JPS59226973A - Information retrieving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce load of an operator by recognizing unit information as well as quantity information given from a terminal device, converting the quantity information into another quantity information obtained by the specific unit information different from the first unit information and retrieving a file on the basis of the converted quantity information. CONSTITUTION:An information input part 13 such as a ten-key, etc. and a unit information input part 14 are provided to an input part 11 of a keyboard, etc. of a terminal device 1. Then the quantity information of a fixed amount is fed to a quantity converting part 2 from the part 13. At the same time, the unit information following the quantity information is fed from an input part 14. The unit information is applied to a table retrieving part 24 via an input buffer 22. The unit information is recognized by the part 24, and the data corresponding to the unit data stored in a unit table 3 is retrieved. The data corresponding to retrieved unit information is applied to the part 24 where the quantity information is supplied. A constant corresponding to the specific unit information is obtained at the part 24, and the quantity information is converted into the specific unit information. This converted information is applied to a file retrieving part 4 connected to an inverted filter 5 and a master file 6. In such a way, the load of an operator is reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION la) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for searching for files based on quantity information, and more particularly to a search device that does not constrain units associated with quantities.

lbl Technology Background For example, in a business that handles drugs, when searching for a drug name that satisfies a certain quantity, when quantity information is input from a terminal device, the search device searches files based on that quantity information and searches for drug names that satisfy that quantity information. Display/print. Such a device has a problem in that the specified amount varies depending on the unit.

In other words, when searching for a drug with a value of 500 (m4), one person may specify 500 (mI2), but another person may specify 0.5 (1) or 5 (a).
.

Or the above 500(
Express ml. Therefore, it is not possible to perform an accurate search based solely on quantity information.

(C) Problems with the Prior Art For this reason, when inputting quantity information serving as a keyword from a terminal device, the quantity information is converted into own information expressed by specific unit information and inputted. Therefore, there arises a drawback that the operator of the terminal device is limited to a person who knows specific unit information of the search device.

(d) Purpose of the Invention The present invention solves this problem by providing a search method that allows the operator to correctly perform a desired search without being aware of unit information.

(e) Structure of the Invention Therefore, the present invention provides an information search device that searches for files based on quantity information given from a terminal device.
Recognizing unit information given together with the quantity information and converting the quantity information into quantity information based on specific unit information different from the unit information.

The feature is that a file is searched based on this quantity information G.

(f) Embodiment of the Invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

The drawing is a diagram showing the outline of the information retrieval device.
1 is a terminal device, 2 is a quantity conversion section, 3 is a unit table, 4 is a file search section, 5 is an inverted file, 6 is a mask file, 11 is an input section such as a keyboard, 12
1 is a display unit such as a CRT, 13 is a quantity information input unit such as a numeric keypad, 14 is a unit information input unit, 21 and 22 are input cover sofas, and 23 is an output dongle.

24 is a table search section.

Quantity information such as 500.5.0.005 is input from the quantity information input section 13, and [H] accompanies this quantity information.

Unit information such as (ynl), (dri, (β)) is input from the unit information input section 14 and input to the respective power buffers 22 and 23.The display section 12 is
In addition to displaying each of the above-mentioned information input from the file search section 4, the search results from the file search section 4 are also displayed.

The unit information stored in the cover sofa 22 is sent to the table search section 24. The search unit 24 recognizes this unit information,
Search unit table 3. Unit table 3 has 1 [l
] is 1000 Cm1]・1 (&/] is 100000
0 (m6) ・1 (a) is 100 [ml] ・
Data corresponding to 1(mIl)'L and 1(m7) are stored. Therefore, the search unit 24 recognizes the input unit information and retrieves specific unit information (in this case, (mj2)). This constant is sent to the output sofa 23, and the quantity information from the input sofa 21 is converted to be expressed in specific unit information.

The file search unit 4 searches for files using this amount information as a keyword. First, it searches for an inverted file 5 using the amount information, and then searches for a mask file 6 based on the address obtained thereby. The results are displayed on the display section 12 as described above. To briefly explain a specific example, it is assumed that specific unit information is (mj) and information of 5 (ffi) is input from the input unit 11.

The table search unit 24 recognizes that the input unit information is [l], searches the table 3, and searches the table 3 to find the constant 1000.
I know that. Therefore, the amount information in the buffer 21 is converted to 5 x 1000 = 5000, and the file search unit 4 searches for files using this converted amount information as a keyword.゛Although the above embodiment describes quantity information using volume as a unit, it can be similarly applied to searching quantity information having units such as length, area, velocity, etc.

(gl As described in detail of the invention, the unit information given together with the quantity information is recognized, this quantity information is converted into quantity information based on specific unit information different from the above unit information, and based on this quantity information, Since this is a file search, the operator does not need to consider units at all when searching.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawing is a block diagram showing an overview of the information retrieval device. pronation, 1 is a terminal device, 2 is a quantity conversion unit, 3 is a unit table, 4 is a file search unit, 5 is an inverted file,
6 is a mask file, 11 is an input section such as a keyboard,
12 is a display section such as a CRT, 13 is a quantity information input section such as a numeric keypad, 14 is a unit information input section, 21 and 22 are an input sofa, and 23 is an output sofa. 24 indicates a table search section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An information retrieval device that searches for files based on quantity information given from a terminal device recognizes unit information given along with the quantity information and converts the quantity information into quantity information based on specific unit information different from the unit information. An information search method characterized by searching for files based on this quantity information.