search device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Input Document Designating Section 20 Search Word Searching Section 30 Search Processing Section 40 Search Result Display Section 50 Search Result Saving Section 60 Replacement Word Setting Section 61 Search Word Area 62 Replacement Word Area 70 Replacement Instruction Display Section 80 Replacement Processing Section 90 Document Storage Section 210 voice generation unit 220 voice output unit

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A document search device for inputting a search word or a search sentence to search the inside of a document and replacing the search word with another term as necessary, selecting a plurality of documents to be searched. Document selection means and a search means for inputting a plurality of search words or search sentences and searching for a plurality of search words or a plurality of search sentences including the search text from the plurality of documents selected by the document selection means. A document search device having: 2. The document search device according to claim 1, wherein the search unit has a search condition setting unit that specifies the search types of the plurality of search words or the search sentence together. 3. The search condition setting means includes, as the search type, whether to specify upper case / lower case distinction, half-width character / full-width character distinction, or a wildcard that can be replaced with an arbitrary term. The document search apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the designation is performed. 4. The document retrieval apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the retrieval unit has a retrieval number output unit that outputs the number of retrievals for each of the retrieval words or retrieval sentences. 5. A confirmation list output means for outputting the search results obtained by the search means for each of the search words or the search sentences, or all the search results including the search words or the search sentences. 1. The document search device described in 1. 6. The document search device according to claim 1, further comprising a replacement unit that simultaneously sets a plurality of replacement words corresponding to the search words or search sentences and replaces the original document with the replacement words completely or partially. 7. The document search device according to claim 1, wherein the replacement unit has a unit for setting at least one replacement word for a plurality of search words or search sentences. 8. The document search device according to claim 1, further comprising a first storage unit that stores the input search word or search sentence. 9. The document search device according to claim 5, further comprising a second storage unit that stores the search word output by the check list output unit or the check list including the search text. 10. A third accumulating means for accumulating the search word output by the confirmation list output means, the entire search text including the search text, or any search word or search text. The document search device according to claim 9, further comprising: 11. The document retrieval apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a fourth accumulating means for accumulating by selecting all or an arbitrary portion of the document replaced by said replacing means. 12. A voice output means for outputting the search word document, the input of the search word, the search text output means, and the document replaced by the replacement means by voice. Document retrieval device described. 13. The document search device according to claim 6, wherein the replacement unit outputs only a sentence including a search word corresponding to the set replacement word.