JPH08115331A - Target selection method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily specify complicated retrieval conditions and easily grasp the meaning of a specified conditional expression when an object is selected by a window system. CONSTITUTION: This object selecting method consists of a simple condition setting step 421 wherein simple retrieval conditions are set, and a collective condition setting step 432 setting retrieval conditions for combining retrieval results set by plural simple condition setting steps 422 and 423 or another collective condition setting step 431. This object selecting device has a simple condition setting means for realizing the simple condition setting steps and a collective condition setting means for realizing the collective condition setting steps.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an object selecting method and apparatus used in a computer system for selecting an object by a conditional search on a multi-window system, and in particular, selecting a desired object such as a database system by an conditional search. In this case, the present invention relates to an object selection method and device for a system that requires complicated search conditions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional object selecting method and apparatus of this kind, it is impossible to specify a complicated search condition,
Or, it was supposed to use a symbolic expression or a language that makes it difficult to associate the target.

[0003]

As described above, in the prior art, the conventional method and apparatus having only the simple condition setting procedure and the apparatus do not have the collective condition setting procedure and the apparatus, There is a problem that complicated search conditions cannot be specified. On the other hand, in the conventional method and apparatus that can specify complicated search conditions, a symbolic expression or language is used to specify the complicated search conditions. Therefore, there is a problem that the specification of search conditions becomes complicated, it is necessary to master grammar, and it is difficult to understand the meaning of conditional expressions.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its object is to easily specify complicated search conditions and to easily understand the meaning of the specified conditional expressions. An object is to provide an object selection method and apparatus.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is used in a computer system, and in a target selection method for selecting a target by a conditional search on a multi-window system, a simple method for selecting a target. A simple condition setting step for setting a search condition, a plurality of the simple condition setting steps, another set condition setting step, or a set condition for setting a search condition that combines search results set by a step capable of specifying a target set And a setting step.

Further, according to the present invention, in an apparatus for implementing the object selecting method according to claim 1, simple condition setting means for realizing the simple condition setting step and collective condition setting means for realizing the collective condition setting step. And can have.

Further, in the apparatus according to the present invention, the simple condition setting window as the simple condition setting means and the collective condition setting window as the collective condition setting means are provided to the collective condition setting means. The search condition input means may include means for designating the simple condition setting window and the collective condition setting window by dragging and dropping or the like.

The present invention can also be characterized in that in the method according to claim 1, the search means set in the set condition setting step includes a logical operator such as AND, OR, NOR. .

[0009]

In the present invention, simple search conditions are set multiple times,
By setting a search condition such as a logical operation for the result of the condition setting, a search condition that is a combination of the specified search conditions is set, so that complicated search conditions can be specified easily and the specified conditional expression You can easily understand the meaning of.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

The block diagram of FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an information processing apparatus of an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. This information processing apparatus includes a CPU (central processing unit) 1, a keyboard 2,
It is composed of a mouse 3, a display device 4, and a memory 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the display device 4 has, on its display screen 41, a simple condition setting window 411 for providing simple condition setting means, a collective condition setting window 412 for providing collective condition setting means, or another. Display a single window or multiple windows that can specify the target set of.

The CPU 1 controls the keyboard 2, the mouse 3 and the display device 4, thereby making the keyboard 2 and the mouse 3 into a simple condition setting window 411 and a collective condition setting window 412, and a window in which a set of other objects can be specified. On the other hand, search conditions can be set.

The flowchart of FIG. 3 shows an operation procedure of object selection according to the embodiment of the present invention. When the search condition input scene is reached, in the simple condition setting step 421, simple search conditions are set in the simple condition setting window 411. Next, the newly created simple condition setting window 41
For 1, the simple search condition is set in the simple condition setting step 422. After performing the same operation in the simple condition setting step 423, the collective condition setting step 4
At 31, the search conditions are set for the results of the simple condition setting steps 422 and 423. Then, in the collective condition setting step 432, the simple condition setting step 42
1. A search condition is set for the result of the set condition setting step 431. By performing the above procedure, it is possible to set complicated search conditions.

In the present embodiment, for example, in order to select "a person who is 6 years old or older and 9 years old or younger and has neither dance experience nor television appearance history" as a person qualified to apply for an audition, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, in the simple condition setting step 421, the “person aged 6 to 9 years old” (see FIG. 4A) is selected, and in the simple condition setting step 422, the “dance experienced person” (see FIG. )), And in the simple condition setting step 423, "person with television appearance history" (see (C) of FIG. 4) is designated as a search condition, respectively, and as shown in FIG. 5, in the collective condition setting step 431 of FIG. NOR (Nor) (see (A) of FIG. 5) and AND (logical product) (see (B) of FIG. 5) in the set condition setting step 432 of FIG.

Incidentally, FIG. 4 shows a simple condition setting window 41.
1, FIG. 5 shows a set condition setting window 412. FIG.
A title can be set and displayed on each window in the title setting / display unit 413 of the set condition setting unit 415.
Then, the title can be used to refer to the corresponding window.

(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiment, the keyboard 2 and the mouse 3 are used to set the search conditions as shown in FIG. 1, but other input devices such as a light pen and a trackball are used. It doesn't matter.

FIG. 6 shows an operation procedure of another embodiment of the present invention. The numbers, contents, and flow configurations of the simple condition setting step 42 and the collective condition setting step 43 depend on the actual search conditions, and are not of a nature to be particularly determined. Further, the input to each set condition setting step 43 is not particularly fixed, and an appropriate number of inputs can be permitted according to the search condition. Further, the output of each step can be an input to the plurality of set condition setting steps 43. The execution order of the steps is not particularly fixed, and may be an arbitrary order.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show still another embodiment of the present invention and correspond to FIG. When displaying the search conditions, intuitive logical symbols may be used instead of words used in daily conversation.

The search condition specified in the set condition setting window 412 does not have to be simple, and a complicated search condition may be specified as shown in FIG. 9 (see FIG. 9A). Further, the number of selection targets in each step may be displayed (see FIG. 9B).

Further, the input to the collective condition setting step 43 of FIG. 6 is not limited to the simple condition setting step 42 and the collective condition setting step 43 representing the search condition. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, like a device that displays the selection result,
For a device with steps that can identify a set of objects,
The window 416 or the like displaying the selection result may be used as it is as the input of the set condition setting step.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Simple search conditions are set multiple times, and search conditions that combine specified search conditions are set by setting search conditions such as logical operations for the results of the condition settings. The effect that the designation can be easily performed and the meaning of the designated conditional expression can be easily grasped is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration for executing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration of a simple condition setting window according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration of a collective condition setting window according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of another screen configuration of a collective condition setting window.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration of a set condition setting window having three inputs.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of another screen configuration of a collective condition setting window.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration using a window capable of specifying a target set according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 keyboard 3 mouse 4 display device 5 memory 41 display screen 42 simple condition setting step 43 collective condition setting step 411 simple condition setting window 412 collective condition setting window 413 title setting / display unit 414 simple condition setting unit 415 collective condition setting unit 416 Target display window 421 Simple condition setting step 1 422 Simple condition setting step 2 423 Simple condition setting step 3 431 Set condition setting step 1 432 Set condition setting step 2

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A target selection method used in a computer system for selecting a target by conditional search on a multi-window system, comprising a simple condition setting step of setting a simple search condition for selecting a target, A target selection method comprising a simple condition setting step, another set condition setting step, or a set condition setting step of setting a search condition that combines search results set by a step capable of specifying a target set. 2. The apparatus for implementing the object selection method according to claim 1, further comprising: a simple condition setting unit that realizes the simple condition setting step; and a collective condition setting unit that realizes the collective condition setting step. A target selection device. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the simple condition setting means has a simple condition setting window, and the collective condition setting means has a collective condition setting window, and a search condition for the collective condition setting means is set. As an input means,
An object selecting apparatus comprising means for designating the simple condition setting window and the collective condition setting window by using drag and drop or the like. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the search means set in the set condition setting step is A
An object selection method comprising a logical operator such as ND, OR, NOR.