WO2016080029A1 - 電子ドキュメント管理装置、電子ドキュメント管理システムおよび電子ドキュメント管理用プログラム - Google Patents

電子ドキュメント管理装置、電子ドキュメント管理システムおよび電子ドキュメント管理用プログラム Download PDF

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WO2016080029A1
WO2016080029A1 PCT/JP2015/072999 JP2015072999W WO2016080029A1 WO 2016080029 A1 WO2016080029 A1 WO 2016080029A1 JP 2015072999 W JP2015072999 W JP 2015072999W WO 2016080029 A1 WO2016080029 A1 WO 2016080029A1
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  • the present invention relates to an electronic document management apparatus, an electronic document management system, and an electronic document management program, and is particularly suitable for use in an apparatus that manages a page unit of an electronic document composed of a plurality of pages.
  • the PDF file has a feature that the contents of a document can be displayed in almost the same state in many environments without depending on a specific computer environment. Using this feature, by converting an electronic document of a specific file format created by word processing software, spreadsheet software, graphics creation software, etc. that operates depending on the computer environment into PDF file format, Electronic documents can be viewed in a computer environment.
  • thumbnail images are generated for all pages of an electronic document generated by scanning. Therefore, it is not possible to extract and manage only a specific page desired by the user. It is also impossible to manage a specific page desired by the user from a plurality of electronic documents and combine them. Therefore, in order to extract or combine only a specific page desired by the user, there is only a method for performing a troublesome operation as described above and generating and saving another file.
  • the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to make it possible to easily manage the division of a specific page in an electronic document. Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily manage a combination of a plurality of specific pages in an electronic document.
  • the present invention specifies an arbitrary page of an arbitrary electronic document, and generates a virtual file including attribute information indicating the storage location, file name, and page number of the electronic document. Generate and display objects for visualizing virtual files. When any object is selected by the user, the specified page of the electronic document specified by the virtual file is accessed based on the attribute information of the virtual file corresponding to the selected object. ing.
  • the user designates a specific page in the designated electronic document only by performing a simple operation of designating a specific page in the electronic document and instructing generation of a virtual file.
  • a virtual file representing a page and an object for visualizing and displaying the virtual file are generated. Then, by simply selecting the desired object from the displayed objects, the user does not need to open the original electronic document file and search for a specific page. Access to a desired page is automatically performed.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of an electronic document management apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment.
  • the electronic document management apparatus 10 has a virtual file generation unit 1, a virtual folder generation unit 2, a virtual file management unit 3, an object generation unit 4, and an object display unit 5 as its functional configuration.
  • the electronic document management apparatus 10 is implemented as a function of an electronic document management program installed in an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or a smartphone. That is, each of the functional blocks 1 to 7 shown in FIG. 1 is actually configured by including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, etc. of the information processing apparatus, and is stored in a recording medium such as a RAM, a ROM, a hard disk, or a semiconductor memory This is realized by operating an electronic document management program.
  • the electronic document management program of the present embodiment is a plug-in for an application that can perform various processing (document creation, editing, printing, etc.) by opening an electronic document file, for example. Can be incorporated.
  • the present invention is not limited to this form.
  • the electronic document management program according to the present embodiment may operate separately from an application that processes an electronic document file.
  • all or a part of each of the functional blocks 1 to 7 shown in FIG. 1 can be configured by hardware or DSP (Digital Signal Processor).
  • the electronic document storage unit 11 stores an electronic document file.
  • the electronic document that can be managed by the electronic document management apparatus 10 of the present embodiment is created by any type of application such as word processing software, spreadsheet software, graphic creation software, and form software.
  • an electronic document file created by PDF is called a “PDF file”.
  • the virtual file generation unit 1 designates an arbitrary page of an arbitrary PDF file from the electronic document (PDF file) stored in the electronic document storage unit 11, and stores the storage location, file name, and page of the PDF file. Generate a virtual file consisting of attribute information representing numbers. Then, the generated virtual file is stored in the virtual file storage unit 12.
  • PDF file electronic document
  • the virtual file generation unit 1 designates an arbitrary page of an arbitrary PDF file from the electronic document (PDF file) stored in the electronic document storage unit 11, and stores the storage location, file name, and page of the PDF file. Generate a virtual file consisting of attribute information representing numbers. Then, the generated virtual file is stored in the virtual file storage unit 12.
  • an operation button (hereinafter referred to as a virtual file generation button) for instructing generation of a virtual file is displayed on a menu bar or the like, and the virtual file is displayed.
  • a virtual file generation button for instructing generation of a virtual file is displayed on a menu bar or the like.
  • An example is a method of designating a page being displayed in the PDF file that is open at that time by pressing the file generation button by the user.
  • the virtual file generation button is not limited to the mode displayed on the menu bar.
  • a virtual file generation button may be displayed by a right click operation of the mouse when an arbitrary page of an arbitrary PDF file is opened.
  • the method for specifying an arbitrary page is not necessarily limited to an aspect of automatically specifying a displayed page. For example, when a virtual file generation button is pressed, a predetermined dialog may be displayed so that the user can specify a desired page in the dialog.
  • the method of specifying an arbitrary page of an arbitrary PDF file is not limited to the method performed when the PDF file is actually opened using an application. For example, at the position where the file name or icon of a PDF file displayed using the OS file system is displayed, the PDF file is automatically specified by a right-click operation of the mouse and a predetermined dialog is displayed.
  • the desired page may be designated in the dialog. However, it is preferable that the designation is performed in a state where an arbitrary PDF file is actually opened and an arbitrary page is displayed, because the designation can be performed while visually confirming a desired page.
  • thumbnail image is generated and stored in advance for all pages of all PDF files, and the thumbnail image is displayed and selected by the user. Any page may be designated.
  • the thumbnail image can be displayed in the folder when the folder storing the PDF file is opened by the function of the OS.
  • a unique window may be displayed by an electronic document management program, and thumbnail images may be arranged and displayed in a list in the unique window.
  • thumbnail images In this way, according to the method of displaying thumbnail images and allowing the user to select one of them, the user can specify while visually checking a desired page of the desired PDF file without actually opening the PDF file. It has the merit of being able to.
  • each thumbnail image has a small file capacity, if thumbnail images are generated in advance for all pages of all PDF files stored in the electronic document storage unit 11, the total file capacity will be increased accordingly. . Therefore, a thumbnail image generation button is displayed in response to a right-click operation of the mouse on the file name or icon of the PDF file displayed by the OS function, and when this thumbnail image generation button is pressed, the PDF file is displayed. Only thumbnail images may be generated and displayed.
  • the virtual file generation unit 1 determines from the attribute information indicating the storage location, file name, and page number of the designated PDF file. Create a virtual file consisting of The storage location and file name of the PDF file are information necessary for actually accessing the PDF file as an entity stored in the electronic document storage unit 11. Further, the page number is information necessary for making it possible to actually access a specified page in the accessed PDF file.
  • the virtual folder generation unit 2 generates a virtual folder for storing the virtual file generated by the virtual file generation unit 1 in response to a user operation on the electronic document management apparatus 10. Then, the generated virtual folder is stored in the virtual file storage unit 12.
  • This virtual folder can be generated as a hierarchical type having a hierarchical structure, similar to the hierarchical folder generated by the OS file system.
  • a method for generating a virtual folder a similar method for generating a folder by an OS file system can be applied. That is, an operation button (hereinafter referred to as a virtual folder generation button) for instructing generation of a virtual folder is displayed on a menu bar or the like, and a virtual folder is generated in response to a pressing operation by the user of the virtual folder generation button.
  • the virtual file management unit 3 manages the virtual file generated by the virtual file generation unit 1 in the virtual file storage unit 12 in the virtual folder generated by the virtual folder generation unit 2.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of virtual file management by the virtual file management unit 3.
  • a plurality of virtual files 111 to 113 and 121 to 123 are generated by the virtual file generation unit 1 from the two PDF files 101 and 102 stored in the electronic document storage unit 11. .
  • the virtual file 111 is generated from the first page of the PDF file 101
  • the virtual file 112 is generated from the second page
  • the virtual file 113 is generated from the third page.
  • a virtual file 121 is generated from the first page of the PDF file 102
  • a virtual file 122 is generated from the second page
  • a virtual file 123 is generated from the third page.
  • FIG. 2 shows a state where three virtual folders 201 to 203 are generated by the virtual folder generation unit 2. That is, the virtual folder generation unit 2 generates the first layer root folder 201 and the second layer folders 202 and 203 belonging to the root folder 201.
  • the virtual file management unit 3 starts with the virtual files 111 and 112 generated from the first and second pages of the PDF file 101 and the third page of the PDF file 102 in response to a user operation on the electronic document management apparatus 10.
  • the generated virtual file 123 is managed in the second layer folder 202.
  • the virtual file management unit 3 starts with the virtual file 113 generated from the third page of the PDF file 101 and the first and second pages of the PDF file 102 in response to a user operation on the electronic document management apparatus 10.
  • the generated virtual files 121 and 122 are managed by putting them in another folder 203 in the second layer.
  • the virtual file generated by the virtual file generator 1 is managed by being put into an arbitrary virtual folder generated by the virtual folder generator 2 by the function of the virtual file manager 3. Is possible. Similarly to folder management by the OS, it is possible to freely move virtual files between virtual folders, copy and delete virtual files, and the like.
  • the object generation unit 4 generates an object for visualizing and displaying the virtual file generated by the virtual file generation unit 1 and stored in the virtual file storage unit 12.
  • the object to be generated may be an icon composed of a combination of a predetermined mark, a file name, and a page number, but the thumbnail image of the specified page of the specified PDF file so that the contents in the page can be easily understood at a glance. Is preferably generated as an object.
  • the object generation unit 4 uses the virtual file based on the attribute information (storage location, file name and page number of the PDF file corresponding to the virtual file) that the virtual file stored in the virtual file storage unit 12 has.
  • the specified page of the specified PDF file is specified, and a thumbnail image of the specified page is generated. This thumbnail image is generated from an actual PDF file stored in the electronic document storage unit 11.
  • the object display unit 5 displays the object generated by the object generation unit 4 on the display unit 20 such as a liquid crystal display in a manner selectable by the user. Specifically, the object display unit 5 displays a window corresponding to the virtual folder managed by the virtual file management unit 3, and corresponds to the virtual file managed in the displayed virtual folder. The thumbnail image to be displayed is displayed in the window.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of object display by the object display unit 5.
  • the object display unit 5 displays a window 202 ′ corresponding to the second-layer virtual folder 202 generated by the virtual folder generation unit 2, and is managed by being placed in the virtual folder 202.
  • Thumbnail images 111 ′, 112 ′, 123 ′ corresponding to the three virtual files 111, 112, 123 displayed in the window 202 ′ of the virtual folder 202 are displayed.
  • the thumbnail images 111 ′, 112 ′, and 123 ′ to be displayed as shown in FIG. 3 are dynamically generated, for example, when an instruction to display the virtual folder 202 is given by a user operation on the electronic document management apparatus 10.
  • the object generation unit 4 identifies the corresponding page of the corresponding PDF file 101, 102 based on the attribute information of the three virtual files 111, 112, 123 belonging to the virtual folder 202 for which the display instruction has been issued.
  • the thumbnail images 111 ′, 112 ′, and 123 ′ of the specified page are dynamically generated.
  • the object display unit 5 displays the thumbnail images 111 ′, 112 ′, 123 ′ dynamically generated in this way in the window 202 ′ of the virtual folder 202.
  • the object generation unit 4 generates thumbnail images in advance for all pages of all PDF files stored in the virtual file storage unit 12 and stores them in the virtual file storage unit 12. Then, when the object display unit 5 is instructed to display the virtual folder 202 by a user operation, the object display unit 5 selects the corresponding PDF based on the attribute information of the three virtual files 111, 112, and 123 belonging to the virtual folder 202. The corresponding pages of the files 101 and 102 are specified, and the thumbnail images 111 ′, 112 ′, and 123 ′ of the specified pages are read from the virtual file storage unit 12. Then, the object display unit 5 displays the read thumbnail images 111 ′, 112 ′, 123 ′ in the window 202 ′ of the virtual folder 202.
  • the virtual file generation unit 1 when thumbnail images are generated in advance for all pages of all PDF files and stored in the virtual file storage unit 12, the virtual file generation unit 1 generates a virtual file.
  • the thumbnail image can be used for reference when the user designates a desired page of the desired PDF file.
  • a thumbnail image is generated for a specified page of the PDF file specified by the virtual file and stored in the virtual file storage unit 12. You may make it keep. Also in this case, when the object display unit 5 is instructed to display the virtual folder 202 by a user operation, the object display unit 5 corresponds to the attribute information of the three virtual files 111, 112, and 123 belonging to the virtual folder 202. The corresponding page of the PDF file 101, 102 to be identified is specified, and the thumbnail images 111 ′, 112 ′, 123 ′ corresponding to the page are read from the virtual file storage unit 12 and displayed in the window 202 ′ of the virtual folder 202.
  • the virtual file access unit 6 selects a PDF file designated by the virtual file based on attribute information of the virtual file corresponding to the selected object. Access the specified page. For example, when the thumbnail image 111 ′ displayed as shown in FIG. 3 is selected by a mouse click operation or the like, the virtual file access unit 6 displays the attribute information of the virtual file 111 corresponding to the selected thumbnail image 111 ′. The first page of the PDF file 101 designated by the virtual file 111 is accessed.
  • the access is, for example, an access for displaying the corresponding page on the display unit 20 or an access for printing the corresponding page with a printer (not shown).
  • the virtual file access unit 6 opens the PDF file 101 designated by the virtual file 111 corresponding to the thumbnail image 111 ′ and displays the first page on the display unit 20. To display.
  • the thumbnail image of the first page may be displayed.
  • the thumbnail image in this case preferably has a higher resolution than the thumbnail image 111 ′ displayed in the window 202 ′ of the virtual folder 202.
  • the virtual file access unit 6 Information about the first page of the PDF file 101 specified by the virtual file 111 corresponding to the thumbnail image 111 ′ is supplied to the printer driver, and control is performed so that the first page of the PDF file 101 is printed by the printer.
  • the virtual file combining unit 7 combines a plurality of virtual files generated by the virtual file generating unit 1 and stored in the virtual file storage unit 12 in response to a user operation on the electronic document management apparatus 10 to generate a PDF file having a plurality of pages. Is generated. Then, the virtual file combination unit 7 stores the generated PDF file in the electronic document storage unit 11.
  • a folder actual folder managed by the OS
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of combining virtual files by the virtual file combining unit 7.
  • the virtual file combining unit 7 generates the first page virtual file 111 and the second page virtual file 112 generated from the PDF file 101 and the second page generated from another PDF file 102.
  • a new PDF file 103 consisting of three pages is generated by combining with the virtual file 122.
  • the virtual file combining unit 7 specifies the specified pages of the PDF files 101 and 102 specified by the virtual files 111, 112, and 122. Then, the specified page is actually extracted to generate a new PDF file 103. That is, the virtual file combining unit 7 actually extracts the first page and the second page from the PDF file 101 and also actually extracts the second page from the other PDF file 102 and combines them to create a new PDF. A file 103 is generated.
  • the virtual file combining unit 7 may combine a plurality of virtual files to generate another virtual file composed of a plurality of pages.
  • the virtual folder for storing the new virtual file can be arbitrarily designated by the user.
  • the virtual file has attribute information for each page.
  • the object generation unit 4 selects a thumbnail based on attribute information of a specific page among the attribute information included in the virtual file of the plurality of pages. Generate an image.
  • One specific page can be, for example, the first page among a plurality of pages included in the virtual file.
  • a specific page may be arbitrarily designated by the user.
  • FIG. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing an operation example of the electronic document management apparatus 10 configured as described above.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation example when generating a virtual file or a virtual folder.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation example when an object (thumbnail image) corresponding to the generated virtual file is selected to access the PDF file.
  • the PDF application opens a PDF file designated by the user and displays it on the display unit 20 (step S1). Then, when an arbitrary page of the PDF file is displayed, the virtual file generation unit 1 determines whether or not a pressing operation of the virtual file generation button has been performed (step S2). If the virtual file generation button is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S10. On the other hand, when the virtual file generation button is pressed, the virtual file generation unit 1 generates a virtual file by designating the page being displayed in the currently opened PDF file (step S3).
  • the virtual folder generation unit 2 determines whether or not a virtual folder generation button is pressed in order to generate a virtual folder for storing the virtual file generated as described above (step S4). .
  • the virtual folder generation unit 2 generates a new virtual folder (step S5).
  • the virtual file generation unit 1 stores the virtual file generated in step S3 in the virtual file storage unit 12 (step S6).
  • the virtual file management unit 3 manages the virtual file by placing it in the virtual folder newly generated in step S5.
  • step S4 if it is determined in step S4 that the virtual folder generation button has not been pressed, the virtual file management unit 3 stores the virtual file generated in step S5 according to the operation by the user. Any one of the existing virtual folders is designated as the virtual folder (step S7).
  • the virtual file generation unit 1 stores the virtual file generated in step S3 in the virtual file storage unit 12 (step S6). In this case, the virtual file management unit 3 manages the virtual file by placing it in the virtual folder designated in step S7.
  • the object generation unit 4 uses the thumbnail image of the specified page of the PDF file specified by the virtual file as an object for visualizing and displaying the virtual file. Is generated (step S8). Then, the object generation unit 4 stores the generated thumbnail image in the electronic document storage unit 11 (step S9).
  • the storage location is the same as the storage location (folder) of the corresponding PDF file.
  • step S10 the PDF application determines whether or not an operation for closing the opened PDF file has been performed. If the operation for closing the PDF file is not performed, the process returns to step S2. On the other hand, when the operation for closing the PDF file is performed, the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is terminated.
  • the object display unit 5 determines whether or not an operation for displaying an arbitrary virtual folder has been performed (step S11). Here, when the operation is not performed, the determination process in step S11 is continued. On the other hand, when the operation is performed, the object display unit 5 identifies and identifies the corresponding page of the corresponding PDF file based on the attribute information of the virtual file belonging to the virtual folder for which the display instruction is performed. A thumbnail image of the page (stored in step S9 in FIG. 5) is read (step S12). Then, the object display unit 5 causes the display unit 20 to display a window corresponding to the virtual folder for which the display instruction has been issued, and displays the thumbnail image read in step S12 in the window (step S13).
  • the virtual file access unit 6 determines whether any one of the thumbnail images displayed by the object display unit 5 has been selected by the user (step S14). If no thumbnail image is selected, the process proceeds to step S16. On the other hand, when any one of the thumbnail images is selected, the virtual file access unit 6 designates the PDF file designated by the virtual file based on the attribute information of the virtual file corresponding to the selected thumbnail image. The page is accessed (step S15). That is, processing for displaying the corresponding page on the display unit 20 or printing the corresponding page with a printer is performed in accordance with a user operation when the thumbnail image is selected.
  • the object display unit 5 determines whether or not an operation for closing the virtual folder being displayed has been performed (step S16). If the operation for closing the display of the virtual folder has not been performed, the process returns to step S11. On the other hand, when the operation for closing the display of the virtual folder is performed, the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 7 and 8 are flowcharts showing another example of the operation of the electronic document management device 10 according to the present embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation example when generating a virtual file or a virtual folder.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation example when an object (thumbnail image) corresponding to the generated virtual file is selected to access the PDF file.
  • step S12 ′ the object generation unit 4 identifies the corresponding page of the corresponding PDF file based on the attribute information of the virtual file belonging to the virtual folder in which the display instruction is issued in step S11, and Generate thumbnail images. Then, the object display unit 5 causes the display unit 20 to display a window corresponding to the virtual folder for which the display instruction has been issued, and displays the thumbnail image generated in step S12 ′ in the window (step S13). .
  • step S6 a thumbnail image is not generated (the processing in steps S8 and S9 in FIG. 5 is unnecessary).
  • step S11 when an operation for displaying an arbitrary virtual folder is performed as shown in FIG. 6 (step S11: Yes), the object display unit 5 displays virtual files belonging to the virtual folder for which the display instruction has been issued. Based on the attribute information, the corresponding page of the corresponding PDF file is specified, and the thumbnail image of the specified page (stored in advance in the virtual file storage unit 12) is read (step S12). Then, the object display unit 5 causes the display unit 20 to display a window corresponding to the virtual folder for which the display instruction has been issued, and displays the thumbnail image read in step S12 in the window (step S13).
  • FIG. 5 and 7 show an example of a process for generating a virtual file while displaying a PDF file.
  • a virtual file is generated by designating an arbitrary page of an arbitrary PDF file.
  • the method is not limited to the method performed when the PDF file is actually opened.
  • a virtual file including attribute information representing the storage location, file name, and page number of a PDF file is generated by designating an arbitrary page of an arbitrary PDF file.
  • An object for example, a thumbnail image
  • the designated page of the designated PDF file is accessed based on the attribute information of the virtual file corresponding to the selected object.
  • the user can simply specify a specific page in the PDF file and perform a simple operation to instruct generation of a virtual file.
  • a virtual file representing a specified page in the file and an object for visualizing and displaying the virtual file are generated. Then, only by selecting a desired object from the displayed objects, the user does not need to open the original PDF file and search for a specific page. Access to the page is automatic.
  • the electronic document management apparatus 10 also has a function of generating a multi-page PDF file (or a multi-page virtual file) by combining a plurality of virtual files.
  • a function of generating a multi-page PDF file (or a multi-page virtual file) by combining a plurality of virtual files When a user wants to extract and combine desired pages in multiple PDF files and manage them, open multiple PDF files, delete unnecessary pages, and combine the remaining specific pages. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a troublesome operation such as saving as another PDF file, and management related to the combination of a plurality of pages included in a plurality of PDF files can be easily performed. That is, a PDF file having a plurality of pages can be freely created by arbitrarily combining a plurality of easily generated virtual files.
  • a PDF file has been described as an example of an electronic document file.
  • files that can be managed by the electronic document management apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment are not limited to PDF files. Absent.
  • a thumbnail image corresponding to the virtual file belonging to the virtual folder is displayed in the window corresponding to the virtual folder.
  • an object (icon or thumbnail image) corresponding to a virtual file belonging to a virtual folder may be displayed in a hierarchical tree display form.
  • the server may include a part of each of the functional blocks 1 to 7, 11, and 12.
  • the server may include the virtual file generation unit 1, the virtual folder generation unit 2, the virtual file management unit 3, the object generation unit 4, the virtual file access unit 6, the virtual file combination unit 7, and the virtual file storage unit 12. Good.

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