JPS6310232A - 6-top index retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To add the 6-top index function like a filing action of paper documents by producing a 6-top index of an electronic document based on a document structure which arranges the documents received from a sorting structure storing means and displaying said header. CONSTITUTION:A document structure which arranges the electronic documents is read out of a document structure storing means 3 via a control means that works in response to the working of an input means. A 6-top index production/ arrangement means 4 sorts the electronic documents stored in a document storing means 2 for production of a 6-top index. Then the first document number of said header is stored and the contents of this document number are displayed on a display means 5. Thus the 6-top index function is secured for electronic documents like a filing action of paper documents and the documents are automatically arranged. Thus the retrieval and ruffling of electronic documents are carried out in an easy, quick and sure way.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a search device for electronic documents.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when viewing stored electronic documents, it is usual to specify search conditions, perform a search, and then actually view each document one by one. At this time, you can enter the page number or use a pointing device to specify (
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Browsing (flipping through pages).

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the searched electronic documents are not displayed in an organized manner. Generally, when browsing to find a desired document among multiple digitized documents retrieved by specifying search conditions, there is no need to display them in a particularly organized manner. When you want to analyze or get an overview of multiple electronic documents, you can use the information more effectively and efficiently if the information is displayed in an organized manner.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve these problems and automatically organize electronic documents by providing a function similar to the six-headed heading used when filing paper documents. To provide a six-headed index search device that is easy to understand and grasp, and allows easy search operations.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The six-headed heading search device of the present invention includes: a document storage unit that stores digitized documents; a classification structure storage unit that stores a classification structure for organizing the digitized documents; an input means, a six-head heading creating and organizing means for creating a six-head heading by the operation of the input means and organizing the corresponding digitized documents, and a display output from the six-head heading creating and organizing means and corresponding digitization. a display means for displaying a document on a screen; and control for controlling data from the document storage means and the classification structure storage means according to the input means and supplying the data to the display means via the hole pile heading creation and organizing means. and means.

(Operation) According to the configuration of the present invention, if a searched document has been classified in advance, the six-headed heading arrangement means creates six-headed headings that display the corresponding classification item names.
It is displayed on the display means together with the corresponding document. for example,
Consider a case where articles for each country are searched using specific conditions and then classified from the perspective of "region." FIG. 2(a) is an example of displaying a Japanese article. At this time, the six headings display the heading "Asia" to which the Japanese article belongs. Here, if you move the cursor over the six-headed heading using an input means such as a mouse, the corresponding headings that can be displayed will be displayed, such as "Europe" and "Africa J." If you add an action such as pressing the mouse button, it will be considered that the six piles have been turned over, and you can browse to the corresponding document. In Figure 2 (b), the six piles called "Oceania" will be turned over. On the other hand, this is an example of the display immediately after pressing the mouse button and browsing.

Therefore, users can easily and effectively browse semantically categorized documents by using the six-head headings in conjunction with the normal sequential page browsing mechanism. Further, by using a pointing device such as a mouse as an input means, operability is improved.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The input means 1 of this embodiment is, for example, a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball. It is also possible to use an input means such as a keyboard, with a slight sacrifice in operability. As a result, in the six mountain headings being displayed,
You can display each item in order or specify the desired heading. The document storage means 2 is a means for storing generally electronic documents such as code data, graphic data, or image data output by a word processor. It can also be considered to be a means for storing information, and is composed of, for example, an optical disk device or a magnetic disk device.

Further, the classification structure storage means 3 is a means for storing classification item numbers, classification item names, and document number information corresponding to each classification item. Based on this classification information, the six-head heading creation/organizing means 4 actually creates six-head headings and organizes the corresponding documents based on these headings.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart representing an example of detailed processing of the six-head heading creation/organizing means 4.

First, in a sort key setting step 11, a sort key is applied to a set of retrieved documents in accordance with the classification item number assigned to each document. Based on this sort key, in sorting process 12, sorting is performed in ascending order or descending order. Information on this result and information necessary for displaying six mountain headings are set in steps 13-16. Step 13 is a process of setting document numbers arranged in the order in which the documents have been rearranged by sorting. Step 14 is a process of setting classification item names for displaying headings. Further, step 15 is a process of setting the document number of the document to be displayed first among the corresponding document set when a certain hexagon is displayed. Further, step 16 is a means for setting the number of the document to be displayed after sorting.

It is the six-headed heading creation/organizing means 4 that creates such information, and its actual operation is controlled by the control means 6, which will be described later. The display means 5 is a means for actually displaying the relevant document, the six-head heading, and the corresponding classification item name, and is constituted by an ordinary CRT display or the like.

Further, the control means 6 controls the data in the document storage means 2 and the classification structure storage means 3 in accordance with the input means 1 and supplies the data on the display means 5 via the hole heading heading creation and organizing means 4. It is a means.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart representing an example of a detailed procedure of the control means 6 when the input means 1 is implemented by a mouse. First, in document sorting step 21, documents are sorted in the order of classification items for the retrieved document set. The number of the document to be displayed first is stored in advance in the six-head heading creation/organizing means 4. Next, in step 22, the first document after sorting is regarded as the relevant document, and in the relevant document display step 23, the actual document data is displayed. In addition, in response to this, the six headings to which the relevant document belongs are displayed in the self-displaying step 24, and
As shown in Figure 2 (a) and (b), the remaining six peaks are also indicated by broken lines to clarify their existence, but their number is determined by the number of classification items in the corresponding classification axis or among the classification items. Then, the number of corresponding documents that actually exist can be determined. Then, the mouse position input step 25 is performed.
In step , the coordinates corresponding to the mouse cursor are detected, and if the coordinates indicate that another six-pointed mountain is to be displayed, the six-pointed self-display is changed in a six-pointed change step 26. In step 27, it is detected whether or not the mouse is clicked, and if the mouse is not clicked, steps 25 to 27 are repeated. If a mouse click is detected in step 27 and the end is not determined in step 28, the first document among the documents corresponding to the six clicked classification items is determined to be the relevant document, and in step 29 set. Then, the process returns to the corresponding document display 23 and performs the same process as described above. FIG. 2 is an example where the six mountains "Japan" is changed to the six mountains "Oceania" and clicked. If, for example, the end key is pressed or the end mouse box is clicked in step 2B, the operation is completed.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, in an apparatus for storing and displaying electronic documents, by providing a function similar to the six-headed heading in paper filing, categories (classification items) Documents can be organized according to the user's needs, and the visual representation of six headings allows the user to easily and directly specify specifications and search for documents.
Improved browsing and user interface.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the six-headed index search device of the present invention, and FIG. 2(a). (b) is a diagram showing a specific example displayed by the device of the present invention, FIG. Control means 6
2 is a flowchart of an example of a detailed procedure. In the figure, 1... input means, 2... document storage means, 3... classification structure storage means, 4... six-headed heading creation and organization means,
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Claims (1)

[Claims] An apparatus for storing and displaying digitized documents, comprising: a document storage means for storing digitized documents; a classification structure storage means for storing a classification structure for organizing the digitized documents; and an input means;
A six-head heading creation/organizing means that creates a six-head heading by the operation of the input means and organizes the corresponding digitized document, and a display output from the six-head heading creation/organization means and the corresponding digitized document on the screen. a display means for displaying data on the display means; and a control means for controlling data from the document storage means and the classification structure storage means according to the input means and supplying the data to the display means via the six-head heading creation and arrangement means. including;
A six-headed index search device characterized by being able to organize and search using six-headed headings.