JPS63208136A - Status recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the result of recording by which a classification and an access to a specified conversational status can be simplified, by storing the recording address of a video voice and a classified address corresponding to the recording address, as a pair. CONSTITUTION:When the information of an image and a voice for showing a status that a user uses a computer equipment is inputted through a signal line 920, it is recorded in a video voice recorder 10 in the order of its input, and simultaneously, its recording address is outputted through a signal line 110. When a command inputted by the user is inputted through a signal line 910, a command converter 30 retrieves a command classification storage device 20, obtain a classification category corresponding to its command through a signal line 210, and outputs it through a signal line 310, only when the classification is varied. A data synthesizing device 40 synthesizes a composite data by forming the recording address and the classification category as a pair. Subsequently, a data storage device 50 obtains its composite data through a signal line 410 to store it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a situation recording device that records, using video information or the like, a situation in which a user converses with a computer device by inputting commands or operating keys.

(Prior art) Analyzing the situation in which a user converses with a computer device by inputting commands or operating keys has been frequently carried out to date for the purpose of exploring the human thought process or evaluating the use of the device. There is.

Recently, for this purpose, the above-mentioned conversation situation is recorded in the form of video and audio information on a VTR, etc., and analysis is performed by playing back the recorded results.The first step in analysis is the classification of the recorded results. This is to divide the recorded content into units of processing or tasks performed by the user, and to multify the results of each division.

Conventionally, the recording results obtained for such purposes are those in which video and audio information are stored sequentially, and in most cases, the recording results are not categorized which is necessary for analysis.

Also, when classifying recording results, when recording or playing back video information, etc., refer to address information such as the output of the VTR's tape counter, and at the same time judge the conversation status that can be read from the video and audio information. The manual method used was to divide the data into segments and record the classification results.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) With the recording results obtained by such a conventional situation recording device, even if it is desired to refer to video information corresponding to a specific conversation situation, the recording results cannot be played back sequentially. In the process,
I had no choice but to use a very inefficient method of searching for the relevant information.

Furthermore, even when classifying recording results, it is complicated to record the address information of recording results and video tapes, for example.
Even when it is desired to refer to video information corresponding to a specific conversation situation, there is a problem in that the address information must be constantly referred to, making the operation complicated.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve these problems and to make it easier to classify and access specific conversation situations by associating the user's ongoing process or task unit with command inputs and key operations. The object of the present invention is to provide a situation recording device that can obtain recording results that are as follows.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides means for solving the above-mentioned problems: Recording the situation in which a user converses with a computer device by inputting commands using video and audio information. a situation recording device for recording the video and audio information and outputting the address of the recording; and a command classification for classifying and storing commands of the computer equipment into categories. Storage means: Command conversion means for searching the command classification storage means and obtaining classification categories of commands input one by one into the computer equipment by the user; Recording address of the video and audio output from the video and audio recording means. and a classification category outputted from the command converting means in correspondence with the recording address, and a data synthesizing means for generating synthesized data; and a data storage means for storing the synthesized data.

(Operation) The operation of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4.

A situation in which a user converses with a computer device by inputting commands will be explained using the use of a word processor as an example. Among the functions of a word processor, the command structure of the copy function is shown in FIG.

For example, when you want to perform a copy process using a copy command, the command sequence is as follows.

When you want to copy a certain character string to another location in the document you are creating, select "Copy" and then select either "Copy by line" or "Copy by character" to specify the copy unit. . Here, select "Character unit copy".

Thereafter, the copy process is completed by sequentially performing "copy start point designation,""copy end point designation," and "copy destination designation."

The video/audio recording device records every situation in which the user uses the word processor using such commands. That is, video information such as the user's actions and display contents, and audio information such as the user's utterances are recorded in the order in which the commands are executed.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the recording result taking the command sequence "Copy" → "Character unit copy" → "Copy start point specification" → "Copy end point specification" → "Copy destination specification" as an example. Figure (a) shows the command sequence, and Figure <b> shows the corresponding usage status recording result. As shown in the figure, #
L #2゜#3. . . . are records corresponding to each command of the above command sequence, and are recorded sequentially according to the command sequence.

On the other hand, since the commands are input in time synchronization with the above-mentioned situation record, the recorded results are #1, #2, and so on. #3.
There is a one-to-one correspondence with... In the example shown in Figure 3, the following correspondences can be made.

#1 → "Copy"#2 → [Character unit copy] #3 → "Copy start point specification"#4 → "Copy end point specification"#5 → "Copy destination specification" Various commands are classified in the command classification storage device. Categories are remembered. In the above example, "copy"
, "character unit copy", "copy start point designation", "copy end point designation", and "copy destination designation" are all classified and stored under the "copy" category.

Therefore, the above recorded results #1 to #5 are all classified into the "copy" category by the command conversion device.

The recording results and classification obtained as described above are synthesized by a data synthesis device. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of composite data taking the above command sequence as an example. In this case, #1, which is the first address of the recording result included in the category "Copy", and the classification "Copy" are combined and stored in the data storage device.

By using the synthesized data stored in this way, it becomes possible to search the situation when a user uses a word processor by classification item, in this case, by command type.

(Example) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In this figure, 10 is a video and audio recording device, 20 is a command classification storage device, 30 is a command conversion device, 40 is a data synthesis device, and 50 is a data storage device.

The video and audio recording device 10 is a device that records and reproduces video and audio image information, such as a VTR or a video disc. When video and audio information representing the situation in which a user uses the computer equipment is input via the signal line 920, the video and audio information is recorded in the video and audio recording device 10 in the order of input. Further, the video/audio recording device 10 records the situation and simultaneously outputs the recording address via the signal line 110 one after another.

The command classification storage device 20 is a magnetic disk.

It consists of a storage device such as a RAM, and stores a classification table of commands for the computer equipment used by the user.

The command conversion device 30 consists of a processing device such as a microcomputer. First, the command conversion device 30 determines that the command input by the user when using the computer equipment is the signal m1! 910, the command classification storage device 20 is searched and the classification category corresponding to the command is obtained via the signal line 210. Four classification categories are obtained each time a command is input, but the command conversion device 3
0 outputs the classification via the signal line 310 only when the classification changes.

The data synthesis device 40 is composed of a processing device such as a microcomputer, and receives recording addresses obtained from the video/audio recording device 10 via a signal line 110 and classification categories obtained from the command conversion device 30 via a signal line 310. and generate synthetic data.

The data storage device 50 is composed of a storage device such as a magnetic disk or a RAM, and obtains and stores the composite data via the signal line 410.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to associate the process or task level that the user is performing with command input and key operations. It is possible to obtain recording results that make it easy to access the conversation status. Therefore, by using the situation recording device of the present invention, the efficiency of analyzing the usage situation of computer equipment can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the command structure of a word processor, and FIG. 3 is an example of a command sequence in a word processor and a recording result corresponding to this command sequence. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of composite data in the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a video and audio recording device, 20 is a command classification storage device, 30 is a command conversion device, 40 is a data synthesis device, and 50 is a data storage device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a situation recording device that records a situation in which a user converses with a computer device by inputting a command using video and audio information: A video and audio device that records the video and audio information and outputs the address of the recording. a recording means; a command classification storage means for classifying and storing commands of the computer equipment; and a command classification storage means for searching the command classification storage means to determine classification categories of commands input one by one into the computer equipment by a user. command converting means to obtain; data that combines a recording address of the video and audio output from the video and audio recording means and a classification category output from the command converting means corresponding to the recording address to form composite data; Synthesis means;
A situation recording device comprising: data storage means for storing the composite data.