KR102385457B1 - Method on Mapping between Patent Drawings Including Figure Numbers and Descriptions of the Figure Numbers Using Machine Learning Methodology Based on Using Artificial Intelligence Technology - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for mapping a description of a reference number to a patent drawing image including reference numbers using machine learning based on artificial intelligence technology. The computer apparatus of the present invention comprises the steps of: (A1) recognizing reference numerals included in a drawing, (A2) generating reference number attribute set information including drawing corresponding to the recognized reference numerals; (B) recognizing, by the computer device, a description of a reference numeral with a specification in the specification of the patent and a reference number corresponding to the reference number with the specification; (C) the computer device uses the reference number with the drawing, the reference number with the specification, and the description of the reference number, and the reference number used for the description of the reference number is arranged at a preset position of the reference number with the drawing Processes in a manner that includes; generating description batch data of
If the present invention is utilized, descriptions of reference numerals are arranged around the reference numerals shown in the drawings, so that it is possible to clearly and quickly recognize what the reference numerals including the drawings refer to. Accordingly, not only the readability of the drawing is improved, but also the speed and accuracy of understanding the technical idea of the patent through the drawing is increased.

Description

Method on Mapping between Patent Drawings Including Figure Numbers and Descriptions of the Figure Numbers Using Machine Learning Methodology Based on Using Artificial Intelligence Technology}

The present invention relates to a method of mapping a description of a reference number to a patent drawing image containing reference numbers using machine learning based on artificial intelligence technology, and more particularly, to a method of mapping reference numbers around reference numbers included in patent drawing images. It is about a method of using machine learning based on artificial intelligence technology to process the mapping of reference numbers to patent drawing images including reference numbers in order to display the descriptions of the reference numbers.

The patent application includes the patent specification and drawings. Among the patent drawings, there are many drawings that include a large number of indications for reference numerals. However, the drawings are provided in the form of images, and the reference numbers are in the form of simple numbers or numbers + letters in many cases, so there is a problem in that it is difficult to accurately identify the objects indicated by the reference numbers only with the reference numbers.

25 and 30 are examples of conventional patent drawings that are difficult to grasp accurately and quickly because reference numerals are indicated in the present drawings, but descriptions of the reference numerals are not added.

Descriptions of reference numerals for these reference numerals appear in the patent specification (mainly the detailed description of the invention, etc.). However, not only the patent drawings and the patent specification are spatially separated, but also a number of reference signs and descriptions of reference numbers corresponding to the entire patent content are included in the patent specification in a long sentence, so that a specific drawing included in a specific drawing is included. It may not be easy to quickly find a description of a reference number for a reference number.

Depending on the country, there are cases where it is recommended to separately describe only the reference numerals, but even in this case, the reference numerals and the descriptions of the reference numerals for the entire patent are mapped, so that a person who is viewing a specific drawing is There is a point in which it is not easy to extract only the description of the reference numerals included in the drawings.

In addition, when there are a plurality of reference numerals in one drawing, it is not easy to accurately grasp what the reference numerals are referring to unless explanations of the reference numerals are shown for each reference number. 30 shows such an example well.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to eliminate the conventional inconvenience of not being able to quickly and clearly grasp the object indicated by the reference numerals including the drawings in the drawings.

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The first problem to be solved by the present invention is to propose a method of mapping the description of the reference number to the patent drawing image including the reference number using machine learning based on artificial intelligence technology.

The second problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an apparatus for mapping the description of the reference numerals to the patent drawing image including the reference numerals using machine learning based on artificial intelligence technology.

In order to achieve the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention, there is provided a method of processing a drawing including at least one reference number of a patent to display a description of at least one reference number corresponding to the reference number, (A) a computer device (A1) recognizing a reference number included in a drawing, (A2) generating reference number attribute set information including drawing corresponding to the recognized reference number; (B) recognizing, by the computer device, a description of a reference numeral with a specification in the specification of the patent and a reference number corresponding to the reference number with the specification; (C) the computer device uses the reference number with the drawing, the reference number with the specification, and the description of the reference number, and the reference number used for the description of the reference number is arranged at a preset position of the reference number with the drawing A method comprising: generating description batch data of

The step (A1) includes: (A11) recognizing a character string including numbers in the drawing; (A12) processing the character string to determine the reference number including the drawing; and (A13) generating attribute information of reference numerals including drawings with respect to the reference numerals including drawings.

In the step (A12), 1) the extracted character string consists of only numbers, the ratio of numbers and letters is less than or equal to a preset ratio, or less than a preset length, or corresponds to a decision pattern rule of preset reference numerals including drawings. a first method for determining reference numerals including drawings, 2) a character string constituting the reference number including the specification or a reference number candidate set including the specification generated before the reference number including the specification; A second method for determining reference numerals including drawings that determines the reference numbers including drawings when matching, including more than a preset standard, and partial matching greater than or equal to a preset standard is satisfied When it appears more than a preset number of times, it is preferable to use any one method of the third reference number determination method including drawings, which is determined by reference numbers including drawings, or to use a combination of any two or more methods.

In the step (A13), the attribute information of the reference number including drawings essentially includes the character string of the reference number including the drawing candidate, and location information, length, direction, and font of the reference number. It is preferable to selectively include any one or more of the sizes.

In the step (B), when the specification is written in a markup language, (B1a) recognizes the tag part of the reference number including the specification corresponding to the reference number, and the reference number including the specification in the tag part of the reference number including the specification extracting; (B2a) extracting a character string block in a preset position with the tag part of the reference reference including the specification based on the tag portion of the reference number including the specification; and (B3a) determining a description candidate of a reference number from the extracted character string; if the specification is not written in a markup language, (B1b) a reference number identification rule including a preset specification applying, extracting the reference numerals including the specification; (B2b) extracting a character string block at a preset position with the reference number including the specification on the basis of the reference number including the specification; and (B3b) determining candidates for description of reference numerals from the extracted character string.

In the step (B3a) or (B3b), if the character string block includes a non-signed text string, 1) the character string from the description start identifier of the reference number closest to the tag unit to the start of the tag unit of the reference number A method for determining a description candidate of a first reference number for determining a description candidate, 2) extracting the character string part up to the description start identifier of the nth nearest reference number set in the tag unit, and applying a preset description candidate determination rule of the reference number It is preferable to use any one or more methods among the methods for determining the description candidates of the second reference numerals to determine the description candidates for the reference numerals.

After step (B3a) or step (B3b), (B4) obtain at least one candidate for description of the reference number corresponding to the reference number including the specification, and refer to the description decision rule of the reference number, the drawing including the specification It is preferable to further include; determining a description of the reference number corresponding to the reference number.

Generating the combined attribute data for the reference numbers with drawings and the descriptions of the reference numbers may include (C1) generating mapping data for the reference numbers with drawings and the descriptions of the reference numbers; and (C2) generating descriptive arrangement data of a reference number used for the description of the reference number to be arranged at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing; Preferably, the step (C1) is to (probabilistically) map the reference numbers including the drawings and the descriptions of the reference numbers through the reference numbers including the specification.

Step (C2) is generated for each drawing, and the descriptive arrangement data of the reference number includes information on whether the description of the reference number corresponding to each reference number including the drawing is arranged, arrangement priority, arrangement position, arrangement direction, and text attribute information. , it is preferable that the description display control information of the reference number including any one or more of whether to use abbreviation, hierarchical information, common text-based series information, and other reference symbol description meta information.

The step (C2) is generated for each drawing, and (C21) a drawing corresponding to the reference number including the drawing in consideration of the location information of the reference number including the drawing for each at least one reference number including the drawing selected in the drawing searching for a minimum space for arrangement of descriptions of reference numbers for placement of descriptions of reference numbers; (C22) searching whether the minimum space for description arrangement of the reference numerals overlaps with respect to at least two or more reference numerals; (C23) generating descriptive arrangement strategy data of reference numerals in response to whether or not overlapping occurs; (C24) generating descriptive arrangement data of reference numerals with reference to the descriptive arrangement strategy data of the reference numerals; The description of the reference number includes descriptive attribute information of the reference number, and the descriptive attribute information of the reference number can be divided into descriptive attribute information of a drawing-independent reference number and descriptive attribute information of a drawing-dependent reference number , and the descriptive attribute information of the drawing-independent reference number is the descriptive text of the reference number, the length of the descriptive text of the reference number, the reference number including the drawing corresponding to the description of the reference number or the reference number including the specification, the description text of the reference number contains any one or more of the descriptive texts of the translated reference numbers in at least one or more languages, or the descriptive attribute information of the drawing-dependent reference numbers indicates whether the description of the reference numbers in the drawing is placed, the priority of arrangement, whether the group arrangement It is preferable to include any one or more of them.

In the step (C21), the step of searching for the minimum space for descriptive arrangement of the reference number is one of the length of the descriptive text of the reference number, the position of the reference number including the reference number in the physical boundary of the drawing, and the direction of the reference number including the reference number. It is preferable to search by reflecting any one or more.

(C211) excavating the reference number cluster including the two or more adjacent figures; (C212) metering the display density of the cluster of reference numerals including the adjacent figures; (C213) generating position information of at least one blank space in at least one drawing without performing step (C23) when the display density is equal to or higher than a preset level; Generating the location information of the blank space (C2131) may include: extracting all reference numbers or at least one reference number including drawings included in the reference reference cluster including adjacent drawings; and (C2132) calculating the required blank space for displaying the extracted reference numbers and descriptions of reference numbers corresponding to the reference numbers including drawings; (C2133) Corresponding to the calculated required blank space, determining the position of the blank space in the drawing allocated on the drawing; preferably comprising a.

In the description arrangement strategy data of the reference number, when the description of the reference number with the drawing and the reference number corresponding to the reference number with the drawing is separated by more than a preset distance, the connection between the reference number including the drawing and the description of the reference number It is preferable that this visually recognizable connection display data is further included.

In the step (C22), the minimum space for the description arrangement of the reference numerals is to be searched for each combination of the description of the reference number or the description of the abbreviated reference number corresponding to the description of the reference number, and in the step (C23) It is preferable that the description arrangement strategy data for reference numerals further include selection strategy data for whether to display either the description of the reference number or the description of the abbreviated reference number for each reference number including the drawing.

(D) generating descriptive layer data of a reference number including at least one or more layers using the descriptive arrangement data of the reference number; It is preferable that the description and arrangement data of the reference numerals are included.

The computer device further includes (E) generating descriptive arrangement data of reference numbers corresponding to reference numbers, wherein (E) recognizes reference numbers included in (E1) drawings, generating embedded reference sign attribute set information; (E2) recognizing descriptions of reference numerals with specifications and reference numbers corresponding to the reference numbers with the specification in the specification of the patent, and generating description attribute set information of reference numbers corresponding to the description of the reference numbers; and (E3) using the reference numerals including the drawings, the reference numbers including the specifications, and the descriptions of the reference numbers, and the description of the reference numbers used for the description of the reference numbers to be placed at a preset position of the reference numbers including the drawings. It is preferable to include; generating data.

The computer device further includes, before step (A), (A0) preprocessing the composite drawing when the drawing is a composite drawing having two or more different reference numbers, wherein step (A0) includes (A01) identifying the number of reference numbers in the drawing; and (A02) when the number of the reference numbers is two or more, generating independent drawing data by cutting the drawings by the number of reference numbers.

(F) generating, by the computer device, processing drawing data or generating drawing interlocking data; wherein the step (F) is a drawing including a drawing on the drawing using the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals A first machining drawing data generation method for generating a machined drawing file in which descriptions of at least one or more reference numerals are physically inserted at preset positions of the reference numbers, including drawings on the drawings using the description arrangement data of the reference numbers Second machining drawing data generation that generates one machining drawing file so that descriptions of at least one reference sign appear at a preset position of the reference sign, but the description and arrangement data of the drawing and the reference sign logically exist in different layers Method, using the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals so that the description of at least one reference number appears at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing on the drawing, wherein the drawing file and the descriptive arrangement data of the reference number are included The file is a physically different file, and when the drawing file is called, the drawing file and the file including the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals are interlocked and third processed drawing data for processing the drawing file to support real-time coupling Using the generation method and the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numbers, the description of at least one reference number appears at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing on the drawing, and the drawing file and the description arrangement data of the reference number are included The file is a physically different file, and when the drawing file is called, any one of methods for generating drawing interworking data supporting real-time coupling in which the drawing file and the file including the description and arrangement data of the reference numerals are interlocked It is preferable to implement the above.

As a computer device for processing a patent drawing including at least one reference number of a patent in order to achieve another technical task to be achieved by the present invention, (A) (A1) Recognizing the reference number including the drawing included in the patent drawing, , (A2) a process of performing the step of generating reference number attribute set information corresponding to the recognized reference number including drawing; (B) a process for the computer device to perform the step of recognizing, in the specification of the patent, a reference number with a specification and a description of a reference number corresponding to the reference number with the specification; and using the reference number including the drawing, the reference number including the specification, and the description of the reference number, and generating the description arrangement data of the reference number used for the description of the reference number to be placed at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing An apparatus is provided, comprising a process for performing the steps of:

(D) a process of performing the step of generating descriptive layer data of reference numerals including at least one or more layers by using the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals; preferably further comprising.

(E) a process of performing the step of generating descriptive arrangement data of reference numbers corresponding to reference numbers; and (A0) if the drawing is a composite drawing having two or more different reference numbers, the process of performing pre-processing of the composite drawing; It is preferable to further include any one or more.

(F) a processor for performing the step of generating the processing drawing data by the computer device; it is preferable to further include.

Utilizing the present invention has the following effects.

First, descriptions of reference numerals are arranged around the reference numerals shown in the drawings, so that it is possible to clearly and quickly recognize what the reference numerals including the drawings refer to. Accordingly, not only the readability of the drawing is improved, but also the speed and accuracy of understanding the technical idea of the patent through the drawing is increased.

Second, when attribute information on reference numbers including drawings in drawings and description attribute information of reference signs are managed separately, the accuracy of mapping descriptions of reference numbers to reference numbers with drawings can be systematically improved.

Third, it is possible to combine various additional services for improving the speed and systematization of technology identification through drawings, such as assigning descriptive attributes of reference numbers, such as color or size, to descriptions of reference numbers.

Fourth, when the description of the reference numerals mapped to the reference numerals including the drawings is processed in a language other than the original language, it is possible to grasp the object indicated by the reference numerals including the drawings in the language desired by the user.

Fifth, when the patent specification is machine-translated, the machine-translated object is also machine-translated by the reference numerals including the drawings, so that the machine-translated descriptions of the reference numerals can be arranged around the reference numerals including the drawings.

1 is an exemplary embodiment of a computer device of the present invention.
2 is an exemplary embodiment of the file storage unit of the computer device of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary embodiment of the DB unit of the computer device of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary embodiment of the processing drawing data generating process of the computer device of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for recognizing reference numerals inclusive of figures in a computer device of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary implementation of a process for recognizing a character string including numbers in a computer device of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is an exemplary implementation of the reference number lookup process with reference numerals in the computer device of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for generating attribute information of reference numerals including drawings of a computer device according to the present invention.
Fig. 9 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for generating specification-included reference numerals and descriptive information of reference numerals in a computer device of the present invention;
Fig. 10 is an exemplary implementation of a process for determining a description of a reference numeral of a computer device of the present invention;
11 is an exemplary embodiment of a mapping process of reference numerals with drawings and descriptions of reference numbers before generation of mapping data of reference numbers with drawings and descriptions of the reference numbers of the computer device of the present invention;
12 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for generating mapping data (1:1 or 1:n) for reference numerals with drawings and descriptions of reference numerals via reference numerals with specifications of the computer device of the present invention.
Fig. 13 is an exemplary implementation of the process for generating descriptive batch data of reference numerals of a computer device of the present invention;
Fig. 14 is one embodiment implementation of the description arrangement process of the reference numerals of the computer device of the present invention.
Fig. 15 is one embodiment implementation of the description arrangement process of another reference numeral of the computer device of the present invention.
16 is an exemplary implementation of a process for excavating reference clusters with a close-up view of a computer device of the present invention;
17 is an exemplary implementation of a process for generating position information of a blank space in a drawing of a computer device of the present invention;
Fig. 18 is an exemplary implementation of the description layer processing process of the reference numerals of the computer device of the present invention.
Fig. 19 is an exemplary implementation of the process of generating descriptive batch data of reference numerals of a computer device of the present invention;
20 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for preprocessing a composite diagram of a computer device of the present invention;
21 is an exemplary embodiment of the processing drawing data generating process of the computer device of the present invention.
22 is an exemplary implementation of another processing drawing data generating process of the computer device of the present invention.
23 is an exemplary implementation of another processing drawing data generating process of the computer device of the present invention.
24 is an exemplary embodiment of another processing drawing data generating process of the computer device of the present invention.
25 is an illustration of a drawing before application of the inventive concept.
26 is an example of a drawing that a user can feel after applying the spirit of the present invention.
27 is an example of a description layer of a reference numeral to which the spirit of the present invention is applied.
28 is an example in which descriptions of translated reference numbers instead of descriptions of original reference numerals appear in the description layer of reference numbers.
29 is an example of a drawing that a user can experience to which explanations of translated reference numerals are applied.
30 is another example of the drawing before the application of the spirit of the present invention.
31 is another example of a drawing that a user may feel after applying the spirit of the present invention.
32 is another example of a description layer of a reference numeral to which the spirit of the present invention is applied.
33 is another example in which descriptions of translated reference numbers instead of descriptions of original reference numerals appear in the description layer of reference numbers.
34 is another example of a drawing that a user can experience to which explanations of translated reference numerals are applied.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following detailed description of the present invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which show by way of illustration a specific embodiment in which the present invention may be practiced, in order to clarify the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention.

When applying a technology such as OCR in the present specification, machine learning-based modeling such as deep learning may be included. At this time, a person skilled in the art will understand that 'modeling' or 'model creation' is a term referring to performing machine running according to a procedure, and is not intended to refer to a mental operation such as human educational activity. will be able

Also, throughout this description and claims, the word 'comprise' and variations thereof are not intended to exclude other technical features, additions, components or steps. Other objects, advantages and characteristics of the present invention will become apparent to a person skilled in the art in part from this description and in part from practice of the present invention. The following illustrations and drawings are provided by way of illustration and are not intended to limit the invention.

Moreover, the invention encompasses all possible combinations of the embodiments indicated herein. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein with respect to one embodiment may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In addition, it should be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the detailed description set forth below is not intended to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention, if properly described, is limited only by the appended claims, along with all scope equivalents as those claimed. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same or similar functions throughout the various aspects.

In this specification, unless indicated otherwise or clearly contradicted by context, items referred to in the singular encompass the plural unless the context requires otherwise. Hereinafter, in order to enable those skilled in the art to easily practice the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this specification, the concept of "patent" is a broad concept, and includes not only the patents of a specific country, but also all patents of each country's patents, and includes bibliographic information included in individual patents or published/registered patents around the world; It should be understood to include processing bibliographic information, information contained in the specification, drawing information, or processing information of this information.

The computing device 1000 of the present invention is typically a client computer, which may include computer hardware (eg, computer processors 1100 and 1100 , memory, storage, input and output devices, and other components of conventional computer systems). and server computers; electronic communication devices such as electronic communication lines, routers, switches, etc.; electronic information storage systems such as network attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SANs)) and computer software (i.e., computer hardware in a specific manner ) to achieve the desired system performance.

Hereinafter, it will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is an exemplary embodiment of a computer device 1000 of the present invention.

The computer device 1000 includes a processor 1100 , a file storage unit 1200 , and a DB unit 1300 , and may optionally further include a communication unit 1400 and a wired/wireless network 3000 . The computer device 1000 may obtain or transmit data while communicating with at least one or more other devices 2000 through the wired/wireless network 3000 . Examples of the other devices 2000 and 2000 include a computer (a personal computer, server, or other device 2000 ) of a user who uses the computing device 1000 , or provides data or data to the computing device 1000 . It may be a server or device that receives

The computing device 1000 processes data according to the method of the present invention. It will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the method of the present invention will be implemented utilizing a combination of computer hardware and software, as detailed below.

2 is an exemplary embodiment of the file storage unit 1200 of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

The file storage unit 1200 includes drawing file storage units 1210 and 1200 and specification file storage units 1220 and 1200, and the drawing file storage units 1210 and 1200 include an original drawing file storage unit 1211. ) 1210 and 1200 , and optionally there may be processing drawing file storage units 1212 , 1210 , 1200 . Patent full text data typically includes a specification file in a markup language such as XML, and if there is a drawing, it is composed of one or more drawing files. In the drawing file, two conceptually separated drawings (eg, fig1 and fig2) may be physically included in one image file. The processed drawing file is a drawing file processed according to the spirit of the present invention. The machining drawing file may include two machining drawings. First, by applying the idea of the present invention, a processing drawing processed so that the explanatory and arrangement data of the reference numbers can be displayed directly or indirectly (connection, interlocking, or combination possible) on the reference numbers included in the original drawing file It is a file. Second, when two or more conceptually separable drawings are included in one physical drawing, the drawings are physically separated and a processed drawing file to which the spirit of the present invention is applied.

3 is an exemplary embodiment of the DB unit 1300 of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

The DB unit 1300 includes a drawing-based data unit 1310, a specification-based data unit 1320, and a description arrangement data data unit 1330 of reference numerals, and optionally a processing rule data unit 1340 or aggregation It may further include a data unit 1350 . The drawing-based data unit 1310 includes data extracted from drawings for each individual drawing file of an individual patent. In the drawing-based data unit 1310, attribute information of reference numbers including drawings and reference numbers including drawings for each reference number is stored. The specification-based data unit 1320 includes specification-included reference numerals, descriptions of reference numerals, and description attribute data of reference numerals. The description arrangement data part of the reference number includes arrangement method data for arranging the description of the reference number corresponding to the reference number including the drawing.

4 is an exemplary embodiment of the processing drawing data generation process of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As exemplified in FIG. 4 , the computer device 1000 recognizes reference numbers including drawings in the input drawing and generates reference reference set data including drawings ( S11 ), and identifies reference numbers and reference numbers including specifications in the inputted patent specification. The description is recognized (S12), the description arrangement data of the reference numerals is generated (S13), and the processing drawing data is generated (S14).

First, a process for recognizing reference numerals including drawings of the computer device 1000 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5 . As illustrated in FIG. 5 , the computer device 1000 generates at least one or more character string recognition information through optical character recognition processing ( S21 ), processes the character string to determine the reference numerals including drawings ( S22 ), and includes drawings Processing is performed in a manner of generating (S23) attribute information of reference numerals including drawings with respect to reference numerals. Optical character recognition recognizes characters including numbers in image data. Detailed techniques for OCR itself are natural to those skilled in the art (books, papers, and public/commercial software on OCR are presented in large quantities), and thus detailed descriptions will be omitted from the description of the present invention. However, in the present invention, when a character string included in a drawing is recognized through conventional OCR, the following three problems occur.

First, some of the recognized character strings may be reference numerals including drawings, but there may be many others that are not reference numbers including drawings. A typical example is the content of a string in a box in a process diagram. These are in character strings, but are not reference numerals with drawings. Therefore, it is a key problem to distinguish between a reference number including a drawing and a reference number not including a drawing among the recognized character strings.

Second, the various lines or shapes that make up the drawings often look like numbers or letters when you separate them in large or small block units. OCR often takes a method of determining whether the scanned block is a letter or number while scanning an image. At this time, vertical lines are often recognized as uppercase letters "I" or lowercase letters "L", and lines that curve to the left after descending vertically are recognized as "J", and lines that curve left and right are recognized as "S", etc. also many Although it is not actually a reference number, the case of misrecognition as a character due to the shape of the partial part occurs not only in the image constituting the drawing, but also in the line connecting each part of the drawing and the description of the reference number.

In this way, when the conventional OCR technology is applied to the patent drawings as it is, a huge number of misrecognitions occur. The idea of the present invention includes a technical idea for systematically solving these problems.

Of course, when performing optical character recognition, machine learning can be used to increase the recognition rate for numbers, letters, and symbols that frequently appear in patent drawings. To this end, first, a large amount of data is collected for each number, letter, and symbol (eg, partial images that can correspond to the number “2” to be recognized as the number “2” (only the portion corresponding to the number 2 is extracted from the drawing image) It is created and collected by saving it as a separate image file)). Then, the collected data is divided into a training set and a test set (in some cases, a validation set can be prepared separately), deep processing such as a convolution neural network (CNN), etc. By applying a learning algorithm or other machine learning algorithm to advance learning, an image recognition algorithm (model) specialized for recognizing reference signs appearing in patent drawings is generated. The generated image recognition algorithm is then incorporated into an optical character recognition routine. In the optical character recognition process, an image recognition algorithm (model) specialized for recognizing reference numerals may be used to determine whether a specific image block is a character or a number and which character or number it is. Through an image recognition algorithm (model) specialized in the recognition of reference signs, it is possible to recognize reference signs more accurately and purposefully than conventional optical character recognition algorithms.

6 is an exemplary implementation of a process for recognizing a character string including numbers in the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 6 , the computer device 1000 recognizes a character string in the character string block (S31), (Rhombus) whether a number is included in the recognized character string (S32), and if yes, extracts the recognized character string (S33) and, in the case of No, the recognized character string is discarded (S38). After (S33), the computer device 1000 may selectively perform the division (S34) process of the character string including numbers. The computer device 1000 determines whether the character string including numbers divided after (S33) or (S34) belongs to the determination pattern rule of reference numerals including drawings (S35), and if yes, the determination pattern rules of reference numbers including drawings Extracts only the split string that matches (S36), and if it is No, discards the character string including the number (S37).

When a specific block is a character (character block), when the character block and another block at a preset position are characters, the computer device 1000 performs a process of linking the two blocks. A character in the character block within a preset distance in consideration of the size of the character recognized in the character block in the direction of the character recognized in the character block may be an example of the preset position. The distance between characters is also called character spacing, which is usually much smaller than the size of one character (eg, space). When the recognized character is a character written horizontally, such as English or Korean, if the direction of the character is a normal direction (eg, oriented in a horizontal direction), within a preset position to the right (eg, Characters in length 33~200%) can be linked. On the other hand, when the recognized character is oriented in the vertical direction, the concatenation process is performed on the character in the block in the vertical direction. When the above concatenation processing is performed, a string block is created. When the connection between the character blocks is completed, the computer device 1000 can recognize the character string ( S31 ). In the connection process, not only characters but also marks (eg, “-” or “_”) frequently appearing in reference numerals are treated as characters.

Next, information processing for generating candidates for reference numerals including drawings for character strings that have undergone the character string recognition process will be described. The computer device 1000 determines whether a number is included in the recognized character string (S32), and if yes, extracts the recognized character string (S33), and discards the recognized character string (S38) if not. At this time, if the recognized character string is a long character string (such as when spaces are included), the character string including numbers in the character string is divided (S34). If a space is not included in the recognized string, or when the unit of recognition or extraction is a single word expression in the string recognition step or the string extraction step, the process of dividing the string ( S34 ) may be unnecessary. A single word expression is a character string without spaces, and the character string is a character string composed only of numbers, alphabets, and characters, or a character string including such character strings and symbols including preset drawings including "-" or "_".

Preferably, the character string recognition processing in step (S31) is preferably performed in a single word expression unit.

The computer device 1000 performs inquiry (S35) processing whether the character string including numbers or the single word expression belongs to the determination pattern rule of reference numerals including drawings, and if yes, conforms to the determination pattern rules of reference numbers including drawings Extracts only the split character string to be used (S36), and in the case of No, the character string including the number is discarded (S37).

The decision pattern rule of the reference numerals including the drawings may include at least one or more of the following rules.

First, a character string that does not include a number is not a reference numeral with a drawing.

Second, if the string contains both numbers and letters, the following sub-criteria are applied.

1) In case of starting with a letter, the number of letters of the starting letter is less than or equal to the number of letters constituting the number.

2) In the case of ending with a letter, the number of letters in the ending letter is less than or equal to the number of letters constituting the number.

Third, a symbol including a reference number with a drawing cannot be the beginning or the end of a character string.

Fourth, the total length of the character string is within a preset limit (eg, 6 to 7 characters).

Fifth, punctuation marks or symbols that are not symbols with reference numerals including drawings are excluded from the composition of reference numbers including drawings.

Determination pattern rules of reference numerals including drawings may be stored in the processing rule data unit 1340 .

On the other hand, when linking characters using individual characters recognized in a specific drawing, candidates for reference numerals including several types of drawings may be generated according to a connection method or policy. For example, there may be a character string "25" very close to the character string recognized as "A12" in a specific drawing. An ambiguity exists in the distance, such as when the distance between "A12" and "25" is longer than the length between "A" , "1", and "2" that make up the interior of "A12", but closer than one or more characters. There are frequently cases where In this case, the reference numerals including the drawings may be two, such as “A12” and “25”, respectively, but may also be “A1225”. When such ambiguity exists, how far to concatenate each string becomes a problem. In the spirit of the present invention, unless the reference numerals with the specification are preferentially used in the character string recognition step, the computer device 1000 also generates the character strings “A12” and “25” and “A1225” as candidates for the reference numerals including the drawings. . In this case, of course, attribute information of reference numerals including drawings, such as positions and font sizes, for each of the character strings "A12" and "25" and "A1225" will be generated.

The computer device 1000 processes a character string passing the decision pattern rule of reference numerals with drawings as candidates for reference numbers with drawings. In one image, n number of reference number candidates can be generated, and they constitute a candidate set of reference number including drawings.

On the other hand, among the character strings that pass the decision pattern rule of reference numerals with drawings, there may be many cases that are not reference numbers with drawings. Some of the reasons are:

First, it is a sentence-type and syntax-type character string in the drawing. For example, many words including numbers among each word constituting various sentences or phrases in a process drawing box pass the decision pattern rule of reference numerals including drawings. For example, when there is a character string "A380", even if the character string represents an airplane model of Boeing Corporation, it passes the decision pattern rule of reference numerals including drawings.

Second, even when an image misrecognized as a number or letter is connected with a number or letter, it is highly likely to pass the decision pattern rule of reference numerals including drawings. As illustrated in FIG. 27 , when there are many reference numerals in one drawing, the drawing also often has a complicated configuration. At this time, in the drawing, a number of reference numbers including drawings are arranged in various places in the image (the density of reference numbers including drawings in the drawing image is high), and the line connecting the reference numbers including drawings and components is complicated. In this case, the part of the image that is mistakenly recognized as a character is connected to the actual character to form an incorrect character string.

Third, the misrecognized image part parts are connected to each other and output as a character string, and this character string can pass the decision pattern rule of reference numerals including drawings. For example, two vertical lines are recognized as numbers "1" and "1", and a line that bends left and right is recognized as "3" to create the string "113".

The present invention proposes two methods to solve the above problem.

The first method utilizes the reference number extracted from the specification to map the extracted reference reference number to the obtained reference reference number candidate, and process only the mapped reference reference number candidate as the reference number reference number. This is a post-step mapping method. This method is illustrated in FIG. 7 .

The second method is a pre-filtering method that utilizes reference numerals with a specification in the stage before generation of a candidate set of reference numerals including drawings. If the reference numerals included in the specification are used, 1) the type of the starting character string is determined, and 2) the character string that can come after a specific character is also determined. will hear In particular, when concatenating string blocks, it has a special effect when deciding whether to concatenate a specific string block with another string block. Through this, character strings that would not be a reference number with a drawing without a connection (reference number with a drawing without a reference number with a specification) are accidentally treated like reference numbers with a drawing through connection (reference number with drawing on a reference number with specification and consequential) As a result, the same character string is expressed as a character string, and as a result, the problem in which the description of the reference numerals is combined) can also be prevented in advance. To this end, in the character string extraction step (A11) step, the step of inquiring the reference set including the specification should be processed. Of course, it is premised that the reference numeral set including the specification is generated before the step (A11). On the other hand, if there is an expression referring to a drawing such as “figure + number” or “figure + number” in a paragraph on the specification constituting the reference number candidate set including the specification, the reference number including the specification included in the paragraph is specialized for a specific drawing It is treated as a reference number with a high-quality specification, and the reference number and reference number including the specification may be mapped and stored. Through this, the reference number candidate set including the specification may be constructed in units of drawings. When a reference number candidate set with a specification exists in units of drawings, by using this data, it is possible to more precisely process the pre-filtering of the reference number candidate set including drawings. When mapping a reference number with a specification to a candidate set of reference numbers with an actual drawing, ambiguity often exists. In particular, various ambiguities exist in the case where the drawing is blurry, the resolution is low, the font is not neat, or there are many reference numerals including the drawing. In this case, the set of reference numeral candidates with specification generated for each drawing can act as an additional weighting factor in the processing of reference numeral candidates extracted from a specific drawing. For example, when the accuracy of one specific character among the character strings of candidates for a specific drawing-included reference number recognized in a specific drawing (eg, FIG. 1 ) is low (eg, whether the letter "I" or the number '1" is clearly classified ), the accuracy of the recognized characters can be increased by referring to the reference numerals generated in the description part of the specification related to the specific drawing. Even in the case of an example, in FIG. If the character is recognized as the number "1", as a result, the recognition rate of the character string is increased.

Next, the first method will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 7 .

FIG. 7 is an exemplary implementation of a reference number inquiry process with reference numbers including drawings in the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

The computer device 1000 inquires (S41) the candidate character string of the reference number including the drawing in the reference number candidate set including the specification, and the candidate string of the reference number including the reference number exists in the reference number including the specification or the reference number candidate set including the specification. In this case, the candidate character string of the reference number including the drawing is recognized as the reference number including the drawing (S43), and if not, the candidate character string of the reference number including the drawing is discarded (S44).

Next, a process in which the computer device 1000 processes attribute information of reference numerals including drawings will be described with reference to FIG. 8 . FIG. 8 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for generating attribute information of reference numerals including drawings in the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

There are two methods for processing attribute information of reference numerals including drawings.

The first method is a method of first generating attribute information with respect to a reference number candidate with drawings, and then determining whether the reference number candidate with drawings is a reference number candidate. The computer device 1000 obtains (S51) candidate character strings of reference numerals with drawings extracted from the recognized character strings, generates attribute information of character strings corresponding to the candidate character strings of reference numerals with drawings (S52), and includes reference numerals It is determined whether the candidate character string is a reference character with drawings, and if yes, the attribute information of the character string corresponding to the candidate character string of the reference character with drawings is processed as attribute information of the reference character with drawings (S54), and if No, the character string is added to the character string It is discarded (S55). Of course, when the character string is recognized, the computer device 1000 generates and stores attribute information such as location information on a drawing corresponding to the character string, the length of the character string, and the size of the font.

The second method is a method of first determining whether a candidate for reference numerals with drawings is a reference number with drawings, and then generating attribute information of reference numbers with drawings for the reference numbers with drawings.

The computer device 1000 obtains ( S51 ) candidate character strings of reference numbers with drawings extracted from the recognized character strings, determines whether the candidate character strings of reference numbers with drawings are reference numbers with drawings, and if yes, reference numbers with drawings Processes the attribute information of the character string corresponding to the candidate character string of the reference character as attribute information of the reference character including the drawing (S62), generates attribute information of the character string corresponding to the candidate character string of the reference character with the drawing (S), and discards the character string if No (S63) The processing is performed in the processing method.

Attribute information of reference numbers with drawings includes the location of reference numbers with drawings (four vertex coordinate values corresponding to rectangular reference blocks with drawings), the size of reference number fonts with drawings, and orientation (right, upward, downward, etc.), configuration (numeric only, letter+numeric, etc.), the specific reference number in which the reference number with drawing appears, and the total number in which the reference number with drawing appears.

Next, the generation of the reference numerals including the specification and the explanatory data of the reference numerals will be described. It is preferable that the generation of the reference numerals with the specification and the descriptive data of the reference numerals is processed prior to the recognition of the reference numerals in the drawings.

9 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for generating specification-included reference numerals and descriptive information of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

The specification-included reference numbers and descriptive data of reference numbers are generated by processing the specification data. In some cases, the specification data is in a markup language such as XML, or in simple text without tags. The computer device 1000 may obtain the specification (S71) and determine whether the specification is written in a markup language (S72). When the specification is in markup language, the tag portion of the reference number with the specification corresponding to the reference number is recognized, the reference number with the specification is extracted from the tag portion of the reference number with the specification (S73), and the reference number with the specification is recognized. A character string at a preset position with the tag unit is extracted (S74), and a description candidate of a reference number is determined from the extracted character string (S75).

For example, suppose there is the following specification content.

<p　id="p-0033"　num="0032">

A second purpose of the laminated flexure

<b>304</b>

may be to provide a plurality of electrical paths to facilitate signal transmission to/from the read head

<b>310</b>

. For that second purpose, the laminated flexure

<b>304</b>

may include a plurality of electrically conductive traces that are defined in an electrically conductive (e.g. copper) sub-layer of the laminated flexure

<b>304</b>

. Such electrically conductive traces may be insulated from a support layer (e.g. stainless steel) by a dielectric layer (e.g. polyimide). The electrically conductive traces may extend away from the read head

<b>310</b>

along a flexure tail

<b>305</b>

of the laminated flexure

<b>304</b>

, to reach a portion of the flex cable (not shown) that includes a preamplifier chip near the body of the actuator (e.g. actuator

<b>32</b>

of

<figref　idref="DRAWINGS">FIG. 1</figref>

).

</p>

The paragraph ID of this paragraph is "p-0033" and the paragraph number is "0032". <figref　idref="DRAWINGS">FIG. 1</figref>

It can be seen that this paragraph is related to " FIG. 1 ". On the other hand, in the above example, it can be seen that the reference number including the specification exists between the <b> tags, and "<b>string<b>" becomes the tag part of the reference number including the specification. The computer device 1000 processes the tag part of the reference number including the specification to extract the reference number including the specification. Then, the computer device 1000 extracts the character string at a preset position with the tag part of the reference numeral including the specification (S74). Exemplarily, the computer device 1000 reads the character string in the reverse direction from the starting point (<b> tag in front) of the reference number including the specification to a position that satisfies the description candidate condition of the reference number as shown in the following example. extract a string

If the string is English,

1) The string just before the first indefinite article

2) The string right before the first the said, said or the

3) A character string up to immediately before the description candidate-related expression of a preset reference number, such as at least number, one or more, etc.

4) If there is no string corresponding to the above 1) or 2) conditions up to the nth word, the string up to the first plural noun

5) A character string up to the beginning of a sentence in the state where 1), 2) and 3) are not all satisfied

The description candidate conditions of reference numerals may be stored in the processing rule data unit 1340 .

If the character string is in Korean other than English, the expression corresponding to the or the said (eg, "above") is applied instead of the definite article or the said.

When the above-described candidate description conditions for reference numerals are applied, a set of description candidates for reference numerals as shown in Table 1 below can be generated in the above specification.

reference number with specification Candidates for description of reference numerals number of times 304 laminated flexure One 310 read head One 305 flexible tail One 32 actuator One

In order to explain the idea of the present invention

...near the body of the actuator (e.g. actuator

<b>32</b>

In ", since "e.g." and the like are not in the description candidate conditions of reference numerals, "actuator" is treated as being extracted.

Let's say we have the following in the same specification:

... The HSA

<b>30</b>

includes an actuator comprising an actuator body

<b>32</b>

and one or more actuator arms

<b>36</b>

extending from the actuator body

<b>32</b>

. The actuator body

<b>32</b>

includes a bore and a pivot bearing cartridge

When the above-described candidate description conditions for reference numerals are applied, a set of description candidates for reference numerals as shown in Table 2 below may be generated in the above specification.

reference number with specification Explanation of reference numerals number of times 30 HAS One 36 actuator arms One 32 actuator body 3

The data shown in Tables 1 and 2 may be stored in the specification-based data unit 1320 , and aggregate information may also be stored in the aggregate data unit 1350 .

The computer device 1000 may obtain the specification (S71) and determine whether the specification is written in a markup language (S72). If the specification is not in markup language, the computer device 1000 applies the specification-included reference number identification rule to extract the specification-containing reference number (S76), and includes the specification-containing reference number based on the specification-containing reference number (S76). A character string at a preset position with the reference number is extracted (S77), and a description candidate of the reference number is determined from the extracted character string (S78).

The above specification-included reference number identification rules are 1) If there is an explicit regularity such as a method of expressing reference numbers including specifications in a specification such as "left parenthesis + specification-containing reference number + right parenthesis", the rule is applied and processed do. (In the Korean patent specification, reference numbers with specifications are conventionally expressed in parentheses.) Since there are many cases where character strings other than reference numbers with specifications are included in parentheses, among the strings included in parentheses, reference numbers with specifications are included. The decision is subject to the following conditions: On the other hand, if there is no customary specification-included reference mark identification rule such as parentheses, equivalent conditions may be applied even in the case of no method such as "space + specification-included reference mark + space".

First, if the character string is two or more words (if there is a space), it is not a reference number including a specification.

Second, a character string that does not include a number is not a reference numeral including a specification.

Third, if the string contains both numbers and letters, the following sub-criteria are applied.

1) In case of starting with a letter, the number of letters of the starting letter is less than or equal to the number of letters constituting the number.

2) In the case of ending with a letter, the number of letters in the ending letter is less than or equal to the number of letters constituting the number.

Third, the symbol including the reference number including the specification cannot be the first or the last of the character string.

Fourth, the total length of the character string is within a preset limit (eg, 6 to 7 characters).

Fifth, punctuation marks or symbols other than the reference numerals included in the specification are excluded from the configuration of the reference numerals included in the specification.

The specification-included reference number identification rule may be stored in the processing rule data unit 1340 .

When a reference number containing a specification is determined in a specification not in the markup language, determining the description of the reference number is the same as in the specification in the markup language.

However, in principle, a 1:1 relationship should be established between the reference numerals included in the specification and the candidates for explanation of the reference signs in principle in terms of consistency of expression within a single specification, but in fact, there may be many cases where the 1:1 relationship is not established. there is. Reasons include:

First, it is due to the mistake or error of the person writing the specification. A case in which a reference number having the same specification is applied to another expression, or a different expression is used for a reference number having the same specification, and the like.

Second, there may be mistakes or errors in the specification creation program, specification computerization program, or specification processing program.

Third, it is due to the incompleteness of the description candidate condition for reference numerals or the incompleteness of the program for applying the description candidate conditions for reference numerals. No matter how diverse and strictly prepared the description candidate conditions for reference numbers are, 1) there is always a possibility of an expression that deviates from the description candidate conditions of reference numbers, and 2) there is an exception in the application of priority or conflict between the description candidate conditions of reference numbers. this can happen

At this time, it becomes important to determine which reference numeral description is mapped to which specification reference numeral. It will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12 .

Fig. 10 is an exemplary implementation of the process for determining the description of the reference numerals of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As exemplified in FIG. 10 , the computer device 1000 obtains (S81) description candidates for reference numerals, applies a reference decision decision rule to the reference candidates for description (S82), and determines descriptions of reference numerals (S82). (S83) It is processed in the processing method.

11 is an exemplary embodiment of a mapping process of reference numerals with drawings and descriptions of reference numbers before generating mapping data of reference numbers with drawings and descriptions of the reference numbers in the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 11 , the computer device 1000 obtains pair data (S91) of reference numerals and descriptions of reference numerals generated throughout the specification, and (rhombus) of all reference numerals based on the reference numerals including the specification. Whether the description is unique (1:1 correspondence) is inquired (S92), and if yes, 1:1 mapping processing (S93) of the reference numerals including the specification and the description of the reference numerals is performed. On the other hand, when the 1:1 correspondence is not established, the computer device 1000 applies the description determination rule of reference numerals. The computer device 1000 obtains the description of the most frequent reference number from the description of the reference number, processes the frequency ratio value as a probability value, and performs 1:n mapping processing including the reference number including the specification and the probability information of the description of the reference number (S94) and mapping data (1:1 or 1:n) for the description of the reference numerals and the reference numerals included in the specification is generated (S95).

12 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for generating mapping data (1:1 or 1:n) for reference numerals with drawings and descriptions of reference numerals via reference numerals including specifications of the computer device 1000 of the present invention. am.

As illustrated in FIG. 12 , the computer device 1000 obtains reference numerals including drawings (S101), inquires (S102) whether there are reference numbers with specifications corresponding to reference numbers with (rhombus) drawings, and selects Yes. In this case, mapping of reference numerals with drawings and reference numbers with specifications (S103), and generating mapping data (1:1 or 1:n) for descriptions of reference numbers with drawings and reference numbers through reference numbers with specifications as a medium (S104) ), and in the case of No, storing the reference number including the drawing that does not exist, and processing (S105) so that this reference number with the drawing can be excluded from the mapping process of the description of the reference number with the drawing process in a way

In the present invention, the computer device 1000 exemplarily applies the following reference determination decision rules when determining the description of a reference number when at least two or more reference numbers candidates correspond to reference numbers including the same specification. can do.

1) Candidates for description of the most frequent reference numerals

2) If there is information in which the mapping relationship between the reference numerals included in the specification and the description of the reference numerals is processed in the specification, the description candidates for the reference numerals reflecting the mapping relationship processing information

3) In the absence of 1) or 2), description candidates for the shortest reference number

The description decision rules of reference numerals may be stored in the processing rule data unit 1340 .

In the above two tables, in the reference numeral "32" including the specification, "actuator" appeared once and "actuator body" appeared three times. In accordance with the above priority principle, the description of the reference numeral "32" including the specification becomes "actuator body".

The computer device 1000 generates mapping data of reference numerals including specifications and descriptions of reference numbers and description attribute information of reference numbers as shown in Table 3 below.

reference number with specification Explanation of reference numerals number of times Probability (ratio) word count number of configuration characters 304 laminated flexure One 100% (1/1) 2 17 310 read head One 100% (1/1) 2 9 305 flexible tail One 100% (1/1) 2 12 30 HAS One 100% (1/1) One 3 36 actuator arms One 100% (1/1) 2 13 32 actuator body 3 75% (3/4) 2 13

The data shown in Table 3 is stored in the specification-based data unit 1320 , and aggregate information may also be stored in the aggregate data unit 1350 .

The number of constituent characters is importantly utilized to generate description arrangement data of reference numbers for arranging descriptions of reference numbers. The longer the description of the reference number, the larger the size of the space for displaying the description of the reference number must be. When the description of the reference numerals is included in a large amount, the arrangement between the descriptions of reference numerals becomes very important.

12 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for generating mapping data (1:1 or 1:n) for reference numerals with drawings and descriptions of reference numerals via reference numerals including specifications of the computer device 1000 of the present invention. am.

As illustrated in FIG. 12 , the computer device 1000 obtains reference numerals including drawings ( S101 ), inquires ( S102 ) whether there is a reference number with a specification corresponding to the reference number with drawings ( S102 ), and if yes, the drawing Mapping (S103) of reference numerals including reference numerals and reference numerals including specification is performed, and mapping data (1:1 or 1:n) for explanations of reference numerals including reference numerals and reference numbers is generated (S104) through reference numerals including specifications. On the other hand, the computer device 1000 stores the reference number including the drawing that does not exist when the reference number with the specification corresponding to the reference number with the drawing does not exist, and the reference number including the drawing is the reference number with the drawing. Processing is performed in such a way as to be excluded from the mapping process of reference numerals and descriptions of reference numerals (S105).

When the mapping relationship between the reference numerals including the drawings and the descriptions of the reference numerals is created through the above method, the method of expressing the descriptions of the reference numerals in the reference numerals including the drawings can be processed. First, in order to express the description of the reference numerals in the reference numerals including the drawings, it is necessary to generate the description arrangement data of the reference numbers, which is data on how to arrange the descriptions of the reference numbers in the image including the reference numbers.

13 is an exemplary implementation of the process for generating descriptive batch data of reference numerals of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As exemplified in FIG. 13 , the computer device 1000 searches for a minimum space for description and arrangement of reference numbers for each reference number including drawings ( S111 ), and the minimum space for description and placement of reference numbers overlaps with respect to at least two reference numbers including drawings. Whether or not this occurs is searched (S112), and a process of separating (S113) a reference set with drawings in which overlap occurs and a reference set with drawings in which overlap occurs is first performed. Next, the computer device 1000 generates descriptive arrangement strategy data of reference numbers included in the reference set including the overlapping drawings ( S114 ) and generates descriptive arrangement data of the reference numbers by referring to the descriptive arrangement strategy data of the reference numbers ( S114 ). (S115), or by reference to the descriptive arrangement strategy data generation (S116) of the reference numbers included in the reference set including the drawings that do not overlap, and the descriptive placement data generation (S117) of the reference numbers by referring to the descriptive placement strategy data of the reference numbers processed with

In this case, the computer device 1000 may also preliminarily apply a method of searching (S112b) whether overlapping chips occur by segmenting and arranging two or more lines in units of words in consideration of the number of words in the description of the reference numerals. . This preliminary method can be very usefully utilized when the description of the reference numerals is three or more words. The minimum space for the description arrangement of the reference number depends on the length of the description of the reference number and the size of the description font of the reference number in which the description of the reference number is displayed. The size of the explanatory font of the reference number may be the same as the font size of the reference number including the drawing, but preferably a smaller size. The reason is that in most cases, the length of the description of the reference numerals is much larger than the length of the reference numerals including the drawings. On the other hand, although the color of the description of the reference numerals may coincide with the color of the reference numerals including the drawings, it will be more preferable in terms of distinguishing power or readability if they do not match.

On the other hand, when the computer device 1000 cannot avoid the collision/overlapping phenomenon of the description of the reference numerals even through adjusting the font size or processing two or more lines or more, a process of applying one or more of the following three carry out

1) How to change the color, font type, or font size between the descriptions of the reference numbers in which the collision/overlapping phenomenon occurs

2) When any one or more of the descriptions of the reference numerals in which the collision/overlapping phenomenon occurs are abbreviated (for example, abbreviated notation processing such as displaying only 2 words out of 3 words)

3) Mark one or more of the descriptions of the reference signs in which the collision/overlapping phenomenon occurs in the blank space of the drawing, and optionally connect the description of the reference signs marked in the blank space and the reference numbers including the corresponding drawing with a connecting line. How to easily find descriptions of reference numbers corresponding to reference numbers with drawings

In addition to the explanatory arrangement process of reference numerals in FIG. 13 , other explanatory arrangement processes are disclosed in FIGS. 14 to 16 .

Fig. 14 is an exemplary implementation of the description arrangement process of the reference numerals of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 14 , the computer device 1000 obtains the position coordinates of the reference numerals including the nth drawing, the explanatory text of the nth reference number (S121), and obtains the length of the descriptive text of the nth reference number (S122), , forming a semicircle with the length of the explanatory text of the nth reference number as the radius, and the length of the explanatory text of the nth reference number as the radius at the center of the right side of the reference block including the nth drawing (S123), and within the semicircle A method of determining the minimum collision angle between the explanatory text space of the n-th reference number and the explanatory text of the first to n-1 reference numerals in a preset angle unit (S124), and storing the determined minimum collision angle data (S125) processed with

15 is an exemplary implementation of the description arrangement process of another reference numeral of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 15 , the computer device 1000 obtains the position coordinates of the reference numerals including the nth drawing, the explanatory text of the nth reference number (S131), and obtains the length of the description text of the nth reference number (S132), , determine the explanatory text space of the n-th reference number at an angle that minimally collides with the description text of the first to n-1 reference numbers at the bottom of the reference block including the n-th drawing (S133), and the determined minimum collision angle data is processed in such a way as to store (S134).

16 is an exemplary implementation of a process for excavating reference clusters with a close-up view of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As exemplified in FIG. 16 , the computer device 1000 discovers (S141) two or more reference number clusters including adjacent drawings, measures the display density of reference number clusters including adjacent drawings (S142), and (Rhombus) display density is Is it above the preset level? (S143), (Yes) to generate position information of the blank space in the drawing (S144) without generating explanatory arrangement strategy data for reference numerals (S144), and (No) to generate explanatory arrangement strategy data for reference marks (S145) process in a way

17 is an exemplary implementation of a process for generating position information of a blank space in a drawing of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 17 , the computer device 1000 extracts ( S151 ) all reference numbers including drawings or at least one reference number included in the adjacent reference reference cluster, and extracts the extracted reference numbers and the reference numbers including drawings. A required blank space for displaying a description of a reference number corresponding to a reference numeral including a drawing is calculated (S152), and the position of the blank space in the drawing that corresponds to the calculated necessary blank space and is allocated on the drawing is determined (S153) ) processing method.

The description of the reference numerals displayed in the blank space is intended for the description of the reference numerals in which overlap/collision occurs, and it would be preferable to process the description of the reference numerals with relatively low importance to be displayed in the blank space. Examples of the description of reference numerals of relatively low importance include descriptions of reference numerals frequently appearing in other drawings, or, conversely, descriptions of reference numerals corresponding to reference numerals including drawings of higher layers.

The description of the reference number is processed in a hard binding method to the drawing image, so that it is physically integrated (a method in which both a reference number including a drawing and a description of a reference number exist in a single file or a method in which the layer concept is not applied) may exist. However, when the drawing is displayed on the user's computer, a soft binding method in which the drawing image and the description layer information of the reference numerals are combined and provided may be more preferable. To this end, the computer device 1000 generates a description layer of a reference number independently of the drawing image, and stores the description layer information of the reference number independently of the drawing image. If the drawing image and the descriptive layer information of the reference numerals are independently managed, when a specific drawing is called by a user of the computer device 1000 or a third system using a function of the computer device 1000, the drawing Descriptive layer information of reference numerals corresponding to may be called together. Composing the description layer of reference numerals and providing the user with the description layer of reference numerals overlaid with reference numerals including drawings may be processed by the computer device 1000, the third system, or the user computer.

Advantages of independently managing the drawing image and the descriptive layer information of the reference numerals are as follows.

First, although there is little variability in the drawing image data, the reference numerals with drawings extracted from the drawing image data and the description of the reference numbers corresponding to the reference numbers with drawings may have relatively large variability. Accuracy of recognition of reference numerals with drawings, mapping of reference numbers with drawings and reference numbers with specifications, extraction of descriptions of reference numbers from specifications, and mapping of reference numbers with drawings and descriptions of reference numbers are related to information processing methods or policies, priorities and the like may be variable. Therefore, when a drawing image and a description of a reference number are strongly combined, if a change occurs in "reference number with drawing vs. description of reference number" .

Second, descriptions of reference numerals may be subject to translation. A program/service that provides a translation function is also required in order to perform translation such as machine translation for the description of the reference mark in English and display it in the desired language. should be able

Third, the method of displaying the description of the reference numerals may continuously change. When the content constituting the arrangement data is changed or updated, it is necessary to provide a description of the reference numerals reflecting the change or update.

18 is an exemplary implementation of a process for processing a descriptive layer of reference numerals in the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 18 , the computer device 1000 obtains descriptive arrangement data of reference numerals (S161), generates descriptive layer data of reference numerals (S162), stores descriptive layer data of reference numerals, or Processing is performed in such a way that a description layer file of reference numerals is created as the description layer data and stored (S163). The description layer data of the reference number refers to data related to the description of the reference number that may constitute the layer. The minimum information for constituting the layer may be "a description of a reference number + an arrangement position of a description of a reference number". Descriptive Layer File of Reference Numbers

19 is an exemplary implementation of a process for generating descriptive batch data of reference numerals of a computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As exemplified in FIG. 19 , the computer device 1000 recognizes reference numerals including drawings and generates reference number attribute set information including drawings ( S171 ), and corresponds to reference numbers including drawings and reference numbers including specifications in the specification of a patent. Recognizes the description of the reference number, generates the description attribute set information of the reference number corresponding to the description of the reference number (S172), and the description of the reference number is used to be arranged at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing Processing is performed in such a way that the description arrangement data of the reference numerals is generated (S173).

In many drawings, reference numerals including drawings are often organized in a hierarchical manner. For example, if 1000 is the highest-order reference numeral, 1100 and 1200 are often the second-most high-order reference numerals, and 1111 or 1111a are often the lowest-order reference numerals. By reflecting such a hierarchical structure, the font size of the description of the reference numerals corresponding to the reference numerals including the drawings may be adjusted in association with the properties of the hierarchical structure, or different colors may be assigned. For example, description arrangement data of reference numerals as shown in Table 4 below may be generated.

Drawings with Drawings Number of descriptive words in reference numbers Description Length of Reference Numbers Description Font Relative Size of Reference Numbers Descriptive color of reference numbers Description Location of Reference Numbers newline processing Apply descriptive abbreviations for reference numbers 1000 One 10 big black right x x 1100 2 15 middle blue right x x 1110 2 20 cow sky blue (transparency 75%) under x o 1111 3 30 count sky blue (transparency 50%) bottom bottom x o 1120 3 15 cow dark blue (transparency 75%) right o x 1200 2 15 middle Brown in the upper-right x x

The data shown in Table 4 may be stored in the drawing-based data unit 1310 , and aggregate information may also be stored in the aggregate data unit 1350 .

"Right" in the description position column of reference numerals in the above example means that descriptions of reference numbers are displayed at positions extending in the same direction as the right direction, which is the arrangement direction of character strings of reference numerals including drawings. On the other hand, even when the string arrangement direction of the reference numerals including the drawings is to the right, the descriptions of the reference numerals may be displayed below or above the reference numerals including the drawings. In general, the direction of string arrangement of reference numerals including drawings is to the right. Also in this case, it is usually preferable that the descriptions of reference numerals be displayed in the extending direction of the string arrangement direction.

The explanatory positions of the reference numerals need to be precisely designated. The most common method is to introduce four coordinate values (coordinate values of four vertices corresponding to the description block of a rectangular reference number in which the description of the reference number is indicated) for determining the description position of the reference number. It will be preferable that the location information of reference numerals including drawings also consists of four coordinate values.

20 is an exemplary embodiment of a process for preprocessing a composite diagram of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 20 , the computer device 1000 identifies the number of reference numbers in the drawing ( S181 ), and when the number of reference numbers is 2 or more, the drawing is cut by the number of reference numbers to generate independent drawing data (S182) to process.

The number of drawing numbers refers to determining how many expressions with independent drawing numbers such as "Fig. + number" or "Figure + number" exist in a single drawing image file. The computer device 1000 may physically divide a drawing into an expression unit having an independent reference number, and apply the inventive concept to the divided drawing.

Next, a process in which the computer device 1000 generates processed drawing data will be described.

21 is an exemplary embodiment of the processing drawing data generation process of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 21 , the computer device 1000 obtains an original drawing file (S191), obtains descriptive arrangement data of reference numerals corresponding to the drawing file (S192), and includes drawings with reference to the descriptive arrangement data of reference numbers Processing is performed in a manner of generating a processed drawing file in which the description of the reference number is physically inserted around the reference number (S193). The machining drawing file is stored in the machining drawing file storage unit 1212 . In this case, the processed drawing file may be produced using the description of the translated reference numerals translated into at least one or more other languages.

22 is an exemplary embodiment of another processing drawing data generating process of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 22 , the computer device 1000 obtains an original drawing file (S201), obtains descriptive arrangement data for reference numerals corresponding to the drawing file (S202), and creates a descriptive arrangement data layer for reference numbers (S203) and processing in such a way that the original drawing layer and the description arrangement data layer of the reference numerals are logically combined (soft binding) to generate a processed drawing file (S204). The logically coupled (soft binding) machining drawing file may be stored in the machining drawing file storage unit 1212, but may not be saved in real time without saving and after use.

23 is an exemplary embodiment of another processing drawing data generating process of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 23 , the computer device 1000 obtains an original drawing file ( S211 ), obtains descriptive arrangement data of reference numerals corresponding to the drawing file ( S212 ), and generates descriptive arrangement data layer information of reference numbers ( S212 ). S213), and processing is performed in a manner of inserting (S214) interworking information supporting interworking of reference, arrangement data, and layer information of reference numerals in the original drawing file. The process of processing the original drawing file through the interlocking information inserted in the original drawing file may obtain the description arrangement data layer information of the reference numerals and perform strong coupling or weak coupling with the original drawing.

24 is an exemplary implementation of another processing drawing data generating process of the computer device 1000 of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 24 , the computer device 1000 obtains an original drawing file ( S221 ), obtains descriptive arrangement data of reference numerals corresponding to the drawing file ( S222 ), and creates a descriptive arrangement data layer file of reference numbers ( S223 ). ) and processing in a manner of generating drawing interworking data that supports interworking between the original drawing file and the reference arrangement data layer file (S224). The process of processing the original drawing file through the interlocking information inserted in the original drawing file may obtain the description arrangement data layer file of the reference number and perform strong coupling or weak coupling processing with the original drawing.

25 is an illustration of a drawing before application of the spirit of the present invention. Although it is a relatively simple drawing, the reference numerals in the drawings are not accompanied by descriptions of the reference numerals.

26 is an example of a drawing that a user may experience after application of the spirit of the present invention. 25 is a view to which the present invention is applied to which descriptions of reference numerals are added.

27 is an example of a description layer of a reference numeral to which the spirit of the present invention is applied. It is an explanatory layer diagram of reference numerals in which descriptions of reference numerals related to the drawing of FIG. 25 are arranged.

28 is an example in which descriptions of translated reference numbers instead of descriptions of original reference numerals appear in the description layer of reference numbers. It is an explanatory layer diagram of a reference number in which descriptions of reference numerals related to the drawing of FIG. 25 are provided in different languages.

If the reference numerals have descriptions of the original reference numbers, the translated descriptions of the reference numbers may be generated through machine translation or other translation process. Table 5 below is an example of data in which descriptions of original reference numerals related to FIG. 25 and descriptions of reference numerals in other languages are shown as pairs.

drawing drawing sign Explanation of reference numerals (original) Description (translation) of reference numbers fig. 10 24 substrate Board fig. 10 302 thin-film transistor structures thin film transistor structures fig. 10 306 Gate insulator layer gate insulator layer fig. 10 308 silicon layer silicone layer fig. 10 310 silicon layer silicone layer fig. 10 312 oxide layer oxide layer fig. 10 314 gate gate fig. 10 316 metal structures metal structures fig. 10 318 metal structures metal structures fig. 10 320 Passivation layer passivation layer fig. 10 322 metal structures metal structures

29 is an example of a drawing that a user can experience to which explanations of translated reference numerals are applied.

29 is another example of the drawing before application of the spirit of the present invention. Although it is a relatively simple drawing, the reference numerals in these drawings are not accompanied by descriptions of reference numerals.

30 is another example of the drawing before the application of the spirit of the present invention.

31 is another example of a drawing that a user may feel after applying the spirit of the present invention. It is a view to which the present invention is applied with explanations of reference numerals added to the drawing of FIG. 30 .

32 is another example of a description layer of a reference numeral to which the spirit of the present invention is applied. It is an explanatory layer diagram of reference numerals in which descriptions of reference numerals related to the drawing of FIG. 30 are arranged.

33 is another example in which descriptions of translated reference numbers instead of descriptions of original reference numerals appear in the description layer of reference numbers. It is an explanatory layer diagram of reference numerals in which descriptions of reference numerals related to the drawing of FIG. 30 are provided in different languages.

Table 6 below is an example of data in which descriptions of the original reference numerals associated with FIG. 30 and descriptions of reference numerals in other languages are shown as pairs.

drawing drawing sign Explanation of reference numbers (original) Description (translation) of reference numerals fig. 3 24 substrate Board fig. 3 42 light-emitting diode cathode terminal light emitting diode cathode terminal fig. 3 44 light-emitting diode anode terminal light emitting diode anode terminal fig. 3 46 dielectric layer dielectric layer fig. 3 47 Organic light-emitting diode emissive material organic light emitting diode emitting material fig. 3 50 planarization layer polarization layer fig. 3 52 Thin-film transistor structures thin film transistor structures fig. 3 54 buffer layer buffer layer fig. 3 58 silicon transistor silicon transistor fig. 3 60 oxide transistor transistor fig. 3 62 polysilicon layer polysilicon layer fig. 3 64 gate insulator layer gate insulator layer fig. 3 66 metal layer metal layer fig. 3 68 silicon nitride layer silicon nitride layer fig. 3 70 silicon oxide layer silicon oxide layer fig. 3 72 circuitry Circuit fig. 3 74 Source-drain contacts source-drain contacts fig. 3 76 Source-drain contacts source-drain contacts fig. 3 80 oxide layer semiconducting oxide layer fig. 3 82 Source-drain terminals source-drain terminals fig. 3 84 Source-drain terminals source-drain terminals

34 is another example of a drawing that a user can experience to which explanations of translated reference numerals are applied.

The present invention can be widely used in the patent information industry, the patent information service industry, the technical information business, and the technical information service industry.

1000: computer device
1100 : Processor
1200: file storage
1300: DB part
1400: communication department
3000: wired and wireless network
2000: other devices
1210: drawing file storage unit
1211: original drawing file storage unit
1212: Processing drawing file storage unit
1220: statement file storage unit
1310: drawing-based data unit
1320: specification-based data unit
1330: Description arrangement data data part of reference numerals
1340: processing rule data part
1350: aggregate data part

Claims (24)

A method of processing a drawing including at least one reference number of a patent to display a description of at least one reference number corresponding to the reference number,
(A) the computer device
(A1) Recognize the reference numerals included in the drawings,
(A2) generating reference number attribute set information with drawing reference corresponding to the recognized reference number;
(B) recognizing, by the computer device, a description of a reference numeral with a specification in the specification of the patent and a reference number corresponding to the reference number with the specification;
(C) the computer device
Using the reference number including the drawing, the reference number including the specification, and the description of the reference number, generating the description arrangement data of the reference number used for the description of the reference number to be disposed at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing step; to include,
The step (A1) is
(A11) recognizing a character string including numbers in the drawing;
(A12) processing the character string to determine the reference number including the drawing; and
(A13) generating attribute information of reference numbers including drawings with respect to the reference numbers including drawings;
The step (A12) is
1) When the character string consists of only numbers, the ratio of numbers and letters is less than or equal to a preset ratio, less than a preset length, or corresponds to a predetermined pattern rule of reference numerals including drawings, to be determined by reference numerals including drawings the method of determining reference numerals including the first drawing;
2) The extracted character string matches the character string constituting the specification-included reference number or the specification-included reference number candidate set generated before the specification-included reference number, includes more than a preset standard, or exceeds the preset standard If the match is satisfied, a second reference number determination method with drawing number determines with the drawing reference number;
3) When the extracted character string appears more than a preset number of times in other drawings, a third reference number determination method including drawings is determined by reference numbers including drawings;
Any one method of any one method, characterized in that it is used in combination of any two or more methods. delete delete The method of claim 1,
In the step (A13), the attribute information of the reference numerals including drawings is
Essentially including the character string of the candidate of the reference numeral including the drawing,
Method, characterized in that it selectively includes any one or more of position information, length, direction, and font size of the character string. The method of claim 1,
The step (B) is
If the above specification is written in markup language,
(B1a) recognizing the tag portion of the reference number including the specification corresponding to the reference number, and extracting the reference number including the specification from the tag portion of the reference number including the specification;
(B2a) extracting a character string block in a preset position with the tag part of the reference reference including the specification based on the tag portion of the reference number including the specification; and
(B3a) determining a candidate for description of a reference number from the extracted character string;
If the above specification is not written in markup language,
(B1b) extracting the reference number including the specification by applying a preset reference number identification rule including the specification;
(B2b) extracting a character string block at a preset position with the reference number including the specification on the basis of the reference number including the specification; and
(B3b) determining a description candidate of a reference number from the extracted character string; 6. The method of claim 5,
The step (B3a) or (B3b) is
If the string block contains an unsigned text string,
1) A method for determining a description candidate of a first reference number for determining a description candidate of a reference number from a character string from the description start identifier of the nearest reference number in the tag unit to the start of the tag portion;
2) Description of a second reference number that extracts the character string part up to the description start identifier of the nth nearest reference number set in the tag unit, and determines the description candidate of the reference number by applying the preset reference candidate determination rule A method, characterized in that using any one or more of the methods of determining candidates. 6. The method of claim 5,
After step (B3a) or step (B3b)
(B4) obtaining at least one candidate for description of the reference number corresponding to the reference number including the specification, and determining the description of the reference number corresponding to the reference number including the specification by referring to the description determination rule of reference number; Method, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1,
Generating the combined attribute data for the reference number with the drawing and the description of the reference number is
(C1) generating mapping data for the reference numerals including the drawings and the descriptions of the reference numbers; and
(C2) generating the description arrangement data of the reference number used for the description of the reference number to be arranged at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing; 9. The method of claim 8,
The method (C1) is characterized in that the mapping of the reference numbers with the drawings and the descriptions of the reference numbers via the reference numbers with the specification as a medium (stochastic). 9. The method of claim 8,
Step (C2) is generated for each drawing,
The descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals includes whether the description of the reference symbols corresponding to each reference number including the drawing is arranged, arrangement priority, arrangement position, arrangement direction, text attribute information, whether to use abbreviated expressions, hierarchical information, common text-based series A method according to claim 1, wherein the descriptive display control information of the reference number including any one or more of information, and other descriptive meta information of the reference number. 9. The method of claim 8,
Step (C2) is generated for each drawing,
(C21) Minimum description arrangement of reference numbers for the arrangement of descriptions of reference numbers corresponding to the reference numbers including drawings, taking into account the location information of the reference numbers including drawings for each at least one reference number including drawings selected in the drawings exploring space;
(C22) searching whether the minimum space for description arrangement of the reference numerals overlaps with respect to at least two or more reference numerals;
(C23) generating descriptive arrangement strategy data of reference numerals in response to whether or not overlapping occurs;
(C24) generating descriptive arrangement data of reference numerals with reference to the descriptive arrangement strategy data of the reference numerals; The method of claim 1,
The description of the reference number includes the description attribute information of the reference number,
The descriptive attribute information of the reference numbers can be divided into the descriptive attribute information of the drawing-independent reference numbers and the descriptive attribute information of the drawing-dependent reference numbers,
The descriptive attribute information of the drawing-independent reference number includes at least the descriptive text of the reference number, the length of the descriptive text of the reference number, the reference number with or the reference number including the specification corresponding to the description of the related reference number, and the descriptive text of the reference number. contains any one or more of the descriptive text of translated reference numbers in one or more languages;
The method according to claim 1, wherein the description attribute information of the drawing-dependent reference numerals includes at least one of whether descriptions of reference numerals in the drawings are arranged, priority of arrangement, and whether or not collective arrangement is performed. 12. The method of claim 11,
In step (C21)
The step of searching for the descriptive arrangement minimum space of the reference number reflects any one or more of the length of the descriptive text of the reference number, the position of the reference number including the reference number in the physical boundary of the drawing, and the direction of the reference number including the reference number. A method characterized in that it is to search. 12. The method of claim 11,
(C211) excavating the reference number cluster including the two or more adjacent figures;
(C212) metering the display density of the cluster of reference numerals including the adjacent figures;
(C213) When the display density is equal to or greater than a preset level, generating position information of at least one blank space in the drawing without performing the step (C23);
Generating the location information of the blank space in the drawing in step (C213) is
(C2131), extracting all reference numbers or at least one reference number including drawings included in the reference number cluster including adjacent drawings; and
(C2132) calculating the blank space required for displaying the extracted reference numbers and a description of the reference numbers corresponding to the reference numbers;
(C2133) determining the position of the blank space in the drawing that corresponds to the calculated required blank space and is allocated on the drawing; 12. The method of claim 11,
In the description arrangement strategy data of the reference numerals,
When the descriptions of the reference numbers with drawings and the reference numbers corresponding to the reference numbers with drawings are separated by a predetermined distance or more, the connection between the reference numbers with drawings and the description of the reference numbers can be visually recognized. A method, characterized in that data is further included. 12. The method of claim 11,
In the step (C22), the minimum space for the description arrangement of the reference numbers is to be searched for each combination of the description of the reference number or the description of the abbreviated reference number corresponding to the description of the reference number,
The description and arrangement strategy data of the reference numerals in the step (C23) further include selection strategy data for whether to display either the description of the reference number or the description of the abbreviated reference number for each reference number including the drawing A method characterized in that The method of claim 1,
(D) generating descriptive layer data of reference numerals including at least one or more layers by using the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals;
The method according to claim 1, wherein the descriptive layer data of the reference number includes descriptive arrangement data of the reference number for each layer displayed for each layer. The method of claim 1,
(E) generating, by the computer device, descriptive arrangement data of reference numbers corresponding to reference numbers;
The step (E) is
(E1) recognizing reference numbers included in drawings and generating reference number attribute set information including drawings;
(E2) recognizing descriptions of reference numerals with specifications and reference numbers corresponding to the reference numbers with the specification in the specification of the patent, and generating description attribute set information of reference numbers corresponding to the description of the reference numbers; and
(E3) Explanatory arrangement data of the reference number used for using the reference number including the drawing, the reference number including the specification, and the description of the reference number, and the description of the reference number is arranged at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing A method, characterized in that it comprises; The method of claim 1,
the computer device
before step (A)
(A0) If the drawing is a composite drawing having two or more different reference numbers, pre-processing the composite drawing; further comprising,
The step (A0) is
(A01) identifying the number of reference numbers in the drawing; and
(A02) when the number of the reference numbers is two or more, generating independent drawing data by cutting the drawings by the number of reference numbers. The method of claim 1,
(F) generating, by the computer device, processing drawing data or generating drawing linkage data; further comprising,
The step (F) is
A first processing drawing data generation method for generating a processing drawing file in which descriptions of at least one reference number are physically inserted at preset positions of reference numbers including drawings on the drawing by using the description arrangement data of the reference numbers ,
Using the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals, the description of at least one reference number appears at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing on the drawing, and the description and arrangement data of the drawing and the reference number are logically different in layers. A second machining drawing data generation method of generating one machining drawing file to exist;
Using the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals, the description of at least one reference number appears at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing in the drawing, wherein the drawing file and the file including the descriptive arrangement data of the reference number are It is a physically different file, and when the drawing file is called, the drawing file and the file including the description and arrangement data of the reference numerals are interlocked and the drawing file is processed so that real-time coupling is supported. and
Using the descriptive arrangement data of the reference numerals, the description of at least one reference number appears at a preset position of the reference number including the drawing in the drawing, wherein the drawing file and the file including the descriptive arrangement data of the reference number are It is a physically different file, and when the drawing file is called, any one or more methods of generating drawing interworking data supporting real-time coupling in which the drawing file and the file including the description and arrangement data of the reference numerals are interlocked A method characterized in that it is carried out. delete delete delete delete

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