JPH08263256A - Automatic generation method for icon in data base and data base device having automatic generation function of icon - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To visually express plural attribute information values held with respective pieces of data by synthesizing icon patterns which are converted corresponding to respective pieces of data and generating icons corresponding to respective pieces of data. CONSTITUTION: When a user inputs the attribute information values to an attribute information value setting means 102 every plural pieces of data, the attribute information value setting means 102 stores the attribute information values to a data management table in a data management means 105. Then, the plural attribute information values are successively inputted to an attribute information value/icon pattern correspondence table and they are converted into the correspondent icon patterns. The plural icon patterns are synthesized in an icon patterns synthesis means 106 and the icons for respective pieces of data are generated. Thus, the plural attribute information values held with respective pieces of data can visually be expressed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of automatically creating icons in a database and a database device having a function of automatically creating icons.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for facilitating data search / classification work in a database device,
Various data classification methods using icons have been proposed.

As a conventional example, the invention "icon automatic creation method" described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-150624 will be cited and described with reference to the drawings. 10 is a block diagram applied to the conventional icon automatic creation method, and FIG. 11 is the same.
It is a synthetic conceptual diagram of the icon using a noun icon pattern and a verb icon pattern. In the figure, α is a database device, E, E1 and E2 are icons, Pe is an icon pattern, 1 is an icon pattern storage means, 2 is an icon pattern synthesizing means, and 3 is a display control means.

A conventional database device α shown in FIG.
Is an icon pattern storage means 1 in which a large number of icon patterns Pe, which are components of various icons E, are stored.
And an icon pattern synthesizing means 2 connected to the icon pattern storing means 1 for synthesizing the icon pattern Pe according to a user input given from the outside to create an icon E, and connected to the icon pattern synthesizing means 2. Display control means 3 for displaying the icon E on the screen
It consists of and.

The icon pattern Pe that the user should create
Is input to the icon pattern synthesizing means 2, the icon pattern synthesizing means 2 will be stored in the icon pattern storage means 1.
The required icon pattern Pe is extracted from the display and displayed on the screen of the display means (not shown) via the display control means 3.

As shown in FIG. 11, the database device α
Is a combination of a noun icon pattern Pe indicating a target object and a verb icon pattern Pe indicating a processing action, which are combined by the user to select the target object and the processing action as graphic information of “noun” + “verb”. , The icon E that is easy to visually recognize is created. For example, the icon E1 is an icon for processing operation "delete" the object "text", and the icon E2 is an icon for processing operation "updated" the object "graphic data".

As described above, in the conventional icon creating method, the user manually selects and inputs the two types of icon patterns Pe, which are both manually selected, to synthesize and display the icon E. When data management is performed using the icon E, for example, the correspondence table between the data and the icon E is used to directly associate the data with the icon E in a one-to-one relationship.

[0008]

However, the method of creating icons in the conventional data management system as described above has the following problems. First, the user has to manually select and combine one or a plurality of icon patterns Pe according to an object and a process for one data, and various attribute information held by the data, for example, In case of e-mail system, distribution destination,
The icon E could not be created by automatically reflecting the attribute information such as the requirement and urgency.

Secondly, the icon E created in this way is not used at all in the process of searching or classifying data in the database, and the icon E is not used at all.
Irrespective of the above, data retrieval processing or classification processing is performed using a character string retrieval or tree structure, and data retrieval processing or classification is performed from various viewpoints using the attribute information value Vi held by the data. It could not be processed, and the degree of freedom in search processing was low.

Third, since the user has requested the user to perform a complicated input operation such as a character string input operation when selecting the search condition used in the data search processing, the user is intuitive. There was a drawback that data retrieval processing and classification processing could not be performed.

Here, an object of the present invention is to automatically create an icon that simultaneously reflects a plurality of attribute information values held for each data constituting a database, and to allow a user to create a plurality of attribute information values for each data. It is intended to provide a database device having an automatic icon creation method in a database and an icon automatic creation function capable of intuitively recognizing.

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In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions and means. That is, the first feature of the method of the present invention is that, for a plurality of data stored in the database, one or a plurality of attribute information values, which are set values of the attribute information held by each of the plurality of data, are set as icon patterns. Is a method for automatically creating an icon in a database, in which the corresponding corresponding icon patterns are combined for each data and the corresponding icon pattern is created for each data.

The second feature of the method of the present invention is the method according to the first feature of the above method, wherein data holding a predetermined one or more attribute information values is searched from among the plurality of data stored in the database. This is a method for automatically creating an icon in a database in which data for holding an icon composed of an icon pattern corresponding to the predetermined one or more attribute information values is searched for.

A third aspect of the method of the present invention is the method according to the first aspect, wherein data holding a predetermined one or a plurality of attribute information values is retrieved from a plurality of data stored in a database. When this is done, an icon composed of an icon pattern corresponding to the predetermined one or more attribute information values is attached, and a predetermined sticker icon that is an icon attached to the data to facilitate data retrieval. This is a method for automatically creating icons in a database that searches for data that retains.

A fourth feature of the method of the present invention is that, in the second or third feature of the method, one or a plurality of attribute information values held by a plurality of data stored in a database are used as search conditions. In the database to display as an icon indicating the search condition, the one or more attribute information values that are the search conditions are converted into icon patterns, and the corresponding converted icon patterns are combined. This is an automatic icon creation method.

The fifth feature of the method of the present invention is that, in the second, third or fourth feature of the above method, one or a plurality of attribute information values is used as a search condition from a plurality of data stored in a database. After performing a data search using one or more attribute information values respectively held in the data of each search result is converted into the corresponding icon pattern, the one or more icon patterns are It is a method of automatically creating icons in a database by synthesizing each data and creating an icon corresponding to each data of each search result.

A first feature of the device of the present invention is that an attribute information value setting means for setting one or a plurality of attribute information values for each data and an icon in which a plurality of icon patterns which are the constituent elements of the icon are stored. Pattern storage means and a plurality of attribute information values set by the attribute information value setting means,
Attribute information value / icon pattern conversion means for converting corresponding to each icon pattern stored in the icon pattern storage means, and ID and file name of each data and attribute information set via the attribute information value setting means Data management means for managing values, and the attribute information value /
A database device having an automatic icon creation function, which is composed of an icon pattern synthesizing unit that synthesizes the plurality of icon patterns converted by the icon pattern converting unit for each data and creates an icon.

A second feature of the device of the present invention is that in the first feature of the device, a predetermined attribute information value is retrieved from the attribute information values stored in the attribute information value list storage means, It is a database device having an automatic icon creation function, which is provided with attribute information search means for reading data holding a predetermined attribute information value from the data management means.

A third feature of the device of the present invention is that, in the first feature of the device, a plurality of seal icons, which are icons attached to the data and displayed on a display screen, are stored as a mark when searching for data. And a sticker icon selecting means which is connected to the sticker icon storing means and is connected to the sticker icon storing means and which allows the user to select and input a predetermined sticker icon. A sticker icon arranging means to be associated with and an ID of the sticker icon arranged on the screen by the sticker icon arranging means.
And a sticker icon management means for managing the file name and the sticking position, and a sticking position of a predetermined sticker icon selected from the sticker icons is read from the sticker icon managing means, and the data to which the predetermined sticker icon is stuck is stored in a database. From the seal icon searching means and the attribute information value stored in the attribute information value list storage means, searching for a predetermined attribute information value, and managing the data holding the predetermined attribute information value in the data management. And a search control unit that logically operates the search result based on the search condition set by the user with respect to the search result of the seal icon search unit and the search result of the attribute information search unit. It is a database device having an automatic icon creation function provided with the above.

A fourth feature of the device of the present invention is the second or third feature of the device, wherein the attribute information searching means is
One or a plurality of attribute information values, which are search conditions for data from the database, are converted into corresponding icon patterns, and the icon pattern synthesizing means synthesizes the respective icon patterns to obtain an icon corresponding to the data search conditions. The database device has a function of automatically creating icons to be created.

A fifth feature of the device of the present invention is the second, third or fourth feature of the device, wherein the search control means, via the attribute information searching means, retrieves data of a search result from a database. One or a plurality of attributes held by the data of the search result by correspondingly converting one or a plurality of attribute information values held by each to an icon pattern, synthesizing the respective icon patterns by the icon pattern synthesizing means. A database device having an automatic icon creation function for creating an icon representing an information value.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first device example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a database device of this device example, FIG. 2A is a conceptual diagram of the attribute information value list, and FIG. 2B is a conceptual diagram of the icon pattern table of the same.

In the figure, β is a database device, A is an icon creating section, E is an icon, Li is an attribute information value list, Te
Is an icon pattern table, Tm is a data management table, 101 is an attribute information value list storage unit, 102 is an attribute information value setting unit, 103 is an icon storage unit, 104 is an attribute information value / icon pattern conversion unit, and 105 is a data management unit. , 106 are icon pattern synthesizing means, 10
Reference numeral 7 is a display control means.

The database device β of the present device example is composed of an icon creating section A and a display control means 107.

The icon creating section A includes an attribute information value list storage means 101, an attribute information value setting means 102, an icon pattern storage means 103, an attribute information value / icon pattern conversion means 104, a data management means 105, It is composed of an icon pattern synthesizing means 106.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the attribute information value list storage means 101 shows attribute information, which is an item common to each data in the database, and the attribute information value Vi set for each data. It is a means for storing it as a correspondence table consisting of a different attribute information value list Li. For example, in the case of an electronic mail system, the attribute information value Vi that is a candidate of the distribution destination for each data is set for the attribute information “distribution destination”.
"Suzuki", "Sato", and "Kato" are stored.

The attribute information value setting means 102 is means for setting the attribute information value Vi of the data to the attribute information value list Li inside the attribute information value list storage means 101.

The icon pattern storage means 103 stores the attribute information value Vi of the data and various icon patterns P such as "pencil", "paper", "memo paper" which are the components of the icon E.
It is a means for storing e and e in a one-to-one correspondence as an icon pattern table Te as shown in FIG.

Attribute information value / icon pattern conversion means 1
Reference numeral 04 denotes the attribute information value list Li shown in FIG.
This is means for synthesizing with the icon pattern table Te shown in (b) to create an attribute information value / icon pattern correspondence table Tt, storing it inside, and converting the attribute information value Vi into the corresponding icon pattern Pe.

The data management means 105 is means for updating the data management table Tm stored in the data management means 105 as shown in FIG. The data management table Tm includes a data ID (file name) storage area 202, a data attribute information storage area 203, and an icon ID storage area 204.

The icon pattern synthesizing means 106 is means for synthesizing the icon patterns Pe corresponding to a plurality of attribute information values Vi set for each data, and creating an icon 205 as shown in FIG.

The display control means 107 is a means for controlling the display of the data and the icon E on the display screen of the display means (not shown).

Here, the icon E is composed of a plurality of icon patterns Pe which are the constituent elements of the icon E.

The attribute information is, for example, in an electronic mail system, information indicating an attribute of data such as a distribution destination and a project. The attribute information can be freely set by the user according to the intended use or purpose of managing the data. A specific attribute value of each element of the attribute information, for example, an attribute value such as "Suzuki" or "Kato" for the attribute information "distribution destination" is called an attribute information value Vi.

The example of the present apparatus exhibits such a concrete embodiment, and the first example of the method of the present invention applied to the example of the apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the automatic icon creation method in the database of this method example.

First, the icon pattern table Te shown in FIG. 2B is created in the icon pattern storage means 103 (step S601).

When the user sets a plurality of attribute information values Vi for each data in the attribute information value setting means 102, the attribute information value setting means 102 creates an attribute information value list Li as shown in FIG. 2A. It is created and stored in the attribute information value list storage means 101 (step S602).

Attribute information value / icon pattern conversion means 1
Reference numeral 04 denotes the attribute information value list Li shown in FIG.
The icon pattern table Te shown in (b) is combined with the attribute information value / icon pattern correspondence table T.
Create t and store it internally (step S603). The above is the preparation work for creating the icon E.

The user inputs a plurality of data forming the database into the data management table Tm shown in FIG. 3 inside the data management means 105. (Step S604).

Subsequently, the user sets the attribute information value Vi to the attribute information value setting means 1 for each of the plurality of data.
When it is input to 02, the attribute information value setting means 102 stores the attribute information value Vi in the data management table Tm inside the data management means 105 (step S605).

A plurality of attribute information values Vi are sequentially input to the attribute information value / icon pattern correspondence table Tt and converted into corresponding icon patterns Pe (step S606).

The icon pattern synthesizing means 106 synthesizes the plurality of icon patterns Pe to create the icon E of each data (step S607).

When data is newly added after the creation of the icon E, the icon E corresponding to the data is executed by executing the series of processes from (step S604) to (step S607). Are created similarly.

Since this method example employs such a method, the icon E reflecting a plurality of attribute information values Vi held in the data can be automatically generated.

Next, the database device of the second device example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a database device showing a second device example of the present invention, and FIG.
(A) is a display conceptual diagram of the same seal icon, FIG. 6 (b)
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of the configuration of the same seal icon management table.

In the figure, B is a seal icon search unit, 301
Is a sticker icon storage means, 302 is a sticker icon selection means, 303 is a sticker icon arrangement means, 304 is a sticker icon management means, 305 is a display control means, 306
Is a seal icon search means, 405 is a seal icon management table, 406 is a seal icon ID storage area, 4
Reference numeral 07 is a sticker icon pattern number storage area, 408 is an icon ID storage area, and 409 is a sticker icon pasting position storage area.

The sticker icon Es is a kind of the icon E, and is an icon E used to easily and visually retrieve data.

The sticker icon retrieval section B shown in FIG. 5 has a sticker icon storage means 301, a sticker icon selection means 302, a sticker icon arrangement means 303, a sticker icon management means 304, a display control means 305, and a sticker icon. It is composed of a search control means 306.

The sticker icon storage means 301 is a means for storing various sticker icons Es.

The sticker icon selection means 302 is connected to the sticker icon storage means 301, and the sticker icon Es stored in the sticker icon storage means 301.
Means for selecting a predetermined sticker icon Es from among the above.

The sticker icon placement means 303 is means for pasting the sticker icon Es selected by the sticker icon selection means 302 onto the data to be searched.

The sticker icon management means 304 is stored in the sticker icon management means 304 as shown in FIG.
This is a means for managing and rewriting the contents of the sticker icon management table 405 shown in (b).

The sticker icon management table 405
Is a seal icon ID storage area 406 that stores a seal icon ID for identifying the seal icon Es.
And a seal icon pattern number storage area 407 that stores the icon pattern number of the seal icon Es, an icon ID storage area 408 that stores a data ID (file name) Nf, and a seal icon Es such as a cell address and row / column information. And a sticker icon sticking position storage area 409 which stores sticking position information of the sticker icon.

The display control means 305 includes the sticker icon arranging means 303 and the sticker icon searching means 30.
6 is means for displaying the sticker icon and the data extracted as a result of the search on the display screen of the display means (not shown).

The sticker icon search means 306 refers to the sticker icon management table 405 stored in the sticker icon management means 304, and refers to the data ID of the data to which the selected sticker icon Es is attached.
This is a means for searching (file name) Nf.

The present apparatus example exhibits such a concrete embodiment, and the second method example of the present invention applied to the present apparatus example will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the icon automatic creation method showing the second method example of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the same sticker icon Es may be attached to a plurality of places for one data. In the case of this example method, the data is "important"
Sticker icon 402 and "Attention" sticker icon 40
3 and an “important” sticker icon 404 are attached.

First, the user selects and inputs the sticker icon Es composed of the icon pattern Pe corresponding to the attribute information value Vi to be searched into the sticker icon selecting means 302 (step S701).

The user inputs the sticking position of the sticker icon Es to the sticker icon arranging means 303 via the sticker icon selecting means 302 (step S702).

The sticker icon arranging means 303 adds the selected and input sticker icon Es to the sticker icon management table 405 shown in FIG. 6B in the sticker icon management means 304 (step S703).

The user selects the search condition sticker icon Es.
Is input to the sticker icon selecting means 302 (step S704).

The sticker icon searching means 306 matches the attribute information value Vi with the attribute information value Vi corresponding to the plurality of icon patterns Pe constituting the selected sticker icon Es.
The data holding i is the seal icon management means 304.
It is searched whether or not it exists in the internal seal icon management table 405 (step S705). If it does not exist, the search ends.

If it exists, the sticker icon searching means 306 synthesizes the icon patterns Pe respectively corresponding to the data ID (file name) Nf of the searched data or a plurality of attribute information values Vi held by the data. The icons E thus created are displayed as a list on the display screen of the display means (not shown) via the display control means 305 (step S706).

The display control means 305 displays the data existing on the surrounding screen to which the selected sticker icon Es is attached, for the data selected by the user from the list-displayed data. It is displayed on the display screen of a display unit (not shown) via the control unit 305 (step S707).

Next, as a third device example of the present invention, an execution procedure of data extraction processing using the attribute information value Vi will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an automatic icon creating method showing a third method example of the present invention, FIG. 9 (a) is a display conceptual diagram before search, and FIG. 9 (b) is a display conceptual diagram after search. is there.

In the figure, C is a composite search unit, 110 is a search control unit, 111 is an attribute information search unit, 502 is a seal icon, 503 is an attribute information value, and 504 is a composite search condition.

In FIG. 8, the user is the search control means 1
10 is selected and input whether or not data is extracted using the attribute information value Vi together with the seal icon Es (step S80).
1). When the attribute information value Vi is not used (step S8
Jump to 04).

When using the attribute information value Vi, the following processing is executed. By referring to the attribute information value / icon pattern correspondence table Tt, the icon pattern Pe corresponding to the selected attribute information value Vi is read out, these are combined to create the seal icon 502, and the display control means 10 is displayed.
It is displayed on the display screen of the display means (not shown) via 7 (step S802).

The data management means 105 refers to the internal data management table Tm to search for data holding the attribute information value Vi (step S803).

Subsequently, the user is instructed by the search control means 110.
Whether or not to execute the search process using the seal icon Es is selected and input (step S804). Sticker icon Es
If is not used, jump to (step S807).

When the seal icon Es is used, the search control means 110 causes the icon pattern composition means 110.
Then, the selected sticker icon Es is displayed on the display screen of the display means (not shown) via the display control means 107 (step S805).

The sticker icon search means 306 refers to the sticker icon management table 405 inside the sticker icon management means 304 and extracts the data holding the attribute information value 503 corresponding to the sticker icon Es (step S806).

The user retrieves the data extraction condition using the attribute information value Vi from the extraction result, and controls the search control means 110.
Select and enter. The search control means 110 extracts data matching the data extraction condition using the attribute information value Vi from the database (step S807).

For example, when the user performs a search using the attribute information value Vi and a search using the sticker icon Es, "A
When the “ND composition” extraction condition 504 is selected and input, only the data included in both search results is extracted, and the plurality of attribute information values Vi held by the data are converted into the icon patterns Pe respectively, and the icon patterns Pe are converted. The combined image is displayed as the icon E on the display screen of the display unit (not shown) via the display control unit 107 (step S808).

Since the present invention adopts such a processing method, it is possible to retrieve the data by using both the attribute information value Vi of the data and the seal icon Es.

Incidentally, in any of the above device examples and method examples, the icon pattern Pe may be replaced with the pattern of the icon E and may be the color of the icon E or the gradation of the light and shade of the icon E. In this way, the visual effect can be increased by using the red icon E in an emergency.

Any of the above device examples and method examples can be applied to the electronic mail system. That is, at the time of data transmission, the attribute information value Vi for transmission, the attribute information value / icon pattern correspondence table Tt, and the icon pattern table Te are set to correspond to the attribute information value Vi at the time of transmission. The transmission icon E is automatically created. When data is received, the same can be done by replacing the term “sending” with the term “receiving”.

[0078]

According to the present invention, by adopting such a method and means, the icon attached to each data is
Since the plurality of attribute information values held by the data are visually expressed, the user can intuitively and instantly recognize the plurality of attribute information values held by the data.

Furthermore, the present invention can also be used for transmission / reception management of an electronic mail system, and by simply referring to the icon of an electronic mail, the information of the destination of the mail is sent when the mail is sent, and the mail is sent when the mail is received. There is an effect that information such as origin and urgency can be easily and intuitively recognized.

When setting the icon pattern,
If the color of the icon or the gradation of the icon is set instead of the pattern of the icon, it is possible to appeal to the user visually and more sensuously and directly.

Further, by searching the data using the sticker icon, it becomes possible to intuitively recognize the search condition in the search process and the classification process, and there is an effect that the operability is greatly improved.

Since the icon is created from the attribute information value of the data, the icon pattern or the attribute information value corresponding to the icon pattern or the seal icon is used to extract the data as the extraction condition from the database. Since it is displayed on the display screen using a visual search means called an icon, it is possible to easily and intuitively perform multifaceted and multifaceted search and classification processes that were difficult with conventional methods and devices. It has a great effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a database device having an automatic icon creation function showing a first device example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is the same as above, and a conceptual diagram of display.

3A and 3B are the same as the above. FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram of the structure of an attribute information value list, and FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a processing procedure of an icon automatic creation method in the database of the first method example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a database device having an automatic icon creation function showing a second device example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a processing procedure of an automatic icon creation method in the database of the second method example of the present invention.

7A is the same as the above; FIG. 7B is a conceptual view of the display; FIG. 7B is the same as above.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a processing procedure of an icon automatic creation method in the database of the third method example of the present invention.

FIG. 9A is a display conceptual diagram of the same as above / before search, and FIG. 9B is a display conceptual diagram of same as above / after search.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram applied to a conventional icon automatic creation method.

FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram of combining icons using the same noun icon pattern and verb icon pattern.

[Explanation of symbols]

 α, β database device A icon creation unit B seal icon search unit C composite search unit 1 icon pattern storage unit 2 icon pattern synthesis unit 3 display control unit 101 attribute information value list storage unit 102 attribute information value setting unit 103 icon storage unit 104 Attribute information value / icon pattern conversion means 105 Data management means 106 Icon pattern synthesis means 107 Display control means 110 Search control means 111 Attribute information search means 202 Data ID (file name) storage area 203 Data attribute information storage area 204 Icon ID storage area 205 icon 301 seal icon storage means 302 seal icon selection means 303 seal icon placement means 304 seal icon management means 306 seal icon search means 405 seal icon management Table 406 Sticker icon ID storage area 407 Sticker icon pattern number storage area 408 Icon ID storage area 409 Sticker icon attachment position storage area 502 Sticker icon 503 Attribute information value 504 Compound search condition

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A first device example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a database device of the present device example, FIG. 2A is a conceptual diagram of the attribute information value list, FIG. 2B is a conceptual diagram of the icon pattern table, and FIG. -It is a display conceptual diagram.

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The sticker icon managing means 304 is stored in the sticker icon managing means 304 shown in FIG.
This is a means for managing and rewriting the contents of the sticker icon management table 405 shown in (b).

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FIG. 2 (a) is a conceptual diagram of the structure of an attribute information value list, and FIG. 2 (b) is a conceptual diagram of the icon pattern table of the same.

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FIG. 3 is the same as above, and a conceptual diagram of display.

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[Claims] 1. With respect to a plurality of data stored in a database, one or a plurality of attribute information values, which are set values of attribute information held by each of the plurality of data, are correspondingly converted into icon patterns, An icon automatic creation method in a database, characterized in that the icon patterns corresponding to each data are combined to create an icon corresponding to each data. 2. When retrieving data holding a predetermined one or more attribute information values from a plurality of data stored in a database, corresponding to the one or more predetermined attribute information values 2. The method for automatically creating an icon in a database according to claim 1, wherein data holding an icon composed of the icon pattern is searched. 3. Corresponding to one or more predetermined attribute information values when searching for data holding one or more predetermined attribute information values from a plurality of data stored in a database The data having an icon formed of an icon pattern to be attached and having a predetermined sticker icon, which is an icon attached to the data for facilitating the retrieval of the data, is retrieved. How to automatically create icons in the database. 4. When retrieving one or more attribute information values respectively held by a plurality of data stored in a database as a retrieval condition, the one or more attribute information values serving as retrieval conditions are respectively 4. The method for automatically creating an icon in a database according to claim 2, wherein the icon pattern is converted into an icon pattern, and the converted icon pattern is combined and displayed as an icon indicating the search condition. 5. One or a plurality of attributes held by the data of each search result after performing a data search from a plurality of data stored in a database using one or a plurality of attribute information values as a search condition. The information value is converted into a corresponding icon pattern, the one or more icon patterns are combined for each data of the search results, and an icon corresponding to each data of the search results is created. A method for automatically creating icons in a database according to claim 2, 3 or 4. 6. An attribute information value setting means for setting one or a plurality of attribute information values for each data, an icon pattern storage means for storing a plurality of icon patterns which are constituent elements of an icon, and the attribute information. Attribute information value / icon pattern conversion means for correspondingly converting a plurality of attribute information values set by the value setting means to icon patterns stored in the icon pattern storage means, IDs and file names of the respective data, and the A data management unit that manages the attribute information value set via the attribute information value setting unit, and the plurality of icon patterns converted by the attribute information value / icon pattern conversion unit are combined for each data, An automatic icon creating machine comprising an icon pattern synthesizing means for creating an icon Database apparatus having a. 7. A predetermined attribute information value is searched from the attribute information values stored in the attribute information value list storage means,
7. The database device having an automatic icon creation function according to claim 6, further comprising attribute information search means for reading data holding the predetermined attribute information value from the data management means. 8. A sticker icon storage means in which a plurality of sticker icons, which are icons attached to the data and displayed on a display screen as a mark for searching data, are stored, and the sticker icon storage means is connected to the sticker icon storage means. A sticker icon selecting means for a user to select and input a predetermined sticker icon, a sticker icon arranging means connected to the sticker icon selecting means and associating the sticker icon with data, and arranged on the screen by the sticker icon arranging means. And a sticker icon management means for managing the ID and file name of the sticker icon and the sticking position, and the sticking position of the predetermined sticker icon selected from the sticker icons is read from the sticker icon managing means, and the predetermined sticker icon is read. Database with data attached From the attribute information value stored in the attribute information value list storage means, a predetermined attribute information value is searched, and the data holding the predetermined attribute information value is stored in the data management. And a search control unit that logically operates the search result based on the search condition set by the user with respect to the search result of the seal icon search unit and the search result of the attribute information search unit. 7. A database device having an automatic icon creation function according to claim 6. 9. The attribute information search means converts one or more attribute information values, which are search conditions for data from a database, into icon patterns, and the icon pattern synthesis means synthesizes the respective icon patterns. 9. The database device having an automatic icon creation function according to claim 7, wherein the icon corresponding to the data search condition is created. 10. The search control means, through the attribute information search means, converts one or a plurality of attribute information values held in search result data from a database into icon patterns, respectively, and converts the icon pattern into icon patterns. 8. The synthesizing means synthesizes the respective icon patterns to create an icon representing one or more attribute information values held by the search result data.
A database device having a function of automatically creating the icon according to item 8 or 9.