JPH10198695A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience by easily retrieving a document from layout information by comparing the layout information of retrieval conditions with the layout information of document information and retrieving the document information having the coincident layout information. SOLUTION: Component information is generated from the format information of inputted retrieval conditions. Next, the area of RAM 14 required for retrieval concerning one page is initialized. Then, the number of areas from the component information of retrieval conditions is compared with the number of areas in the component information of comparing object document stored on an HD 12. Next, the respective areas in the component information of comparing object document are matched concerning the kind, position and size. When the comparing object document is a document having the component information closer to the inputted retrieval condition format based on the compared result, the document number of comparing object document is held in the RAM 14 as an extracted document.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to characters, graphics, and the like for Japanese word processors, European word processors, DTPs, personal computers, electronic translators, and electronic organizers.
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that processes document data such as ruled lines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
In Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 72-72, in searching for image data, a part of the image data is indexed and displayed, and it is determined whether or not the image is a desired image based on the feature of the part, and the corresponding image data is searched. That is described.

[0003] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-231630 discloses a data search apparatus for searching for data of a target object by using the shape of the search target itself as a search keyword in data search. Have been.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-4834 discloses that
In addition to the keywords, it is described that an image obtained by reducing a filed actual document image itself is used as a search unit.

[0005] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. HEI 1-3003379 describes that an image corresponding to a file is created, stored in association with the file, and searched based on the image information.

[0006] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-85097 discloses that
It describes that stored image data is retrieved from image data input by handwriting.

[0007]

In the prior art, a document is searched based on a document name, a keyword, and the like corresponding to a stored document. Therefore, an operator must store the document name and the keyword. There is a problem that must be done.

Further, in the prior art, there is a display that displays a reduced image of a stored document or the like to make it easy to search for a document.
There is a problem that it is impractical to search while looking at one document.

Further, in the conventional technique, even if the stored document search data has data other than the keyword, since it has the information of image or bitmap, it takes a long time for matching at the time of search. There is a problem such as large search data capacity.

Further, in search data such as images, even if the content of the document is a graphic or a character, there is a possibility that a document having a similar image may be found, and it is difficult to search for a document desired by the user. There's a problem.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems, and the invention according to claim 1 is a document information input means for inputting document information; Document information storage means for storing the document information input by the user, document layout information generation means for generating layout information of the document information stored in the document information storage means, and a document generated by the document layout information generation means Document layout information storage means for storing information layout information; search condition layout information input means for inputting search condition layout information; search condition layout information input by the search condition layout information input means; The document information stored in the layout information storage means is compared with the layout information of the An information processing apparatus characterized by comprising a search means for searching a document information with out information from the document information storage unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the layout information includes a type, a position, and a size of the document information.

[0013] According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the search means includes: layout information of a search condition input by the search condition layout information input means; An information processing apparatus for comparing document information of a specific page with layout information stored in an information storage unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect, layout information of a new search condition is input by the search condition layout information input means, and the search means is configured to input the new search condition. An information processing apparatus for comparing layout information of search conditions with layout information of document information of a page different from the specific page.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited by this.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus employing the present invention. In FIG. 1, a device employing the present invention includes a central processing unit (CPU) 1, an address and data bus 2, and a CG.
ROM 3, VRAM 4, display controller 5, display device 6, FD controller 7, floppy disk drive 8, printer controller 9, printer 10, HD controller 11, hard disk drive 12, and ROM 1.
3, a RAM 14, a keyboard controller 17, a keyboard 18, a pen controller 19, a pen input device 20, a buzzer controller 21, and a buzzer 22.

The CPU 1 controls the entire apparatus and transfers data by executing a program stored in the ROM 13.

The address and data bus 2 is used for each component of the device to exchange data.

The CGROM 3 holds bitmap and outline font data such as characters and symbols that can be displayed or printed by this apparatus.

The VRAM 4 stores one coordinate on the screen of the display device 6.
It has a one-to-one address configuration and holds the displayed screen in a bitmap.

The display controller 5 displays one screen of display data held in the VRAM 4 on a display device 6 such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT in real time.

The FD controller 7 controls the proppy disk drive 8 to store and recall document data.

The printer controller 9 controls the printer 10 to print data sent from the CPU 1.

The HD controller 11 controls the hard disk drive 12 to store and recall document data and the like.

The ROM 13 holds a control program referred to by the CPU 1 for controlling the device.

The RAM 14 includes a document data section 15 and a CPU.
Numeral 1 is used as a pointer / variable buffer 16 for holding data used when controlling the apparatus or editing a document.

The keyboard controller 17 passes the key code input from the keyboard 18 to the CPU 1.

The pen controller 19 is a pen input device 20
The state of the pen (whether or not the screen is being touched by the pen) and the coordinates of the input when the screen is touched by the pen are determined by the CPU 1.
Pass on.

The buzzer controller 21 controls the buzzer 22 to sound the buzzer.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the stored contents of the document information. As shown in FIG. 2, document information is held one by one as a block, and a block in one document information includes a document name 31, the number of pages 32 of the document, and characters, figures, and ruled lines of each page. 33 holds the contents (character data, position data, size data, etc.) 34 of the elements constituting each page.

The document information is stored in the RAM 14 for each document.
It is created by the above document data section 15 and is stored in the HD 12.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an input document. The document is input and created by the operator using the keyboard 18, the pen input device 20, and the like. During the creation and editing of the document, the document information is held in the RAM 14, and the page information of the document is stored in the VRAM as information that can be displayed by the CPU 1 as appropriate.
4 and displayed on the display device 6. In the following, description of these display processes is omitted, but they are performed as appropriate.

Reference numeral 41 denotes an example of the horizontal coordinates of the document, and reference numeral 42 denotes an example of the vertical coordinates of the document. Since these coordinates are coordinates for performing a search, the coordinates are considerably larger than the position of the character (line, column). Reference numerals 43, 44, and 46 denote character areas, 45 denotes a ruled line area, and 47 denotes an example of a graphic area.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of component element information of the input and created document of FIG. 51 is the character area 4 in FIG.
3, 52 corresponds to the character area 44 of FIG.
4 corresponds to the ruled line area 45 in FIG. 4, 54 corresponds to the character area 46 in FIG. 4, and 55 corresponds to the graphic area 47 in FIG.
Reference numeral 56 denotes the total number of areas, which is 5 in the case of the input information in FIG.

Each of the component information 51 to 55 holds an area type number, an area center position, and an area size. If the area type number is a character, "1" is held,
If it is a ruled line, “2” is held; if it is a figure, “3”
Alternatively, “4” is held. It is shown in FIG. Also,
The area center position and the area size are indicated by the horizontal coordinate 41 in FIG.
And the vertical coordinate 42.

The component information may be generated when a document is stored, or may be generated from document information already stored.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the stored contents of the component information as shown in FIG. By storing the component information of FIG. 4 in the HD 12 as shown in FIG. 6 at the same time as storing the document when storing the document, the retrieval can be performed at high speed.

Reference numeral 61 denotes the number of areas of the document 1, and 62 denotes the type, position, and size information of each area. FIG. 6 shows an information table of a preset page (usually the first page) of each document. If necessary, a table for the second page and a table for the third page can be created, stored and stored. , It is possible to narrow down the search.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a search condition input screen. The search conditions are input by selecting and specifying the input screen displayed on the display device 6 with the pen input device 20, but can also be realized by using a scanner and a recognition device.

Reference numeral 71 denotes a search condition format input area; 72, an input character area; 73, an input ruled area; and 74, an input graphic area.

Areas 75, 76, 77 and 78 are used to select the type of area. To input a character area, the user touches the character 75 with a pen and then touches the position where the layout of the format input area 71 is desired with a pen. . In order to input a ruled line area, the user touches the ruled line 76 with a pen, and then touches the position of the format input area 71 where the layout is desired with a pen. In the case of a figure, the figure 77 or the figure 78 is pen-touched according to the shape of the figure, and the position where the layout of the format input area 71 is to be laid out is next touched with a pen. If you use a tablet that can recognize figures, you do not need to select these types of areas.
What is necessary is just to draw a figure in the format input area 71 directly. After selecting the type of area, the area can be enlarged in the vertical direction by touching the vertical enlargement 79 with a pen. After selecting the type of area, the area can be enlarged in the horizontal direction by touching the horizontal enlargement 80 with a pen.

Reference numeral 81 denotes a page to be searched. By clicking here, a search can be performed focusing on the layout of another page. In order to cancel the layout input of the area, the erase 85 may be touched with a pen. Also, when the area input and layout are completed,
If the user touches the search 84 with a pen, the search for a document is started based on the input format information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a search condition input for searching a document.

These formats can be input from the input screen of FIG. 9
1 is an example of the coordinates in the horizontal direction of the document format, and 92 is an example of the coordinates in the vertical direction of the document format. Since these coordinates are coordinates for performing a search, the coordinates are considerably larger than the position of the character (line, column). 93, 94, 9
6 is a character area, 95 is a ruled line area, and 97 is a graphic area.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of component information of the search condition in FIG. 101 corresponds to the character area 93 in FIG. 8, 102 corresponds to the character area 94 in FIG. 8, 103 corresponds to the ruled area 95 in FIG. 8, and 104 is the character area 9 in FIG.
6, and 105 corresponds to the graphic area 97 in FIG.
Reference numeral 106 denotes the total number of areas, and 5 is stored in the case of the search information in FIG.

Each of the component information 101 to 105 holds an area type number, an area center position, and an area size. As the area type number, "1" is stored for a character, "2" is stored for a ruled line, and "3" or "4" is stored for a figure. This is as shown in FIG. 5 similarly to the component information of the document in FIG. Also,
The area center position and the area size are indicated by the horizontal coordinates 91 in FIG.
And the vertical coordinate 92.

These pieces of component information can be obtained almost without modifying the information input when the document format as the search condition in FIG. 8 is input.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting a document searched based on the search conditions input from the input screen of FIG.

When the retrieved documents 111 are displayed in a reduced size and the displayed documents are selected (such as by touching with a pen),
The selected document can be retrieved and edited. When the additional search 112 is touched with a pen, the screen returns to the search condition input screen, and it is possible to narrow down by inputting layout information of another page. The total search number 113 is a display of the total number of documents searched, and can be used as a guide as to whether or not it is necessary to narrow down by another page.

FIG. 11 and FIG. 1 show the document search processing of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Input and storage of a document, and generation and storage of component information are performed by executing according to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S1, the operator waits until a character, a figure, a ruled line, or the like of a document is input by the operator using the keyboard 18 or the pen input device 20, or an instruction such as storage is input. The process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, if the information input in step S1 is an instruction to output a document, the flow proceeds to step S3; otherwise, the flow proceeds to step S4.

In step S3, the input editing state RA
The document held in M14 is output to the printer 10 or the like, and the process returns to step S1.

In step S4, if the information input in step S1 is a process termination process, the process is terminated.
On the other hand, if not, the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, if the information input in step S1 is a document storage instruction, the flow proceeds to step S7; otherwise, the flow proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, the information input in step S1 is reflected on the RAM 14, and the process returns to step S1.

In step S7, additional information necessary for storing a document, such as inputting a document name, is prepared.
Go to 8.

In step S8, the document held in the RAM 14 and to be edited is stored in the HD 12 as shown in FIG. 2, and the flow advances to step S9.

In step S9, component information required at the time of retrieval is generated from the stored document.
Go to 0.

In step S10, the component information generated in step S9 is stored in the HD 12 as shown in FIG. 6, and the flow advances to step S11.

In step S11, if it is necessary to create data for pages other than those generated in step S9, for example, by setting in advance by the operator, the flow returns to step S8 to configure the set pages. Create element information, otherwise return to step S1.

The component information is created for the first page of a normal document, and the information for the second page is created when information for another page is also created. When generating component information for a plurality of pages, each page is stored as shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a document search process by inputting a search condition format.

In step S21, the buffer of the search result held in the RAM 14 is initialized, and in step S2
Proceed to 2.

In step S22, the operator inputs the format shown in FIG. 8 from the search condition input screen shown in FIG. 7, and proceeds to step S23.

In step S23, a component information as shown in FIG. 9 is generated from the format information of the input search condition, and the flow advances to step S24.

In step S24, the area of the RAM 14 necessary for the search for one page is initialized, and step S2 is executed.
Go to 5. At this time, if the search is performed over a plurality of pages, the already searched information is not initialized.

In step S25, the number of regions is compared with the number of regions in the component information of the document to be compared stored in the HD 12 from the component information of the search condition in FIG. 9, and the flow advances to step S26.

In step S26, matching is performed for the type, position, and size of each area of the component information of the document to be compared, and the flow advances to step S27.

At step S27, if the document to be compared is a document having component information close to the format of the input search condition from the result of comparison between step S25 and step S26, the process proceeds to step S28, otherwise, to step S29. Proceed to.

In step S28, the document number of the document to be compared is stored in the RAM 14 as an extracted document, and the flow advances to step S29.

In step S29, the document to be compared advances to the next document, and the flow advances to step S30.

In step S30, if there is no document to be compared, the process proceeds to step S31, and if not, the process returns to step S25.

In step S31, if the search process from step S25 to step S30 is the second or subsequent time, the process proceeds to step S32 with the document number stored in the RAM 14 extracted in all search processes as the number of the searched document. At this time, if it is the first time, the document number stored in the RAM 14 extracted by the search processing is simply set as the searched number.

In step S32, a document corresponding to the searched number is searched from the HD 12, a selection screen shown in FIG. 10 is generated, and an instruction from the operator is waited. If there is an instruction, the flow advances to step S33.

In step S33, if the document selected in step S32 has been selected, the process proceeds to step S34; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S35.

In step S34, the selected document is
When reading into the document editing area of AM14 is completed, FIG.
Return to step S1.

In step S35, if the instruction in step S32 is an instruction for re-searching another page as a search target, the process returns to step S22 to perform a re-search. If it is a termination instruction, the processing ends.

Note that the processing in FIGS.
Automatically performed by U1. In addition, the HD12
May be performed on the FD8.
If the storage capacity of the AM 14 is sufficient, external storage devices such as the FD 8 and the HD 12 do not need to be used. All information is displayed by writing information to be displayed in the VRAM 4.

[0081]

According to the present invention, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document information input unit for inputting document information, a document information storage unit for storing the document information input by the document information input unit, Document layout information generating means for generating layout information of document information stored in the document information storing means; document layout information storing means for storing layout information of document information generated by the document layout information generating means; Search condition layout information input means for inputting condition layout information; search condition layout information input by the search condition layout information input means; and document information layout information stored in the document layout information storage means. By comparing the document information having the matching layout information with the document information storage unit, Because and a search to find means, will be able to find easily a document from the layout information, it is possible to provide a user-friendly device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, since the layout information includes the type, position, and size of the document information, the image information is stored as in the related art. Less storage capacity is required.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the search means includes a search condition layout information input by the search condition layout information input means and the document layout. Since the comparison is made with the layout information of the document information of the specific page stored in the information storage means, the comparison is performed for the specific page, so that the processing speed is increased.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect, layout information of a new search condition is input by the search condition layout information input means, and the search means is configured to input the new search condition. Since the layout information of the search condition is compared with the layout information of the document information of a page different from the specific page, if there are many search results, it is possible to perform a re-search with a high refining effect and to easily find a target document. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing stored contents of document information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input document.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of component element information of a document.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an area type number.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing stored contents of component information of a document.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a search condition input screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search condition.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing stored contents of search condition component information;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a search result selection screen.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating processing for inputting and storing a document, and generating and storing component element information.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a search process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Central processing unit (CPU) 2 Address and data bus 3 CGROM 4 VRAM 5 Display controller 6 Display device 7 FD controller 8 Floppy disk drive 9 Printer controller 10 Printer 11 HD controller 12 Hard disk drive 13 ROM 14 RAM 17 Keyboard controller 18 Keyboard 19 Pen controller 20 Pen input device 21 Buzzer controller 22 Buzzer

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Document information input means for inputting document information, document information storage means for storing document information input by the document information input means, layout information of document information stored in the document information storage means Document layout information generating means for generating document information; document layout information storing means for storing layout information of document information generated by the document layout information generating means; search condition layout information input means for inputting search condition layout information; Comparing the search condition layout information input by the search condition layout information input means with the document information layout information stored in the document layout information storage means, A search means for searching from the document information storage means. To the information processing apparatus. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the layout information includes a type, a position, and a size of the document information. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search unit includes a search condition layout information input by the search condition layout information input unit, and a specification stored in the document layout information storage unit. An information processing apparatus for comparing document information of a page with layout information. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the search condition layout information input means inputs layout information of a new search condition, and the search means determines the layout information of the new search condition and the identification information. An information processing apparatus for comparing layout information of document information of a page different from a page.