WO2016043320A1 - Procédé et dispositif de génération d'image réduite - Google Patents

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WO2016043320A1
WO2016043320A1 PCT/JP2015/076741 JP2015076741W WO2016043320A1 WO 2016043320 A1 WO2016043320 A1 WO 2016043320A1 JP 2015076741 W JP2015076741 W JP 2015076741W WO 2016043320 A1 WO2016043320 A1 WO 2016043320A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating a reduced image according to the content from a website or a website configured by pages including various contents and using the thumbnail as a thumbnail. .
  • FIG. 5 shows an example of a website 50 including an image area 51 and a character area 52 in a form displayed by a browser.
  • contents such as PDF and XPS files that can be used after being downloaded to an accessor's personal computer or the like via some protocol, and electronic books such as EPUB and AZW formats (hereinafter referred to as convenience) "Downloadable file").
  • FIG. 6 shows an example of a downloadable file 60 composed of an image area 61 and a character area 62 in a downloaded and printed form as an explanatory diagram for facilitating understanding of the character.
  • These websites 50 and downloadable files 60 recorded on such websites 50 are generally composed of a plurality of pages, and each page includes the contents as described above.
  • thumbnails for each website that is, image data generated by reducing the content contained therein may be used for information retrieval.
  • FIG. 7 shows a thumbnail 70 composed of an image area 71 and a character area generated from a website or downloadable file.
  • Thumbnails consisting of reduced images obtained from individual websites are automatically generated by software processing from the first page of the website, or mechanically without taking the contents into consideration in some form. Since it is generated based only on the first page, it does not necessarily reflect the contents of the website appropriately. Therefore, these thumbnails have a great limitation in terms of information retrieval. Furthermore, as a result of such automatic thumbnail generation and mechanical work, the features of documents and images that are originally included are not reflected, and only a uniform display is provided. It was even more difficult.
  • thumbnails that can reflect the contents of the website can be generated and displayed only by a simple operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide information related to the above, and to easily indicate the presence of information desired by the user. It is another object of the present invention to enable a user to search for information with higher accuracy in a short time.
  • the present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the present invention provides the following method.
  • a category input step of storing as an object category, a region detecting step in which the computer detects the plurality of regions included in the content constituting the object, and a plurality of regions detected by the computer in the region detecting step A content rearrangement step for generating a layout in which a template prepared in advance according to the object category is applied and rearranged, and a computer generates a reduced image based on the layout generated by the rearrangement step.
  • Image generation step to generate , Characterized by including the.
  • An object is a category (type) to which it belongs, for example, a document distributed by the company that handles the manufacture and sale of various products on its website, etc., and there are a product catalog, a product use manual, a product specification, etc. Each of them has features such as a lot of photographs and a lot of information such as texts and numerical values, and the manner and distribution of the contents included are different, but according to the present invention, selection is performed according to the category. Since the reduced template is applied to generate a reduced image, a reduced image more suitable for grasping the contents of the user can be provided.
  • a plurality of layouts may be generated using a template prepared in advance and presented to the operator.
  • a plurality of generated layouts may be displayed in descending order of frequency of use for the category.
  • a category changing step for changing or adding the object category may be further provided.
  • the operator may be able to change the size or position of the area for the layout generated using the presented template.
  • the template selected according to the category is applied, a reduced image suitable for grasping the contents of the user can be generated. Therefore, by arranging such reduced images as thumbnails on the website, there is an excellent advantage that the user can easily find the location of the desired information.
  • FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a configuration relating to a reduced image generating method according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a configuration relating to the reduced image generating method according to the present invention, in particular, the main part thereof.
  • FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram based on a flowchart showing a main operation in the reduced image generating method according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram based on a flowchart for explaining editing of a region of interest in the reduced image generation method according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a website.
  • FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a document in the form of a downloadable file.
  • FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a thumbnail generated from a website or a downloadable file.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an operation in the reduced image generation method according to the present invention, and shows an example of a screen immediately after uploading.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an operation in the reduced image generation method according to the present invention, and shows an example of a screen for changing the content type.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an operation in the reduced image generation method according to the present invention, and shows an example of a screen when a recommended cover template is selected.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an operation in the reduced image generation method according to the present invention, and shows an example of a screen when editing a region of interest.
  • FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are explanatory diagrams schematically showing a configuration relating to a reduced image generation method according to the present invention.
  • the mode in which the operator directly operates the layout device is described.
  • the operator accesses and operates the network from a terminal physically separated from a computer or the like that functions as the layout device. It can also be configured.
  • the personal computer 100 is preferable as the hardware as the layout apparatus 1 for actually performing the reduced image generation method.
  • the personal computer 100 includes a control unit 110 on which an arithmetic device including a CPU is mounted, a display unit 120 that is connected to the control unit 110 and displays a screen, and is similarly connected to the control unit 110 to create a program and a program related to the creation method.
  • a recording unit 130 that can store various contents of a website, and an operation unit 140 (eg, keyboard, mouse) that is an input unit when an operator refers to the display on the display unit and performs the operation. Including a typical structure.
  • an input / output unit 150 may be provided.
  • the input / output unit 150 may be a connection unit with an Internet line, a LAN, a connection interface with a WAN, or a storage device such as a modem or various USB memories.
  • the contents and downloadable files of websites on the Internet may be stored in the recording unit 130 via the input / output unit 150 and called when a reduced image is generated.
  • the layout apparatus 1 includes a template holding unit 2 and an area holding unit 3 included in the recording unit 130. Moreover, the template presentation part 4 and the area
  • the operator starts up the program and enters the main operation by logging in through the necessary ID and password input (S01).
  • An initial screen (upload screen) 11 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.
  • a menu button part 12 On the screen 11, a menu button part 12, an upload area 13, and a file list display part 14 are displayed.
  • the menu button 12 includes buttons such as “file list” (12a), “template change” (12b), “attention area editing” (12c), “personal setting” (12d), and “logout” (12e). Is provided, and the operator can perform a desired operation by clicking one of these.
  • thumbnails 15a, 15b, 15c,... Based on them are displayed as the file list display unit 14.
  • a type button 16a, 16b, 16c,... Is displayed for each of these thumbnails 15a, 15b, 15c,... If there is a type (for example, “catalog” or “manual”) that has already been set, the contents are displayed. Is done.
  • These types may be registered in advance in the template holding unit 2 as a kind of chick shape.
  • types such as “catalog”, “use manual”, “specifications” that are genres of stored content are prepared in advance for sites of companies that handle the manufacture and sale of various products, etc.
  • types such as “literary books”, “manga”, and “science and engineering books”, which are genres of electronic books, may be prepared in advance and displayed on the file list display unit 14. . The change of these types will be described later.
  • a file can be uploaded by dragging and dropping a downloadable file icon to be processed in the upload area to the upload area 13.
  • the URL uniform resource locator
  • the processing target can also be selected by pressing a “file list” in the menu button 12.
  • the operator designates contents such as the website 50 and downloadable file 60 to be processed (S02).
  • This content is input to the template presentation unit 4.
  • the control unit 110 analyzes the specified content, recognizes one or a plurality of areas included therein, and generates a thumbnail based on the content (S03).
  • a type change dialog 21 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed (S05).
  • the operator can register a new type in the displayed type change dialog 21 using the operation unit 140 such as a keyboard (S06). This registration operation is completed by clicking on the portion displayed as “OK” in the dialog 21 (S07).
  • the contents are input to the template presenting unit 4, and as a result, as shown in FIG.
  • One or a plurality of recommended cover templates are displayed on the advance template display unit 22 on the screen (S09).
  • This recommended cover template is based on the selected type. For example, if the type is a product catalog, a characteristic photograph of the product is automatically set as a region of interest as an image region.
  • the selection of the area according to this type is performed at random, particularly at the initial stage of operation of the device, but at the stage when some data is collected as a result of operation of the device, learning is performed based on the selection results of those operators. And the selection result of the attention area may be displayed based on the learning result.
  • the learning result is accumulated and recorded in the recording unit 130.
  • the first photo in the product catalog is often about the entire product, and the resolution of the image data compared to other contents in the catalog such as other illustrations, logos, trademarks, etc. If the image size is often large and it is relatively easy to analyze the contents, it is recorded first, especially in the case where the catalog is specified as a type from the beginning of operation.
  • the displayed image area may be recognized as the attention area by default and displayed. Such display-related processing is particularly effective when the number of processing cases based on the learning record is small.
  • the type is a product specification
  • the part that describes the product specification rather than the photo is used as the attention area, so that it can be a thumbnail reflecting the characteristics of the document or content as the specification.
  • a part written in characters larger than other parts may be automatically recognized as the attention area in the specification type.
  • the operator can end the display of the recommendation cover cover template by operating the operation unit 140 such as a keyboard. As a result, selection from the original file list display unit 14 becomes possible.
  • thumbnails 15a, 15b, 15c,... When any one of the thumbnails 15a, 15b, 15c,... Is pressed from the file list display unit 14 (S10), a predetermined template stored from the template holding unit 2 is called up based on the thumbnail, and the uploaded process is performed.
  • a document (reduced image) in which the template is applied to the target file 60 or content is generated by the layout generation unit 6 and displayed on the display unit 120 (S11). The generated image is automatically saved appropriately in the recording unit 130 in the apparatus 1 (S12).
  • the attention area editing button 12c is pressed (S13), whereby the attention area editing screen 25 as shown in FIG. (S14).
  • the attention area editing screen 25 is provided with a browsing editing bar 30, in which a continuous browsing button 31 (used for continuously browsing a processing target consisting of a plurality of pages), a reduced image display button 32. (Used to preview a reduced image), reduction button 33, enlargement button 34, page feed buttons 35 and 36, page designation button 37, character string search button 38 (a specific character string is included in the processing target) And a character string search result clear button 39 (used to clear the result searched and displayed by the character string search button 38) and the like. Yes.
  • the image area 41 and the character area based on the image areas 51 and 61 and the character areas 52 and 62 recorded therein.
  • Region 42 is placed.
  • Each area is provided with a content movement button 43 and a determination button 44. When the content movement button 43 is pressed, the area is moved to the next page and arranged there.
  • the attention area editing screen 25 is first displayed as described above (S22). At this stage, one or a plurality of areas 41 and 42 are selected based on the information stored in the area holding unit 3 (being active). Note that an inactive area is also activated by selecting it with an input means (operation unit 140) such as a mouse, and can be edited as an attention area (S23).
  • the areas 41 and 42 in the active state can be edited, and can be enlarged / reduced as indicated by an arrow, or can be moved within the screen 25.
  • the area is moved to the next page (S25). Further, by dragging the outer frame of the area (S26), enlargement, reduction, movement within the screen 25, etc. can be performed (S27). It is possible to exit from these processes by pressing an escape button (not shown) on the keyboard, for example (S28, S29).
  • the edited image is stored in the recording unit 1 in the apparatus 1 and can be used as a thumbnail.
  • the reduced image generated for each website or downloadable file is recorded (automatically saved) in the recording unit 130, and appropriately transferred to an external content server or search server via the input / output unit 150. Displayed when searching.
  • an example has been described in which an operator operates his / her personal computer as a layout device.
  • a layout device is provided / operated as an online service
  • an external registrant is connected to the device via a network.
  • a reduced image may be generated by accessing via the URL and transmitted to the registrant.
  • documents, downloadable files include advertisements, company information, information for investors such as earnings information and company bulletins, catalogs, brochures, flyers, specifications, interface manuals, drawings.
  • Distribution media such as standard establishment documents, technical bulletins, etc., including product types such as education, clothing, food, toys, etc., or product prices, users and other product-related information, documents (characters) and images Any information may be used as long as it is information that represents the product or the like described in the above, or information that the product has, and is not particularly limited.
  • the electronic book may be provided in any form or free of charge. In other words, it can be used in public libraries.
  • a plurality of layout templates may be presented and selected by the user, and a plurality of such templates are prepared in advance according to the contents of the document / image, and all the plurality of templates are presented.
  • the templates may be narrowed down according to the type of content that is further subdivided in various ways.
  • the template in the present invention has at least one character area or image area.
  • the template according to the present invention may have at least one attention character area or attention image area, and at least a part of the page number or position extracted from a plurality of pages of the document / image or selected by the operator. It can also be arranged in the attention character area or the attention image area.
  • the present invention provides information with higher accuracy when searching a website, it has industrial applicability.

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　La présente invention permet d'indiquer de manière appropriée le contenu d'une image miniature réduite affichée dans une liste de menu présentée sur un site web, etc., servant à informer sur l'emplacement d'un document ou d'un site web. La présente invention permet de présenter à un opérateur un modèle dont le caractère ou la zone de tracé adaptés à la caractéristique du document ou du site web sont remaniés en conformité avec une catégorie spécifiée en reflétant la caractéristique. La présente invention permet ainsi de créer simplement une image réduite reflétant le contenu du document ou du site web. Par ailleurs, en ce qui concerne la présentation d'un modèle, la présente invention garantit que la fréquence d'utilisation par rapport à la catégorie du modèle est reflétée.
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