JPH08202694A - Document processor and its character string retrieving method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To efficiently perform a character string retrieving process while discriminating between a desired character string and a fuzzy character string as to a character string retrieved according to a desired character string inputted from in edited document information. CONSTITUTION: Which of a retrieval object character string and a fuzzy character string the character string retrieved by a CPU1 is, is discriminated and the display form of the retrieved character string is switched on a display device 6 according to which of the retrieval object character string and fuzzy character string the retrieved character string is.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus for inputting and editing a document, and more particularly to a document processing capable of retrieving a character string including a kana usage similar to a desired input character string. The present invention relates to a character string search method for a device and a document processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of device may be equipped with a search function as one of the document editing functions. In this case, fuzzy search has recently become widespread.

The fuzzy search is a search for a character string to be searched input by the operator together with similar usages and characters, and is an effective function when the character string to be searched is uncertain. is there.

[0004]

On the contrary, since the allowable range of the search is widened, the work of confirming whether or not the character string is the desired character is required, which is troublesome.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the first to third inventions of the present invention is to provide a search input to edited document information. When searching for a character string based on the target character string, if there is an ambiguous character that is commonly used for a predetermined character in the search target character string, the character that matches the searched target character string is searched. By switching the display mode between the column and the character string replaced with ambiguous characters, the character string searched according to the desired character string input from the edited document information is the desired character string or the ambiguous character string. (EN) A document processing device and a character string search method for a document processing device capable of efficiently performing a character string search process while identifying whether or not.

[0006]

A first aspect of the present invention relates to an input means for inputting document information, a storage means for storing this document information, and editing the document information stored in this storage means. Editing means, display means for displaying the document information, character storage means for storing ambiguous characters commonly used for predetermined characters, and the storage based on the search target character string input from the input means. A fuzzy character string obtained by substituting a fuzzy character stored in the character storage means for a character string matching the search target character string and any character in the search target character string from the document information stored in the means is searched. And a discriminating means for discriminating whether the character string retrieved by the retrieving means is the retrieval target character string or the ambiguous character string, and the character string retrieved by the discriminating means is Search is between the case and the case of the target string of the ambiguous character string having a display control means for controlling switching the display form of the search string on said display means.

A second invention according to the present invention is provided with a designating means for designating a search range in the document information searched by the search means, and the search target character inputted within the search range designated by the search means. A character string matching the string and the ambiguous character string is searched from the document information stored in the storage means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, input means for inputting document information, storage means for storing the document information, editing means for editing the document information stored in the storage means, and In a character string search method for a document processing apparatus having a display unit for displaying document information and a character storage unit for storing ambiguous characters commonly used for a predetermined character, a search target character string input from an input unit is used. Based on the document information stored in the storage means based on the character string that matches the search target character string and any character in the search target character string is replaced with the fuzzy character stored in the character storage means A search step of searching a character string, a determination step of determining whether the searched character string is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string, and a search based on the determination result. A first search display step of displaying the search target character string on the display means in a first display form; and a character string searched according to the determination result is the ambiguous character string A second search display step of displaying on the display means in a second display form different from the display form.

[0009]

In the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a case where the determining means for determining whether the character string searched by the searching means is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string is the searched character string. In the case of the ambiguous character string, the display control means switches the display form of the character string searched on the display means to determine whether the searched character string is a desired character string or a character string searched by ambiguous characters. Make it easily identifiable.

In the second aspect of the invention, the search means searches the document information stored in the storage means for a character string matching the search target character string and the ambiguous character string input within the specified search range. Thus, it is possible to efficiently search the search target character string and the ambiguous character string.

In the third invention, a character string matching the search target character string in the document information stored in the storage means based on the search target character string input from the input means and the search target character string Searching for an ambiguous character string in which any of the characters is replaced with an ambiguous character stored in the character storage means, and determining whether the searched character string is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string, The character string searched according to the determination result displays the search target character string on the display means in the first display form, and the character string searched according to the determination result is the ambiguous character string A process for displaying on the display means in a second display form different from the display form for identifying and displaying the retrieved character string as a desired character string or a character string retrieved with ambiguous characters can be programmably executed. To.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the arrangement of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CPU, which generally controls each device connected to the system bus 8 based on a control program stored in a ROM 2. 3 is RAM
Stores various data and programs, mainly CPU
1 function as a work memory. An external storage device 4 is provided with a storage medium such as a floppy disk or a hard disk (HD) and stores document data input from the keyboard 7 and edited. A printer 5 is composed of, for example, an ink jet printer that ejects ink to print. Reference numeral 6 denotes a display device including a CRT or LCD, which displays an input document or system information at a predetermined position. The display device 6 is
It may be configured by a Windows system (including a product name) that opens and displays a window of an edited document according to a window system managed by the CPU 1. Reference numeral 7 denotes a keyboard, which is connected to a pointing device such as a mouse (not shown) so that the user can instruct the input of document information and the editing position. Reference numeral 8 denotes a system bus, which also has a function of receiving or transmitting document information from a network via an external interface (not shown). It also has a facsimile communication function.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a list of characters to be fuzzy searched in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In the figure, the characters (1) to (20) are treated as equivalent characters.

That is, taking the character (11) as an example, when the operator executes a search by inputting "-", "1", "-", "Ichi", "one" in the document All characters will be searched.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a search dialog box that is open-displayed on the display device 6 shown in FIG. 1, where A is an input area for inputting a search character string and B is a search range. A parameter to be designated is shown, and C is a switch for instructing search execution.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a character string search candidate display state on the document edit screen of the display device 6 shown in FIG.
Corresponding to the state in which the character (1) that is the fuzzy search target shown in FIG. 2 is searched, (a) is a state in which the input sample "Violin" is searched and highlighted according to the character (1) And (b) shows a state in which the input sample "violin" is searched according to the character "1" of the character (1) and is displayed in blinking.

Correspondence between the present embodiment and each means of the first and second inventions and their operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.

A first aspect of the invention is an input means (keyboard 7) for inputting document information, a storage means (RAM3) for storing this document information, and an editing means for editing the document information stored in this storage means. (By the CPU 1), display means (display device 6) for displaying the document information, and character storage means (in the present embodiment, stored in the ROM 2 for storing ambiguous characters commonly used for predetermined characters). , A hard disk (HD) may be used depending on the system configuration)
And a character string that matches the search target character string from the document information stored in the storage unit based on the search target character string input from the input unit and any character in the search target character string. Retrieval means (by the function of CPU 1) for retrieving an ambiguous character string substituted by ambiguous characters stored in the character storage means, and whether the character string retrieved by this retrieving means is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string. Discrimination means (depending on the function of the CPU 1) for discriminating whether or not the character string retrieved by this discrimination means is the retrieval target character string or the ambiguous character string, and the character string retrieved on the display means. And a display control means (depending on the function of the CPU 1) for switching the display form of
It is determined whether the character string searched by the CPU 1 is the search target character string or the fuzzy character string, and the display device 6 is used depending on whether the searched character string is the search target character string or the fuzzy character string. By switching the display form of the character string searched above, it is possible to easily identify whether the searched character string is a desired character string or a character string searched with ambiguous characters.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a character string that matches the search target character string and the ambiguous character string input by the search means (by the function of the CPU 1) within the specified search range is stored in the storage means. It is possible to efficiently search for a search target character string and a fuzzy character string by searching from document information.

The character retrieval method of the document processing apparatus will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the character string search method of the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (11) indicate each step.

First, the operator inputs "Violin" as a character string to be searched in the input area A from the keyboard 7 in the dialog box shown in FIG. Also, one is selected from the parameters B that determine the search start position and the range (currently after the cursor is selected). Lastly, the execution start switch C is pointed by moving the cursor with a pointing device (not shown).

As a result, the flow is started, and the search start position is set in step (1). If "from the beginning of the document", the start position is at the beginning of the document, and "after the cursor"
Or if it is “before the cursor”, it is set at the current cursor position. Next, if it matches the character string input in step (2), or if the input character string contains the character shown in FIG. 2, it matches the character treated as equivalent to that character. Determine whether to do.

If they do not match in step (3), the process proceeds to step (4) to advance the search start position by one character. At this time, on the search setting screen shown in FIG.
When the setting of the parameter B is "from the beginning of the document" or "after the cursor", it is incremented by +1 and when it is "before the cursor", it is decremented by -1.

Next, in step (5), it is judged whether or not the search range is all finished. If it is not finished, the process returns to step (2), and if it is finished, this program is finished. Note that in the present embodiment, the determination of the end of the search range is made "from the beginning of the document" or "after the cursor" by setting the parameter B on the search setting screen shown in FIG.
Is the end of the document, and "Before cursor" is the beginning of the document.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (3) that they match, the process proceeds to step (6), and the match is the character string itself input by the operator or the fuzzy search target shown in FIG. Determine if a character is included.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (6) that the character string itself is input by the operator, step (8)
4A, the character string in the document is displayed in reverse video as shown in FIG. 4A, and when it is determined that the fuzzy search target character is included, the process goes to step (7). (B)
The character string in the document is displayed blinking like.

Next, in step (9), the operator waits for an input as to whether to interrupt or continue the search process. If the determination in step (10) is continued, go to step (11), set the search start position to the character next to the last character of the character string just searched, and search in step (5). Go to the end judgment. Note that the parameter B is set to "Before cursor" on the search setting screen in FIG.
In the case of, the search start position is set to the character before the first character of the character string just searched.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (10) is interrupted, this program processing is terminated.

Correspondence between the present embodiment and each step of the third invention and its action will be described below with reference to FIG.

A third invention is an input means (keyboard 7) for inputting document information, a storage means (RAM3) for storing the document information, and an editing means for editing the document information stored in the storage means. (Depending on the function of CPU1),
A display means (display device 6) for displaying the document information and a character storage means (in the present embodiment, stored in the ROM 2 for storing ambiguous characters commonly used for predetermined characters,
In a character string search method for a document processing device having a hard disk (HD or the like depending on the system configuration), the search is performed from the document information stored in the RAM 3 based on the search target character string input from the keyboard 7. A search step of searching for a fuzzy character string in which a fuzzy character stored in the ROM 2 is substituted for a character string that matches the target character string and any character in the search target character string (FIG. 5).
Steps (2) and (3)), a determination step (step (6) in FIG. 5) of determining whether the searched character string is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string, and the determination result. According to the first search display step (step (7) in FIG. 5) in which the character string searched according to the above is displayed on the display means in the first display mode, the search target character string is displayed. And a second search and display step (step (8) in FIG. 5) in which the ambiguous character string is displayed on the display means in a second display form different from the first display form. By executing the processing, it is possible to programmatically execute the process of identifying and displaying whether the retrieved character string is a desired character string or a character string retrieved with ambiguous characters.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

[0036]

As described above, the first aspect of the present invention
According to the invention, the determination means for determining whether the character string searched by the search means is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string, the case where the searched character string is the search target character string and the ambiguous character Since the display control means switches the display form of the character string retrieved on the display means in the case of a column, it is possible to easily identify whether the retrieved character string is a desired character string or a character string retrieved with ambiguous characters. can do.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the character string matching the search target character string and the ambiguous character string input by the searching means within the specified search range is selected from the document information stored in the storing means. Since the search is performed, the search target character string and the ambiguous character string can be efficiently searched.

According to the third invention, a character string that matches the search target character string and the search target character from the document information stored in the storage means based on the search target character string input from the input means. An ambiguous character string in which any character in the string is replaced by an ambiguous character stored in the character storage means is searched, and it is determined whether the searched character string is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string. , The character string searched according to the determination result displays the search target character string on the display means in a first display form, and the character string searched according to the determination result indicates the ambiguous character string. Since the second display form different from the first display form is displayed on the display means, a process for identifying and displaying whether the retrieved character string is a desired character string or a character string retrieved with ambiguous characters is programmable. It is possible to row.

Therefore, it is possible to efficiently perform the character string search process while discriminating whether the character string searched according to the desired character string input from the edited document information is the desired character string or the ambiguous character string. There is an effect that can be.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a list of characters to be fuzzy search targets in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a search dialog box that is open-displayed on the display device shown in FIG.

4 is a diagram showing a character string search candidate display state on the document edit screen of the display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a character string search method of the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 External Storage Device 5 Printer 6 Display Device 7 Keyboard

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting document information, storage means for storing this document information, editing means for editing the document information stored in this storage means, and display means for displaying the document information. A character storage means for storing an ambiguous character commonly used for a predetermined character, and the search target character string in the document information stored in the storage means based on the search target character string input from the input means. And a search means for searching for an ambiguous character string in which any of the characters in the character string matching the search target character string and the character string to be searched is replaced by the ambiguous character stored in the character storage means, and the character string searched by this searching means. Discriminating means for discriminating whether the character string is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string, and a case where the character string searched by this judging means is the search target character string and the ambiguous character string And a display control unit for controlling the display mode of the character string retrieved on the display unit. 2. The specifying means for specifying the search range in the document information searched by the search means is provided, and the search means matches the search target character string and the ambiguous character string input within the specified search range. The character string is searched from the document information stored in the storage means.
Document processing device described. 3. Input means for inputting document information, storage means for storing this document information, editing means for editing the document information stored in this storage means, and display means for displaying the document information. In a character string search method for a document processing device having a character storage means for storing an ambiguous character commonly used for a predetermined character, the storage means stores the character string based on a search target character string input from the input means. A search step of searching a fuzzy character string obtained by substituting a fuzzy character stored in the character storage means for a character string that matches the search target character string in the document information and any character in the search target character string; A determination step of determining whether the searched character string is the search target character string or the ambiguous character string, and the character string searched according to the determination result is the search target character A first search and display step of displaying a column on the display means in a first display form, and a second character string searched according to the determination result is different from the first display form for the ambiguous character string. And a second search and display step of displaying on the display means in the display form.