TWI408564B - Method and human-to-machine interface apparatus for searching files - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and human-to-machine interface apparatus for searching files are provided. The method is adapted for an electronic device and includes the following steps. First, a label or a plurality of labels is established according to a folder or a plurality of folders on a current file directory of each file. Next, a label list and all files are displayed on a displayer of the electronic device, where the label list includes all labels and a sum of all files corresponding to each label. Then, a label is selected by receiving a label selection command. Further, according to the selected label, all files corresponding to the selected label and an updated label list are displayed, where the updated label list includes the labels of all displayed files and a sum of all files corresponding to each label.

Description

Search file method and human-machine interface device

The present invention relates to a method for searching for a file, and more particularly to a human interface device for searching a file and searching for a file in a data storage system having a multi-level folder.

Currently, electronic devices such as personal computers, notebook computers, mobile phones, personal PDA phones, or smart phones have file management software. Usually, the file management software is presented in a window manner, and each file can search for files by using the file management software for file attributes, and the file attributes can be, for example, the file name, the folder name of the path where the file is located, the date the file was last updated, and The file extension (filename extension), etc.

However, in the case of a large number of files (for example, more than 200) or a large number of folders (for example, the data storage system has more than 200 folders), when the user queries the file, he may encounter the above-mentioned The status of the file attribute. Or, the file to be queried has a condition of duplicate file attributes, so that the user needs to select each file one by one to further confirm the file that the user wants to find. Although the file management software on most electronic devices has the function of searching, the fixed search mode in the electronic device operating system or the file management software may not be suitable for each user's memory or operating habits.

Even though the file management software of the electronic device provides a flexible search function, the current query for multiple files can only be searched for one folder feature or one file attribute. Users can't use the associated impression of a particular file in memory, and gradually use the pre-labeled file label to narrow the search. Therefore, users still find it difficult or inconvenient when querying a large number of files or a more complicated data storage system (having a multi-level folder structure or a large number of folders).

In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for searching for a file and a human interface device for searching for a file to solve the problem of searching for a file in a plurality of files, or solving the problem in a complicated file storage system (having The problem of searching for files in the data storage system of multi-level folders. The user can form a corresponding tag database by indicating one or more tags of one or more folders of each file path. In addition, by displaying the total number of files corresponding to each tag and the user's selection instruction, the query range of the search file can be gradually and quickly reduced. According to this, the user can more intuitively search for files in a large number of files, and quickly and efficiently find the files that are desired to be found when the files need to be searched.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for searching for a file, which is applicable to an electronic device. The method for searching for a file includes the following steps. First, one or more tags are created based on one or more folders of the file path in which each file is located. Next, the tag list and all the files are displayed on the display of the electronic device, and the tag list includes all the tags, and the total number of all files corresponding to each tag at present. Then, a label selection instruction is received and a label is selected. Furthermore, according to the selected label, all files corresponding to the selected label and an updated label list are displayed on the display, wherein the updated label list includes labels of all files currently displayed, and each label currently available. The total number of files corresponding to.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method for searching for a file proposed by the present invention further includes the following steps. First, store multiple files in the database, and each tag represents a folder. In addition, a file selection instruction is received, and a folder corresponding to a file corresponding to the file selection instruction is currently displayed.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method for searching for a file proposed by the present invention further includes the following steps. First, store multiple files in the database, and each tag represents a folder. In addition, a file selection instruction is received and one or more files corresponding to the file selection instruction are displayed.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the search file method of the present invention further includes displaying a selected tag list on the display after receiving a tag selection instruction and selecting a tag. The selected tag list sequentially displays all selected one or more tags, and the total number of files corresponding to each selected tag in all files currently displayed. At the same time, one or more of the selected tag columns are removed from the list of updated tags. In addition, when there is no label in the updated tag list, no one tag selection instruction is accepted.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the step of displaying a tag list and all files on a display of an electronic device, the method for searching for a file further includes the following steps. First, a file attribute of each file is displayed, and this file attribute includes a file name of the file, a file last update date, and a file occupying memory space.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the search file method of the present invention, when displaying all the files having the selected tags and an updated tag list on the display, the method for searching for files further includes the following steps. First, a function to expand or collapse the list of tags is provided so that the user can collapse the list of updated tags or expand the list of updated tags. In addition, a function to expand or collapse the file list is provided so that the user can collapse the file list or expand the file list. The list of files presents all of the files currently displayed.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the search file method of the present invention, when displaying each file having the selected tag and the updated tag list on the display, the search file method further includes the following steps. First, a function of returning the list of tags of the previous layer is provided so that the user can return to the list of tags before receiving the tag selection instruction. In addition, a function to return a list of selected tags is provided so that the user can return to the list of selected tags before receiving the tag selection instruction.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method for searching for a file proposed by the present invention further includes the following steps. First, each folder in the path where each file is located is labeled as one or more tags. Furthermore, when all the files are displayed on the display, all the files are sorted according to the file name of each file.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method for searching for a file according to the present invention further includes marking the file name of each file as a preset file attribute, displaying all the files on the display, and sorting according to the preset file attributes. Multiple files with the same name.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the method for searching for a file, the electronic device is a display device coupled to the data storage system.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the method for searching for documents, the electronic device includes a computer, a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant mobile phone, a smart mobile phone, and a handheld navigation device.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a human interface device for searching for a file, which is suitable for being configured in an electronic device. The human interface device includes a database, a data creation module, a command input module, a data search module, and a data display module. The database is configured to store a plurality of files. The data creation module is configured to establish one or more tags according to one or more folders of one file path of each file, wherein each tag represents a folder. The command input module is configured to receive a label selection command and select a label. The data search module is configured to find a file having all of the selected tags according to the selected tag value. In addition, the data display module is configured to display all the labels, and display a label list and all files of the total number of all files corresponding to each label on the display of the electronic device, or display the selected label. Each file is associated with an updated tag list on the display. The updated tag list includes tags of all files currently displayed, and the total number of files corresponding to each tag currently.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the human interface device for searching for a file, the electronic device is a display device coupled to the data storage system.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a human-machine interface device for searching for files, and the electronic device includes a computer, a multimedia playback device, a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant mobile phone, a smart mobile phone, and a handheld navigation device. Device.

The exemplified embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a human interface device for searching for files and a method for searching for files. The human interface device for searching for files will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, and the method for searching for files will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a human interface device 100 for searching for files according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The human interface device 100 can be configured on electronic devices such as computers, multimedia playback devices, personal digital assistants, mobile phones, personal digital assistant mobile phones, smart mobile phones, and handheld navigation devices. Referring to FIG. 1 , in the exemplary embodiment, the human interface device 100 includes a command input module 110 and a memory module 120 . The command input module 110 is coupled to the memory module 120 for receiving input commands from a user. The memory module 120 is used to store operating systems, data, and software programs.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 1, the memory module 120 can include read-only memory and random access memory. The memory module 120 can store a program module, and when the program module is executed by a processor (not shown) in the electronic device, one or more processes of the media program can be generated. In addition, the memory module 120 can be one or more memory devices for storing data and software programs, and can also include, for example, random access memory, magnetic storage devices, and flash memory storage. One or more of the device or optical storage device. The processor described above can be provided as one or more processors configured to execute a program module. In addition, the memory module 120 includes an operating system 121, a data creation module 122, a data display module 123, a data search module 124, and a database 125. In addition, the electronic device configured by the human interface device 100 includes a display 130 coupled to the operating system 121 for displaying a screen to be presented in an operating system or software program execution.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the operating system 121 is coupled to the command input module 110 and the display 130 for controlling the data creation module 122 , the data display module 123 , the data search module 124 , and the database 125 . A database 125 for storing a plurality of files. The data creation module 122 is configured to create one or more tags according to one or more folders of the file path in which each file is located, and each tag represents a folder. The command input module 110 also receives a label selection command and selects a label. The data search module 124 is configured to find all files corresponding to the selected tag according to the selected tag value. In addition, the data display module 123 is configured to display all the tags, and display a tag list and all files (or a list of file names) on the display 130 of the electronic device. The list of tags includes a total number of all files corresponding to each tag currently displayed. Alternatively, the data display module 123 can also display all of the files corresponding to the selected tags and an updated tag list on the display 130. The updated tag list is updated from the original tag list according to the tag selected by the tag selection instruction. The updated tag column includes the tags of all files currently displayed, and the total number of all files currently associated with each tag. The above list of tags, each file, and each tag are accessed by the data display module 123 from the database 125.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a database 200 for searching for file data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, what is shown here is a database original type of the database 200 for all documents and materials, and is for illustrative purposes only. The database 200 can search all the files in the data storage system that the user wants to manage in a period preset by the system or customized by the user to establish the original type of the database. However, in other exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the data structure or presentation manner of the database may also be adjusted according to the needs of the actual design, and thus may be different from the original type of the database shown in FIG. 2. In addition, the current general operating system stores a record of the file path of each file (for example, stored in a specific database), or a database that establishes a file path for each file. Therefore, the database 200 can automatically create the original type of the database shown in FIG. 2 by querying the file path of each file.

Referring to FIG. 2, after the user creates a plurality of files by the data creation module 122, and the data creation module 122 automatically marks each file with one or more tags, all the tags are stored in the tag list 220. in. As shown in FIG. 2, the tag list 220 includes tags A, B, C, and D. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and the tag list 220 may further include more or less than 4 tags, and each tag corresponds to a folder customized by the user or preset by the system. The labels A, B, C, and D are for illustrative purposes only, that is, the names of folders that are named by the user according to operational needs or operational habits. In the exemplary embodiment, the data creation module 122 marks the root directory of each file (that is, the first level folder of the file path where the file is located) as a preset label, and associates each file. The file name is marked as a preset file attribute. When all the files are displayed on the display 130, the data display module 123 sorts the plurality of identical name files according to the preset file attributes. In addition, in another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when displaying all the files on the display 130, the material display module 123 can sort all the files according to the file name of each file.

Moreover, in another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when displaying all the files on the display 130, the data display module 123 can sort all the files according to the Chinese character first or the English prefix of the file name of each file. . The middle of the text may be the first word of the file name, and the English prefix may be the first letter of the file name. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and when all the files are displayed on the display 130, the manner of sorting the files can be flexibly customized according to the needs of the user.

Referring to FIG. 2, the database 200 further includes a file-to-tag association list 230, and the file-to-tag association list 230 details the corresponding (or labeled) tags of each file. For example, the association item 231 includes the first file and its corresponding labels A, B; the association item 232 includes the second file and its corresponding labels B, C, D; the associated item 233 includes the third file and its corresponding The tag D; and the associated item 234 include the fourth file and its corresponding tags A, D. As mentioned earlier, labels A, B, C, and D are only illustrative of the folder names in the file path. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and the first, second, third, and fourth files described above are for illustrative purposes only, and the label corresponding to each file may exceed the above-mentioned labels A, B, C, and D, and may have More than 4 files. After introducing the original type of the database used to search for files, the following will introduce a search file interface in Figure 3A.

FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of a search file interface 300 according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention. When the user launches the search file software program or switches to the search file interface 300, the search file interface 300 can display the status as shown in FIG. 3A. The tag list 320 includes the total number of files displayed and their corresponding files. For example, the label item 321 shows that the label A has 25 corresponding files; the label B has 40 corresponding files; the label C has 11 corresponding files; and the label D has 83 corresponding files. In addition, the search file interface 300 also provides a function 310 to expand or collapse the tag list (or present a button on the display of the display 130) for the user to collapse the tag list 320 or expand the tag list 320. The search file interface 300 presents each file in the file list 331, as shown in FIG. 3A, and the file list 331 includes the first, second, third, and fourth files. Moreover, the file display interface 300 also provides a function 330 to expand or collapse the file list (or present a button on the display of the display 130) for the user to collapse the file list 331. The above documents 1, 2, 3, and 4 are for illustrative purposes only, and the labels A, B, C, and D described above are also for illustrative purposes only. Another way of presenting the search file interface will be described below with reference to Figure 3B.

FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of another search file interface 350 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. With continued reference to FIG. 3B, the tag list 320 of the search file interface 350 includes the total number of files that are presented for each tag and its corresponding. For example, the label item 325 displays the corresponding file with the label "Swan" having 25; the label "Windows Mobile" has 40 corresponding files; the label "11-20-2009" has 11 corresponding files; and the label "ROM" has 83 corresponding files. The search file interface 350 presents each of the files in the file list 331, as shown in FIG. 3B, which includes one of the file names showing the four files and one of the file attributes each has. For example, the file list 331 includes the presentation file "Imagefile 11-20-2009" and its associated File name "txt"; file "Badkup11-20-2009" and its subtitle name "pdf"; file "TestReport11-20-2009" and its subtitle name "ppt"; and file "ThirdPartyAP11-20" -2009" and its subtitle name "mp3". Here, each label and file name is presented in Chinese characters, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be presented in other language characters such as English characters. In addition, the file list 331 can also adjust the manner of presentation according to the user's operating habits and usage needs. In addition, the file attribute presented by the file list 331 may also be other file attributes, such as the last update date of this file or the memory space occupied by this file.

In the exemplary embodiment, after receiving a label selection command and selecting a label, the data display module 123 displays a selected label list on the display 130. The selected tag list will sequentially display all selected one or more tags, and the total number of files corresponding to each selected tag in all files currently displayed. In addition, after receiving a label selection instruction and selecting a label, the data display module 123 also removes one or more labels in the selected label column from the updated label list. Then, when none of the above-mentioned updated tag lists has any one of the tags, the command input module 110 no longer accepts any one of the tag selection commands. The manner in which a search file interface is presented after selecting a tag will be further described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another search file interface 400 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The search file interface 400 is updated from the search file interface 300 or the search file interface 350 after the user selects a label. For example, please refer to FIG. 4, assuming that the user selects the tag D in the search file interface 300 or the search file interface 350. The data display module 123 displays each file having the selected tag (ie, the tag D) (such as the files 2, 3, and 4 shown in the file list 450) and the updated tag list (ie, as shown in FIG. 4). When the illustrated tag list 430 displays the tag items 431, 432, 433) on the display 130, the data display module 123 also provides a function 420 for expanding or collapsing the tag list so that the user can collapse the updated tag list. Or expand the list of updated tags. At this time, the tag list 430 only displays other tags corresponding to all the files including the tag D (that is, each folder name in the file path where these files are located except the tag D). For example, the label item 431 shows that the label A has one corresponding file; the label item 432 shows that the label B has two corresponding files; and the label item 433 shows that the label C has one corresponding file. Since the selected tag is the tag D, files that do not correspond to the tag D are filtered and are not displayed in the search file interface 400. At the same time, the file corresponding to each tag is updated according to all the files presented in the file list 450.

In addition, the material display module 123 also provides a function 440 of expanding or folding the file list 450 so that the user can collapse the file list 450 or expand the file list 450, and the file list 450 presents all of the files currently displayed. Moreover, when the data display module 123 displays all the files with the selected tags and the updated tag list on the display 130, the data display module 123 also provides a function 420 for returning the list of tags of the previous layer, so that the user returns The list of tags (i.e., the tag list 320 shown in FIG. 3A) is received before the tag selection instruction is received. In addition, the data display module 123 also provides a function 410 for returning the selected tag list, so that the user returns to the selected tag list before receiving the tag selection command (in this example, still returns to FIG. 3A). The illustrated tag list 320, or because the selected tag before receiving the tag selection instruction does not exist, does not display the selected tag list).

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another search file interface 500 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In fact, the search file interface 500 is updated after the operation of the search file interface 400. For example, referring to FIG. 5, assuming that the user selects the tag C in the search file interface 400, the search file interface 500 presents the status of the selected tag list, the tag list, and the file list after updating. The data display module 123 displays each file having the selected label (ie, the label D and the label C) (such as the second file indicated by the file list 550) and the updated label list (ie, as shown in FIG. 5). When the empty list or blank list displayed by the tag list 530 is displayed on the display 130, the data display module 123 also provides a function 520 for expanding or collapsing the tag list, so that the user can collapse the updated tag list, or Expand the list of updated tags. At this time, there is no tag in the tag list 530. Since the selected tag is the tag D and the tag C, files that do not correspond to the tag D and the tag C are filtered and are not displayed in the search file interface 500.

In addition, the data display module 123 also provides a function 540 to expand or collapse the file list 550 so that the user can collapse the file list 550 or expand the file list 550, while the file list 550 presents all of the files currently displayed. Moreover, when the data display module 123 displays all the files with the selected tags and the updated tag list on the display 130, the data display module 123 also provides a function 420 for returning the list of tags of the previous layer, so that the user returns The list of tags (i.e., the tag list 320 shown in FIG. 3A) is received before the tag selection instruction is received. In addition, the data display module 123 also provides a function 510 for returning the selected tag list, so that the user returns to the selected tag list before receiving the tag selection instruction (in this example, returning to FIG. 4 List of tags shown 412).

In addition to receiving the label selection command, the command input module 110 also receives a file selection instruction, and the data display module 123 displays the data display module to display a folder in which a file corresponding to the file selection instruction is currently located. Alternatively, after the command input module 110 receives a file selection instruction, the data display module 123 displays one or more files corresponding to the file selection instruction (the manner of displaying multiple files will be further described in FIG. 6). ). Generally, after receiving the file selection instruction, the data display module 123 displays a plurality of files corresponding to the file selection instruction, so that the files have the same file name, so the user needs to further select the expected files from the multiple files. document. The data display module 123 presents the status of the multi-file list display interface 600 after receiving the file selection command.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a multi-file list display interface 600 according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 6, it is assumed that the user selects an x file, where x is a schematic code, and the material display module 123 displays the file name of the file item 610 in the multi-file list display interface 600 as "x file". In addition, the file list 612 of the multi-file list display interface 600 lists the file names corresponding to the x files, for example, the file list item 614 displays the sub-file name of the first x file as "txt"; the file list item 616 The sub-file name showing the second x file is "ppt"; and the file list item 618 shows that the sub-file name of the third x file is "mp3". The user can then select one of the multiple x files listed to open it to confirm whether it is the file it is looking for. However, the present invention is not limited to the above. In another exemplary embodiment, if the file list 550 of the search file interface 500 displays the file name and the auxiliary file name of each file at the same time, the multi-file list display interface 600 The file list 612 may also include other file attributes such as the last update date of the file, the file type or the memory space occupied by the file, etc. to further distinguish the same file name from the sub-file name. In addition, in other exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the multi-file list display interface 600 may further include a selected tag list 412 and a tag list 430 similar to those in FIG. 4 described above, so that the user can further narrow down by re-selecting tags. Search range.

Referring to FIG. 1, the human interface device 100 can also transfer a plurality of files in the database 125 to an external computer device 150 by using an input/output module 140 of the electronic device to allow the user to perform new An add action, an edit action, a delete action, or a backup action, receiving a plurality of files from the external computer device 150, and storing the received plurality of file materials to the In the database 125. The external computer device 150 can be one or more computers (for example, a server or a plurality of servers for managing a data storage system), and the human interface device 100 can be used to input and receive the module 140 by using the And then coupled to the external computer device 150 through the Internet connection.

In the exemplary embodiment, the electronic device configured by the human interface device 100 may further include a touch screen (not shown) coupled to the operating system 121. Additionally, in other exemplary embodiments of the invention, command input module 110 and display 130 may be integrated. In addition, the command input module 110 can receive a user input command through a touch screen. Moreover, the user's input command can be completed by operating actions such as moving the cursor, controlling the mouse connected to the electronic device, pressing a button, or touching a virtual button of the touch screen. The button may be a physical button mounted on the electronic device, and the virtual button may be a virtual button displayed on the touch screen of the electronic device. After introducing the main components and operation methods of the human interface device 100, the method for searching for files of the electronic device will be further described below with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method 700 of searching for a file, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, in the exemplary embodiment, the search file method 700 starts from step S702, and establishes one or more tags according to one or more folders of the file path where each file is located. After step S702, step S704 is continued. In step S704, the tag list and all the files are displayed on the display 130 of the electronic device. After step S704, step S706 is continued. In step S706, a label selection instruction is received and a label is selected. After step S706, step S708 is continued. In step S708, based on the selected tags, all files with the selected tags and an updated tag list are displayed on the display. After step S708, any one of steps S702 to S706 may be continued, that is, the loop operation may be repeated in steps S702 to S708 according to the actual user operation of searching for the file function. The method of searching for files in other exemplary embodiments will be further described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing another method of searching for a file 800 in accordance with another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the exemplary embodiment, the main difference between the search file method 800 and the search file method 700 described above is that another file selection instruction is received, and the file selection instruction is used to display the current folder of the file for use. Further confirm whether the documents found match the files that are expected to be found. Referring to FIG. 8, in the exemplary embodiment, steps S802 to S808 of the search file method 800 are substantially similar to steps S702 to S708 of the search file method 700 described above, and thus details thereof are not repeated herein. After step S808, step S810 is continued. In step S810, a file selection instruction is received, and a folder in which the file corresponding to the file selection instruction is currently located is displayed. That is, all the files in this folder are listed, and the selected files are specifically marked or emphasized. After step S810, any one of steps S802 to S808 may be performed, that is, the loop operation may be repeated in steps S802 to S810 according to the need of the actual user to search for the file function. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and the search file method in other exemplary embodiments will be further described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing another method of searching for a file 900 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the exemplary embodiment, the main difference between the search file method 900 and the search file method 700 described above is that a file selection instruction is additionally received, and one or more corresponding to the file selection instruction are displayed according to the file selection instruction. file. In particular, when the selected file has multiple files with the same file name, the user needs to further confirm whether the found file matches the file that is expected to be found. Referring to FIG. 9, in the exemplary embodiment, steps S902 to S908 of the search file method 900 are substantially similar to steps S702 to S708 of the search file method 700 described above, and thus details thereof are not repeated herein. After step S908, step S910 is continued. In step S910, a file selection instruction is received, and one or more files corresponding to the file selection instruction are displayed. That is, the multi-file list display interface 600 described in FIG. 6 above is used to list the files that meet the selection criteria, and the user can further narrow the search range to further find the file to be searched. After step S910, any one of steps S902 to S908 may be performed, that is, the loop operation may be repeated in steps S902 to S910 according to the need of the actual user to search for the file function.

In summary, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for searching for a file and a human interface device for searching for a file, to solve the problem of searching for files in a plurality of files, or to find a solution in a complicated file storage system. File problem. The user can label the file according to the folder of the path where each file is located. In addition, by displaying the total number of files corresponding to each tag in the tag database and the user's selection instruction, the query range of the search file can be gradually and quickly reduced. Accordingly, the user can more intuitively search for files in a large number of files, and quickly and efficiently find the files that are desired to be found when the files need to be searched.

While the invention has been described above by way of example embodiments, it is not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the invention. Changes and refinements, so the scope of protection is subject to the definition of the patent application scope attached.

110‧‧‧Command input module

120‧‧‧ memory module

121‧‧‧ operating system

122‧‧‧Data creation module

123‧‧‧data display module

124‧‧‧Data Search Module

125‧‧‧Database

130‧‧‧ display

140‧‧‧Output module

150‧‧‧External computer equipment

220, 320, 430, 530‧‧‧ tag list

230‧‧‧List of documents and labels

231, 232, 233, 234‧‧‧ Related items

310‧‧‧Expand or close the function of the tag list

Label items 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328‧ ‧

330, 440, 540‧‧‧ Functions to expand or close the list of documents

331, 450, 550, 612‧ ‧ file list

410, 510‧‧‧Return to the list of selected tags

420, 520‧‧‧Return to the function of the previous list of tags

610‧‧‧ file project

614, 616, 618‧‧‧ file list items

S702~S708‧‧‧ steps of a method for searching for a file according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention

S802~810‧‧‧ steps of another method for searching files according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention

S902~910‧‧‧ steps of another method for searching files according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention

1 is a system block diagram of a human interface device for searching for a file according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of a database for searching for file data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of a search file interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram showing another search file interface according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic diagram showing another search file interface according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another search file interface according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a multi-file list display interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing a method of searching for a file according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing another method of searching for a file according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing another method of searching for a file according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

S702~S708. . . Steps of the method for searching files according to an embodiment of the present invention

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A method for searching files, which is applicable to an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of: establishing one or more tags according to one or more folders of one file path of each file; displaying a tag list and all files a display on one of the electronic devices, wherein the tag list includes all tags, and a total number of all files corresponding to each tag at present; receiving a tag selection command to select a tag; according to the selected tag, the display corresponds to All of the selected files and an updated tag list are displayed on the display, wherein the updated tag list includes tags of all files currently displayed, and a total number of files corresponding to each tag currently. The method for searching for documents according to claim 1 further includes: storing the files in a database, wherein each tag represents a folder; and receiving a file selection instruction, and displaying a corresponding file selection instruction A folder in which a file is currently located. The method for searching for documents according to claim 1 further includes: storing the files in a database, wherein each tag represents a folder; and receiving a file selection instruction, and displaying a corresponding file selection instruction One or more files. The method for searching for a file according to claim 1, wherein after the method of receiving a label selection command and selecting a label, the method for searching the file further comprises: displaying a selected label list on the display, wherein the selected label is The list sequentially displays all selected one or more tags, and a total number of files corresponding to each selected tag in all files currently displayed; and the tag or the tag in the selected tag column The tags are removed from the list of updated tags, wherein when the updated tag list does not have any tags, no one tag selection instruction is accepted. The method for searching for documents according to claim 1, wherein in the step of displaying a tag list and all the files on one of the displays of the electronic device, the searching file method further comprises: displaying a file of each file. The attribute, wherein the file attribute includes a file name of a file, a file last updated date, and a file occupying memory space. The method for searching for documents according to claim 1, wherein when the file having the selected tag and the updated tag list are displayed on the display, the method for searching the file further comprises: providing an expansion or collection The function of the tag list, such that a user folds the updated tag list or expands the updated tag list; and provides a function of expanding or folding the file list, so that the user folds a file list or expands the file List, where the file list is presented All files that were previously displayed. The method for searching for a file according to claim 4, wherein when the file having the selected tag and the updated tag list are displayed on the display, the method for searching the file further includes: providing a return to the previous layer The function of the tag list is such that a user returns to the tag list before receiving the tag selection instruction; and provides a function of returning the selected tag list, so that the user returns to the selected tag before receiving the tag selection instruction List. The method for searching for a document as described in claim 1 further includes: marking each folder in the path of each file as one or more labels; and displaying all the files on the display, and according to each A file name of a file to sort all files. The method for searching for a file according to claim 5 of the patent application further includes: marking the file name of each file as a preset file attribute; and displaying all files on the display according to the preset file attribute. To sort multiple files with the same name. The method of searching for documents according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a display device coupled to a data storage system. The method for searching for documents according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a computer, a multimedia playing device, and a personal digital assistant. Mobile phones, personal digital assistant mobile phones, smart mobile phones, and handheld navigation devices. A human-machine interface device for searching for a file is configured to be configured in an electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes a database for storing a plurality of files, the human-machine interface device comprising: a data creation module for each One or more folders of one of the file paths of the file to create one or more tags, wherein each tag represents a folder; a command input module for receiving a tag selection command and selecting a tag; a data search module for finding all files having the selected tag according to the selected tag value; and a data display module for displaying all the tags and displaying all the files corresponding to each tag currently One of the total number of tag lists and all files on one of the displays of the electronic device, or each file corresponding to the selected tag and an updated tag list are displayed on the display, wherein the updated tag list includes the currently displayed list One or more tags of all files, and a total number of files corresponding to each tag currently. The human interface device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the command input module further receives a file selection instruction, and the data display module displays a folder corresponding to a file corresponding to one of the file selection instructions. The human-machine interface device of claim 12, wherein the command input module further receives a file selection instruction, and the data display The module displays one or more files corresponding to the file selection instruction. The human-machine interface device of claim 12, wherein after receiving a label selection command and selecting a label, the data display module displays a selected label list on the display, wherein the selected label The list sequentially displays all selected one or more tags, and a total number of files corresponding to each of the currently selected tags in the selected tag; the tag or the tags in the selected tag column The tag is removed from the updated tag list; and when the updated tag list does not have any tag, the command input module no longer accepts any tag selection command. The human-machine interface device of claim 12, wherein the data display module further displays a file attribute of each file, wherein the file attribute includes a file name of a file, and a file last update date. The memory space occupied by a file. The human-machine interface device of claim 12, wherein the data display module further provides an expansion or when displaying each file having the selected tag and the updated tag list on the display The function of folding the tag list, such that a user folds the updated tag list or expands the updated tag list; and provides a function of expanding or folding the file list, so that the user folds a file list or expands the file A list of files in which the file list presents all of the files currently displayed. The human-machine interface device according to claim 15 of the patent application, When the data display module displays each file having the selected label and the updated label list on the display, the data display module further provides a function of returning a list of upper labels, so that a user Returning to the list of tags prior to receiving the tag selection instruction; and providing a function of returning the selected tag list such that the user returns to a list of selected tags prior to receiving the tag selection instruction. The human-machine interface device of claim 12, wherein the data creation module marks each folder in the path of each file as one or more tags; and the data display module When all files are displayed on the display, all files are sorted according to a file name of each file. The human-machine interface device of claim 16, wherein the data creation module marks the sub-file name of each file as a preset file attribute; and the data display module displays all the files. When on the display, multiple files of the same name are sorted according to the file attributes. The human interface device of claim 12, wherein the electronic device is a display device coupled to a data storage system. The human-machine interface device of claim 12, wherein the electronic device comprises a computer, a multimedia playback device, a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant mobile phone, a smart mobile phone, and a handheld navigation device.