JPH09251408A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily recognize the feature of data and to obtain superior user interface by displaying attribute information in the display system of a graphic and the like which corresponds to the content of an attribute and by which the content is intuitively known in accordance with a file list. SOLUTION: A data recording part 2 records data on a text, a picture and sound, which are inputted from an input part 1, in a data base 3. A data retrieval part 4 retrieves the data base 3 based on the indication of data retrieval and a retrieval condition, which are inputted. An attribute acquirement part 5 acquires plural kinds of attribute information from the header part of data on a retrieval result and gives them to an attribute display conversion part 6. The attribute display conversion part 6 converts the display system of attribute information into the display systems of the winding quantity of a cassette tape, the size of the film can of a video film or the winding quantity of the film and the number of speakers, by which the content is intuitively known. A display part 7 displays attribute information in the display system converted by the attribute display conversion part 6 in accordance with the file name and the like specifying data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to text, voice,
A data processing device such as a personal computer having a function of displaying information such as a file name for specifying data such as an image and the like, and attribute information such as a data amount whose content varies depending on the data in a display format that makes the contents of the attribute intuitive. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Personal computers capable of handling various types of data such as texts, images and voices have been developed.
In a personal computer that handles such various types of data, in order to clarify whether the data is text, image, or voice, it is common to use an extension (for example, text data) after the file name. ".TXT", video data ".BMP", audio data ".WAV", etc.) are added to store the data. When a list of files accumulated in this way is requested, an extension is added after the file name, so the user can determine the data type of the file from this extension. Others display the number of bytes in the file.

However, when the number of files is large, it is troublesome to visually recognize an extension represented by a character string like the file name after the file name to determine the data type of each file. It is also difficult to recognize. For this reason, a personal computer has been developed which makes it easier to recognize the type of data by using an icon that graphically represents text, image, or voice instead of an extension consisting of a character string (JP-A-4-58342). Gazette).

[0004]

However, in the conventional data processing device using the icon as described above, only the type indicating whether the data is an image or a sound is shown, and the time required for reproducing the data is set. The attribute information such as "I" was not known unless the data was actually reproduced. Therefore, for example, when receiving data such as audio and moving images by computer communication and reproducing them in real time, it is not possible to know how much load it takes to complete the reproduction of the data of one file. If the reproduction load is too large, other processing cannot be performed during the reproduction, which causes inconvenience. Further, since the data amounts of the audio data and the image data are generally enormous, such an inconvenience is likely to occur.

Further, the number of bytes of the file displayed together with the file name indicates the amount of data, but when the number of files increases, it is troublesome to visually recognize the numbers one by one to recognize the amount of data.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and it has been proposed that the number of colors, size, and
Resolution, etc., sound quality of audio data, level, stereo /
By displaying the attribute information, such as monaural and length, whose contents are determined by the data, in a display format such as a figure that makes the contents intuitive according to the contents of the attribute, and by associating it with the file name, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a data processing device which is capable of grasping detailed contents of attributes of individual data and easily recognizing characteristics of data and which has an excellent user interface.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a data processing apparatus of the present invention. Data such as texts, images and voices input from the input unit 1 is recorded in the database 3 by the data recording unit 2. The data format is the number of colors, size (width / height), resolution, etc. of the image if it is image data, and the sound quality if it is audio data.
The format of the attribute information to be displayed, such as stereo / monaural and volume, is recorded in the header.

The data search unit 4 searches the database 3 based on the data search instruction and search conditions input from the input unit 1, and passes the search data to the attribute acquisition unit 5. The attribute acquisition unit 5 acquires a plurality of types of attribute information as described above from the header portion of the search result data, and supplies the attribute display conversion unit 6 with the attribute information. The attribute display conversion unit 6 adjusts the display format of the attribute information such that the content of the cassette tape is wound (length of audio data), the size of a film can of a video film or the amount of wound film (movie). Data length), speaker size (volume), number of speakers (stereo / monaural)
Convert to the display format such as. The display unit 7 displays the attribute information in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 in association with the file name or the like that identifies the data.

Therefore, the user can grasp not only the type of the data but also the attributes peculiar to the data such as the length and quality of the data before actually reproducing the data. Therefore, if the resolution of the image data to be reproduced is known in advance, the display mode of the display can be set to a mode suitable for the resolution. If the level of audio data to be reproduced, stereo / monaural, etc. are known in advance,
The playback level can be set to a level suitable for this. Furthermore, if it takes a long time to reproduce and it is inconvenient, the reproduction can be stopped.

The data processing apparatus of the first invention is such that the number of colors of an image, the size (width / height), the content of which differs depending on the data,
The attribute acquisition unit acquires attributes such as resolution, sound quality of audio data, stereo / monaural, and volume from the data storage unit,
The attribute display converting means is a volume of the cassette tape (length of audio data) that makes the contents intuitively understand the attribute acquired by the attribute acquiring means, a size of the film can of the image film, or a film winding amount. (Length of moving image data), speaker size (volume), number of speakers (stereo / monaural), and other display formats are converted, and the display means identifies the data in the converted display format. It is displayed in association with the file name.

In the data processor of the second invention, when the display attribute switching means switches the type of the attribute being displayed and the attribute type to be newly displayed, the attribute display converting means changes the type of the instructed type. The display format of the attribute is converted into a display format according to the content of the attribute, and the display unit displays the attribute of the type according to the instruction of the display attribute switching unit.

In the data processor of the third aspect of the invention, when the display format switching means instructs switching of the display format of the attribute being displayed and a new display format, the attribute display converting means displays the display format of the attribute being displayed. Is converted into the instructed display format, and the display means displays the attribute in the display format according to the instruction of the display attribute switching means.

In the data processor of the fourth aspect of the invention, since the data format differs depending on the type of data such as image and voice, the type of data is discriminated by the discriminating means to discriminate the storage position of the attribute in the data storage unit, and The acquisition unit acquires the attribute from the storage position according to the determination result of the determination unit.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of Embodiment 1 which is the basis of a data processing apparatus of the present invention. The input unit 1 includes text, attribute information to be recorded in the header, a data recording command,
It includes a keyboard, a mouse, etc., which is an input means for data search commands, search conditions, etc., a scanner, a film scanner, etc., which is an image input means, and a microphone, a line input terminal, etc., which are audio input means. The data recording unit 2 records the data such as text, voice, and image input from the input unit 1 in the database 3 including a hard disk together with the attribute information recorded in the header.

In the case of an image, the data format of this example includes the number of colors (full color, 256 colors, etc.), size (width / height), resolution, reduced image data of a still image, leading image data of a moving image, and the like. The attribute information is recorded in a predetermined bit position of the header. In the case of voice, sound quality, stereo / monaural, volume, etc. are recorded as attribute information at a predetermined position in the header.

The data search unit 4 searches the database 3 based on the search command and the search condition input from the input unit 1, and the search result together with the header information of the search result is acquired by the attribute acquisition unit 5.
Pass to. The attribute acquisition unit 5 acquires each attribute from the recording position of each attribute information of the header, and passes each acquired attribute to the attribute display conversion unit 6 together with the information indicating the attribute type and the search result data.

The attribute display conversion unit 6 is an image based on the type and content of the attribute passed from the attribute acquisition unit 5,
The display format of the attribute information is converted into a display format using a graphic of a video film that represents the length of data by the size of a film can or a winding amount of film and a graphic of a speaker when audio data is included, If it is voice, the display format of the attribute information is as follows: a cassette tape figure showing the length of data by the volume of the tape, and volume and stereo /
Convert to a display format that uses a speaker graphic that represents monaural. The display unit 7 displays the attribute information in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 in association with the file name or the like that identifies the data.

2 and 3 are examples of screen display of attribute information displayed together with the file name in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6. FIG. 2 is a screen table of audio attribute information. The example shown in FIG. 3 is an example of a screen display in hypertext in which a moving image, a voice, and the like are pasted on text.

Next, the search operation of the first embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the search condition is input from the input unit 1, the data search unit 4 collates the search condition with the data in the database 3 to search for data that matches the search condition (S1). The attribute acquisition unit 5 acquires the data attribute from the header of the search result (S2), and the attribute display conversion unit 6 converts the display format of the acquired data attribute into a display format in which the content of the attribute can be intuitively grasped. (S3). The display unit 7 displays the data attributes
The display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 is displayed at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result (S
4).

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In this example, when the data recording unit 2 records data in the database 3, the attribute acquisition unit 21 that acquires the header in which the attribute information of the data is recorded in advance, and the header acquired by the attribute acquisition unit 21 are classified by data. The attribute acquisition unit 5 acquires the attribute information of the data obtained as a result of the search by the data search unit 4 from the header stored in the attribute storage unit 22. This is the configuration. In this way, the attribute information is acquired in advance and stored separately from the data, and by acquiring this, the time required to acquire the attribute information is shortened.

Next, the search operation of the second embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the search condition is input from the input unit 1, the data search unit 4 compares the search condition with the data in the database 3 to search for data that matches the search condition (S11). The attribute acquisition unit 5 searches the header corresponding to the search result from the attribute storage unit 22, and acquires the attribute information from the header of the search result (S
12). The attribute display conversion unit 6 converts the display format of the acquired data attribute into a display format that allows intuitive understanding of the content of the attribute (S13). The display unit 7 displays the attribute of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result and the like (S14).

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a third embodiment of a data processing apparatus according to the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In this example, a display attribute storage unit 51 for storing the type of attribute information designated by the input unit 1 as the attribute information to be displayed is provided, and the attribute acquisition unit 5 is configured to display the attribute information to be displayed. If the type is stored in the display attribute storage unit 51, the attribute information of the type stored in the display attribute storage unit 51 is acquired from the header portion of the data obtained as a result of the search by the data search unit 4. It is a composition. However, when the type of attribute information to be displayed is not stored in the display attribute storage unit 51, that is, when the type of attribute information to be displayed is not specified, the default type set in the system in advance is used. Acquire attribute information. In this way, by allowing the type of attribute information to be displayed to be specified, attribute information of a type suitable for the user is displayed, and operability is improved.

Next, the search operation of the third embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the search condition is input from the input unit 1, the data search unit 4 compares the search condition with the data in the database 3 to search for data that matches the search condition (S21). The attribute acquisition unit 5 determines that the type of attribute information to be displayed is the display attribute storage unit.
It is determined whether or not it is set to 51 (S22), and if it is set, the attribute information of the type set in the display attribute storage unit 51 is acquired from the header of the search result data (S23).

On the other hand, when the type of the attribute information to be displayed is not set in the display attribute storage unit 51, the attribute information of a predetermined type preset in the system is acquired from the header of the search result data. (S24). Attribute display conversion unit 6
Converts the display format of the acquired data attribute into a display format that allows intuitive understanding of the content of the attribute (S25). The display unit 7 displays the attribute of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result and the like (S26).

(Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the fourth embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In this example, a display attribute switching unit 8 that receives a switching command input from the input unit 1 to switch the attribute information to another type and instructs the attribute display conversion unit 6 to switch the attribute information and the type of the attribute information to be switched. Is provided. In this example, the attribute display conversion unit 6 converts the display format of the attribute information acquired by the attribute acquisition unit 5, and also displays the display format of the attribute information of the type instructed by the display attribute switching unit 8 as the attribute contents. The display unit 7 converts the display format into an intuitive display format, and the display unit 7 displays the attribute information of the type converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6. As described above, by enabling the switching of the display type of the attribute information, the attribute information of the type suitable for the user is displayed, and the operability is improved.

Next, the search operation of the fourth embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the search condition is input from the input unit 1, the data search unit 4 compares the search condition with the data in the database 3 to search for data that matches the search condition (S31). The attribute acquisition unit 5 acquires the data attribute from the header of the search result (S
32), the attribute display conversion unit 6 determines whether or not there is a display attribute switching instruction from the display attribute switching unit 8 (S3).
3). If there is no display switching instruction, the attribute display conversion unit 6 converts the display format of the acquired data attribute into a display format that allows the contents of the attribute to be intuitively grasped (S34). The display unit 7 displays the attribute of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result (S35).

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S33, if there is an instruction to switch the display attribute from the display attribute switching section 8, the attribute display conversion section 6 instructs the attribute display conversion section 6 to display the attribute information acquired by the attribute acquisition section 5. Extract the attribute that has (S
36). The attribute display conversion unit 6 converts the retrieved display format of the data attribute into a display format in which the content of the attribute can be intuitively grasped (S34). The display unit 7 displays the attribute of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result (S3
Five).

(Fifth Embodiment) FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a fifth embodiment of a data processing apparatus according to the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In this example, an attribute display format storage unit 61 for storing the display format (icon, numerical value, etc.) of the attribute information designated by the input unit 1 as the display format of the attribute information is provided. When the display format of the attribute information is stored in the attribute display format storage section 61, the section 6 converts the attribute information acquired by the attribute acquisition section 5 into the display format stored in the attribute display format storage section 61. It is a configuration for conversion.
However, if the display format of the attribute information is not stored in the attribute display format storage unit 61, that is, if the display format of the attribute information is not specified, it is converted to the default display format set in the system in advance. . As described above, by enabling the designation of the display format of the attribute information, the attribute information is displayed in the display format suitable for the user, and the operability is improved.

Next, the search operation of the fifth embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the search condition is input from the input unit 1, the data search unit 4 compares the search condition with the data in the database 3 to search for data that matches the search condition (S41). The attribute acquisition unit 5 acquires the data attribute from the header of the search result (S
42), the attribute display conversion unit 6 determines whether or not the display format is set in the attribute display format storage unit 61 (S43). If the display format is set in the attribute display format storage 61,
The attribute display conversion unit 6 converts the display format of the data attribute acquired by the attribute acquisition unit 5 into the set display format (S44). The display unit 7 displays the attribute of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result and the like (S45).

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S43 is that the display format has not been set in the attribute display format storage section 61, the attribute display conversion section 6 sets the display format of the data attribute acquired by the attribute acquisition section 5 to The display format is converted into a default display format preset in the system (S46). The display unit 7 displays the attribute of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result and the like (S45).

(Sixth Embodiment) FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a sixth embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In this example, an attribute display format switching unit 9 that receives a switching command input from the input unit 1 to switch the display format of the attribute information to another display format and instructs the attribute display conversion unit 6 to switch the display format is provided. It is a thing. In this example, the attribute display conversion unit 6 converts the display format of the attribute information acquired by the attribute acquisition unit 5 into the display format instructed by the attribute display format switching unit 9, and the display unit 7 displays the attribute display conversion unit. 6 is a configuration for displaying the attribute information in the converted display format. As described above, by enabling the switching of the display format of the attribute information, the attribute information is displayed in the display format suitable for the user, and the operability is improved.

Next, the search operation of the sixth embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the search condition is input from the input unit 1, the data search unit 4 compares the search condition with the data in the database 3 to search for data that matches the search condition (S51). The attribute acquisition unit 5 acquires the data attribute from the header of the search result (S
52), the attribute display conversion unit 6 includes the attribute display format switching unit 9
It is determined whether display format switching is instructed from (S53). When the display format switching is instructed from the attribute display format switching section 9, the attribute display conversion section 6
Converts the display format of the data attribute acquired by the attribute acquisition unit 5 into the instructed display format (S54). The display unit 7 displays the attribute of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result and the like (S55).

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S53, when the attribute display format switching unit 9 has not instructed to switch the display format, the attribute display conversion unit 6 causes the attribute acquisition unit 5 to display the data attribute display format. Is converted into a default display format preset in the system (S56). The display unit 7 displays the attribute of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6 at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result and the like (S55).

(Seventh Embodiment) FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a data processing device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In this example, the type of media (video tape, cassette tape, compact disk, etc.) in which the data retrieved by the data retrieval unit 4 was stored is determined, and the recording position of the attribute information corresponding to the type of medium is acquired. A media discriminating unit 41 is provided for giving the data retrieved by the data retrieval unit 4, the type of discriminated medium, and the recording position of the obtained attribute information to the attribute obtaining unit 5, the attribute obtaining unit 5 comprising: From the contents of the retrieved data,
The configuration is such that the attribute information recorded at the position determined according to the type of medium is acquired.

Next, the search operation of the data processor according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the search condition is input from the input unit 1, the data search unit 4 compares the search condition with the data in the database 3 to search for data that matches the search condition (S61). The media discriminating unit 41 discriminates the type of the medium in which the individual data of the search result is recorded, and acquires the recording position of the attribute corresponding to the type of the medium (S62). The attribute acquisition unit 5 acquires the attribute information from the recording position corresponding to the media type from the search result (S63), and the attribute display conversion unit 6 intuitively determines the display format of the acquired data attribute and the content of the attribute. Convert to a display format that can be understood (S64). The display unit 7 displays the attributes of the data in the display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit 6,
It is displayed at the same time as the file name which is the data of the search result (S65).

In this example, the case where the display format of the attribute information is converted into the display format using a figure such as a cassette tape or a speaker has been described. However, if the display format can intuitively grasp the content of the attribute, The present invention is not limited to the figure, but the length of the audio data may be displayed by a numerical value such as the number of seconds.

[0037]

As described above, the data processing apparatus according to the present invention has the following contents depending on data such as the number of colors, size, resolution, etc. of image data, sound quality, level, stereo / monaural, length, etc. of audio data. The attribute information that determines is displayed in association with the file name in a display format such as a graphic that makes the content intuitive according to the content of the attribute, so it is possible to grasp the detailed content of the attribute that is different for each data. It is easy to recognize the characteristics of data and has an excellent user interface.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram (first embodiment) of a data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a screen display example (No. 1) of the data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a screen display example (No. 2) of the data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of the first embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of a data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the operation of the second embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a third embodiment of a data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the operation of the third embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a fourth embodiment of a data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the operation of the fourth embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a fifth embodiment of a data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the operation of the fifth embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a sixth embodiment of a data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the operation of the sixth embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of a seventh embodiment of a data processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the operation of the seventh embodiment of the data processing apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input section 2 data recording section 3 database 4 data search section 5 attribute acquisition section 6 attribute display conversion section 7 display section

Front page continued (72) Inventor Takahiro Kii 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor, Kyoko Okuyama 1015, Kamedotachu, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A data processing device having a function of displaying a plurality of types of attributes defining the data together with information for specifying the data, and a data storage section for storing the data and the attributes of the data. An attribute acquisition unit that acquires an attribute of the data having a different content depending on the data from the data storage unit; and an attribute display conversion unit that converts the display format of the attribute into a display format according to the content of the attribute.
A data processing device comprising: a display unit that displays the attribute in a display format converted by the attribute display conversion unit in association with information that identifies the data. 2. A display attribute switching unit for switching the type of attribute being displayed and a type of attribute to be newly displayed, wherein the attribute display conversion unit has a type according to an instruction from the display attribute switching unit. 2. A means for converting a display format of an attribute, the display means having means for displaying an attribute of a type according to an instruction from the display attribute switching means.
The data processing device according to claim 1. 3. An attribute display format switching means for switching the display format of the attribute being displayed and a new display format, wherein the attribute display conversion means switches the display format of the attribute being displayed to the attribute display format. 3. The data according to claim 1, further comprising means for converting into a display format according to an instruction of the means, and the display means includes means for displaying the attribute in a display format according to an instruction of the attribute display format switching means. Processing equipment. 4. A discriminating unit for discriminating a type of data and discriminating a storage position of an attribute stored in the data storage unit based on the type, the attribute acquisition unit discriminating result of the discriminating unit. 4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for acquiring the attribute information from the storage position according to the above.