JP3125271B2 - Output processing method of specific target of search system - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information output processing method in an electronic file system or a database system, and is particularly suitable for efficiently displaying information matching search conditions and facilitating a search operation. The present invention relates to an output processing method for a specific object of a simple search system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an electronic file or a database system, retrieval is a main processing content, and a display which is an output device allows a search result to be easily seen by an operator, that is, the content can be understood at a glance. Is desirably displayed. For this reason, in a conventional search operation, for example, “Ricoh Optical Filing System RIFILE 6000SYSTEM” issued by Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Pages 177 to 24 of the “Operation Manual Reference”
As described on page 9, only objects that match the search conditions are extracted and displayed.

However, in the case of a train timetable, for example, there are cases in which not only objects meeting the search conditions but also objects not meeting the search conditions are desired to be displayed at the same time. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the output of the train time table from the database. Data associated with each item of operation date, train name, departure time, destination, arrival time, and vacancy status are listed in ascending order of departure time. In the database output in this way,
For example, if a driving day is specified as a holiday,
When the search condition is set as "driving day = holiday",
Eight targets with data numbers “5 to 7, 9, 10, 25, 33, 34” are extracted and output. This allows
The operator can understand the search results at a glance. Furthermore, by adding a search condition as “vacant seat status = vacant seat available”, the output of the search result can be narrowed down to only data numbers “5, 6”. However, in actual operation, for example, the target may be specified under the first, second, and third desired conditions. In this manner, if the output is narrowed down, other train information is I can't see it, which is inconvenient.

[0004] Further, when data is displayed on a display, if the screen size of the display is small and the number of items is large, not all information can be displayed on the display at once. Therefore, it is necessary to scroll the display screen horizontally by scroll processing. In this case, an appropriate scroll speed is different depending on a search content, a difference in skill of the operator, and the like, and a burden of scrolling is burdensome.

[0005] In a display capable of color display, if train schedules are displayed in a full list of screens, it takes time for the user to decode the trains. There is something to do. However, the color of the character is generally specified by the title or item, and is not useful for detecting the data itself.

Further, in a system or the like that simultaneously displays character data and image information, only the image information occupies more than half of the display screen, the display amount of character data is small, and the operability of retrieval is further deteriorated. Would. For example, it is difficult to simultaneously display a list of search items and image information.

[0007]

The problem to be solved is that, in the prior art, when specifying an object, for example, detecting data by conditional search, character information or data specified and output is specified. The items are too limited, and necessary information cannot be obtained. For example, comparison with other character information or data items that do not match the search condition cannot be performed. An object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art, and to make it possible to efficiently search for a target data from a large amount of data in which all objects related to the search are output in a list, and to improve the performance of the search system. The object of the present invention is to provide a specific target output processing method of a search system that can improve the search result.

[0008]

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the output processing method for a specific target of the search system of the present invention, (1) the object of focus match items on an input search condition, the search condition grant identification information indicating the matching between, the output processing method for a specific target of a search system for outputting the target co other items that do not meet the search criteria in one list, search
The identification information indicating the match with the search condition is specified in the search condition.
Assigned to other items other than the item that was set, and search from the list
It is characterized by excluding items specified in the condition . Also,
(2) In the output processing method for a specific target of the search system according to (1), a plurality of inputs are made for the same search item.
Different identification information for each search condition
The identification information that matches each of the multiple search conditions.
Is provided for the item of . Also,
(3) In the output processing method for a specific target of the search system according to any one of (1) and (2), information indicating a correspondence between a search condition and identification information is displayed together with a list.
It is characterized by outputting .

[0009]

According to the present invention, an object which satisfies a search condition,
For example, a character, a shade, a pattern, or the like is added to the character data, and the character data is output in a list with other character data that does not match the search condition. In this way, by adding identification information to a specific object to a non-specific object, a user can obtain a target character from a large list of character data printed out or displayed on a screen. The data can be easily searched. Further, by adding identification information indicating a match with the search condition to character data of items other than the search item, it is not necessary to output character data in the search item column, and the number of items in the list can be reduced.
Thus, the load of the horizontal scroll operation on the display device having a small screen can be reduced.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the configuration of an information search system for executing a method for processing output of a specific target of the search system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard on which a user sets data, and 2 denotes setting data input through the keyboard 1, color, shading, and the like.
A setting buffer for storing pattern display conditions, a database for storing data shown in FIG.
Is a display buffer for storing the contents to be displayed and output;
Is a work buffer for storing the number of a data group having data that matches the search condition, 6 is a pattern buffer for storing colors, shades, patterns serving as identification information of the present invention, and codes indicating the same, 7 Is a display device for displaying and outputting search results, and 8 is a processing device for performing output processing of a specific object according to the present invention. In the processing device 8, 9 is setting data transferred from the keyboard 1 to the setting buffer 2, 10 is search data of search conditions set by the keyboard 1, and 11 is a search for performing a search based on the search data 10. The processing unit 12 includes a data group number extracted based on the search result of the search processing unit 11, 13
Is a data item indicating a display target or an item to be searched, 14 is display position information of display data stored in the display buffer 4, and 15 is set in the keyboard 1 and stored in the setting buffer 2. The identification information 16 such as the color, shading, and pattern is the display position information 14 and the identification information 15.
The display condition creating unit 18 creates display conditions 17 such as colors, shading, patterns, etc., based on the display conditions, and determines display positions and the like based on the display conditions 17, and displays display identification information extracted from the pattern buffer 6, Reference numeral 19 denotes a display content in which the data group stored in the display buffer 4 and the display identification information 18 are combined. Hereinafter, an operation from generation of the display content 19 to display output on the display device 7 will be described.

When a user sets search conditions and identification information according to the present invention using the keyboard 1, the processing device 8
Registers the setting data 9 in the setting buffer 2. The setting data 9 includes types such as colors, shading, and patterns, data items (display data items) to be displayed such as colors, shading, and patterns, and data items (searches) to be subjected to a condition search. Data item) and search data included in the search data item column as data serving as search conditions. For example, in the database corresponding to FIG. 12, "driving day" is set as the display data item, and "holiday" is set as the search data. The processing device 8 copies the data group related to the search from the database 3 to the display buffer 4 based on the information of the data item 13. Then, the search processing unit 11 of the processing device 8 performs a condition search based on the search data 10 of the setting data 9 stored in the setting buffer 2, and if there is data matching the search data among the search data items, The data group number 12 to which the data belongs is registered in the work buffer 5. For example, in the database corresponding to FIG. 12, as the data group number 12 having data that matches the search data “holiday”, “5 to 7, 9, 10, 25, 33,
34 ”are searched and registered. Next, the processing device 8
The display condition creating unit 16 includes the display position information 14 of the display data stored in the display buffer 4 and the identification information 15 stored in the setting buffer 2 such as color, hatching, and pattern.
Based on the above, the display condition 17 of the color, shading, and pattern is created. The contents of the display conditions include, for example, a display start point and a display range indicating a relative display position with respect to the display on the display device 7, and a code indicating a type. Note that the display condition creating unit 16 converts the display condition created in this way into
It is registered in the setting buffer 2 as necessary. Then, the processing device 8 displays the display condition 1 created by the display condition creation unit 16.
7, the designated color from the pattern buffer 6,
Shading, patterns, and the like are extracted and synthesized at a predetermined position of the contents in the display buffer 4, and the synthesized display contents 19
Is output to the display device 7. The display content 19 output in this manner is the display content of FIG.
It is displayed on the screen of the display device 7.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a first example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. The present embodiment is a display content when the user sets “driving day” as a display data item and “holiday” as search data in the information search system of FIG. Character data 20 to 27 that are “holiday” are shaded and displayed. As a result, the user can easily find data of desired conditions in the list display of all cases. Further, in this way, the search result is displayed in a list together with the data that does not match the search condition, so that the user can refer to other data outside the search condition, for example, as a second request. it can.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the structure of data stored in the database in FIG. The database of the present embodiment stores the data items A, B,
In C., “Driving day”, “train name”,
"Departure time"..., For example, in data group 28 with data group number “1”, data item A
(Every day) in the data (A-1) of ("driving day"), "first sagami" in the data (B-1) of the data item B ("train name"), and the data item C (""700" corresponds to the data (C-1) of "departure time"). By the user, for example, a search condition (holiday) for data item A
Is set, the processing device 8 in FIG. 1 determines that the data group number “1” does not match the search condition. However, if the search condition (daily) is set, the processing device 8 determines that the search condition matches the search condition. According to the present invention, identification information such as color, hatching, and pattern is added.

Hereinafter, the processing operation of the information retrieval system of FIG. 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the setting data input processing operation of the information search system in FIG. 1 according to the present invention. First, an input operation window is opened, that is, an input operation screen is displayed (step 101). When the input of the setting data from the user is completed (steps 102 and 103) and an instruction to execute the registration processing is input (step 104), the validity of the input setting data is determined (step 105), and the invalidity is determined. If so, the process returns to step 102 and waits for re-input from the user. If valid, the setting data is registered in the setting buffer 2 in FIG. 1 (step 106), and the input operation window is closed. End the processing (Step 10
7). When the input of the setting data is completed in this way, the information search system of FIG. 1 next performs a condition search process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the condition search processing operation of the information search system in FIG. 1 according to the present invention. The database 3 (D
The data groups in B) are copied one by one to the display buffer 4 of FIG. 1 (step 201). The number of search data (n) is set (step 202), and the following processing is repeated until the number of search data becomes “0” (step 203). First, the total number of data groups (m) is set (step 204). If the total number of data groups is not “0” (step 205) and there is data that matches the search data (step 206), The data group number is registered in the work buffer 5 of FIG. 1 (step 207). Then, the remaining number (m) of the data group is reduced by one (Step 208), and Step 2
Returning to step 05, it is confirmed whether or not the next data group matches the search data. In step 205, when the confirmation processing of the search data for all the data groups is completed, the remaining number (n) of the search data is reduced by one (step 209), and the process returns to step 203 to search for the next search data. Perform processing. When the search processing for all the search data is completed in this way, the information search system in FIG. 1 next performs a display content creation processing.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the display content creation processing operation of the information retrieval system in FIG. 1 according to the present invention. The total number (i) of the data groups detected in the above-described search processing is set (step 3).
01), until the total number (i) of this data group becomes “0” (step 302), the following display condition creation processing is repeated. First, the color, shading, the display start point of the pattern, and the range are determined (step 303). next,
The color, shading, and pattern type codes are detected (step 304), and the information is stored in the setting buffer 2 of FIG.
(Step 305). Then, the remaining number (i) of the data group is reduced by one (step 30).
6) Returning to step 302, a display condition creation process is similarly performed for the next data group. In step 302, when the display condition creation processing for all data groups is completed, the number (j) of display conditions is set (step 307), and the total number (j) of the display conditions becomes "0". Until (step 308), the following color, halftone, and pattern creation processing is repeated. First, the total number (k) of the created setting conditions is set (step 30).
9), if the remaining number (k) of the setting conditions is not "0" (step 310), a color, hatching, and pattern are synthesized at a predetermined position of the contents of the display buffer based on the setting conditions (step 311). ). Then, the remaining number (k) of the setting conditions is reduced by one (step 312), and step 31 is executed.
Returning to 0, the processing based on the next setting condition is repeated. If the processing for all the setting conditions is completed in step 310, the number (j) of the display conditions is reduced by one (step 31).
3) Create colors, shades, and patterns under the following display conditions. The display contents created in this way are shown in FIG.
Output to the display device 7 in FIG.

Hereinafter, the processing shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described using a specific example. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a second example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. In the present embodiment, in the information search system of FIG.
Shows the processing results when the data items input to the search data items are different. Based on the same database corresponding to the results shown in FIG. 2, the search data items and the data belonging to the search data items are displayed in a list without being displayed in a list , Color,
The identification information such as shading and pattern is displayed in association with a search data item corresponding to the identification information. That is, in this figure, the search data items of “driving today” and “full seat today” on Friday and the identification information indicating that the search conditions of the respective search data items are matched are referred to as “train name”, "Departure time", "Destination",
Also, it is displayed before the list display including “arrival time”. Further, each piece of identification information is added to data of another search data item. For example,
"1st Sagami" and "1st
Each of the data such as "Enoshima" is provided with identification information indicating that it matches the search condition of the search data item of "Driving today", and "Gotemba" and "Odawara" of the search data item of "Destination" are added. , Etc., is attached with identification information indicating that the data matches the search condition of the search data item “Today is full”. By displaying in this way, the user can easily detect a train that is driving today and is full. In the present embodiment, there is no need to display the data items of “driving day” and “vacancy status”, and the display area is reduced.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a third example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. This embodiment shows a display example of a search processing result when the user sets four search data items for each search data item in the information search system of FIG. That is, the display items have the same number of “train name”, “departure time”, “destination”, and “arrival time”, but the search condition of the search data item “driving day” is “daily (today)”.
Driving ”,“ Driving today ”,“ Driving tomorrow ”,“ Driving on holiday ”, and the search condition of the search data item“ Vacancy ”is“ Full for 3 days ”,“ Full for today ”,“ Full for tomorrow ” ,
It consists of four “holiday full seats”, and more information is displayed in the same display screen area. This allows the user to examine information from various viewpoints.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a first embodiment of a data setting screen according to the present invention of the information retrieval system in FIG. This embodiment shows a data setting screen for obtaining the display contents in FIGS. 7 and 8, and FIG.
(A) is an initial screen, a setting table 29 column for specifying identification of a setting operation, a document name data 30 column for specifying a database to be searched, a condition target item 31 column for specifying a data item of a search condition, identification information. , A display target item 32 column for designating data items to be displayed, a display color / pattern 33 column for designating the type of identification information, and a condition data 34 column for designating search conditions. FIG. 9 (b),
FIG. 9C shows an actual input, and FIG.
In (b), "setting table A-1" is displayed in the setting table 29 column, "romance car" is displayed in the document name data column 30, "driving day" is displayed in the condition target item column 31, and the display target item 32 column is displayed. "Train name", "Pattern A" in the display color / pattern 33 column, and "Today driving" in the condition data 34 column.
However, in FIG. 9C, “setting table A-
2 "," romance car "," vacancy "," destination ",
"Pattern B" and "Today full" are set. With such settings, the information search system of FIG. 1 outputs the display contents shown in FIG. Further, FIG.
In (d) and (e), the display color / pattern 33 column,
In the condition data 34 column, four data items are set, and based on this setting, the information search system in FIG. 1 outputs the display contents shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the setting process is performed by changing the setting table for each of the condition target item 31 and the display target item 32. As described below, the setting process is performed while changing each item in one setting table. May be performed.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the data setting screen according to the present invention of the information retrieval system in FIG. This embodiment shows a data setting screen for obtaining the display contents in FIGS. 7 and 8, and in particular,
A plurality of conditions are set in one setting table. As shown in the initial screen of FIG. 10A, the setting table of the present embodiment includes a setting table 35 column for designating the identification of the setting operation, a document name data 36 column for designating a database to be searched, and a first search condition. Condition target item A37 column for specifying a data item,
A display target item A38 field for specifying a data item to be displayed with identification information added thereto, a display color for specifying a type of identification information,
Pattern A39 column, condition data A4 for specifying search conditions
Column 0, a condition target item B41 column for specifying a data item of the next search condition, a display target item B42 column for specifying a data item to be provided with identification information, a display color / color for specifying the type of identification information. It consists of a pattern B43 column and a condition data B44 column for designating search conditions. still,
The display color / pattern A39 column and the condition data A40 column, and the display color / pattern B43 column and the condition data B44 column have respective condition target item A37 columns and display target item A.
A plurality of items can be set in correspondence with the 38 columns, the condition target item B41 column, and the display target item B42 column. As shown in FIG. 10B, the actual setting is “setting table B” in the setting table A35 column, “romance car” in the document name data A36 column, and “operation day” in the condition target item A37 column. "
However, “Train name” is displayed in the display target item A
“Pattern A” is displayed in the column of the pattern A39.
In column 40, "Driving today" is shown, and the next condition target item B
In column 41, "vacant seat information", in display target item B42 column, "destination", in display color / pattern B43 column, "pattern B", and in condition data B44 column, "today full".
Is set. With such settings, the information search system of FIG. 1 outputs the display contents shown in FIG. Further, in FIG. 10C, the display color / pattern A3
In the nine columns and the condition data A column, and in the display color / pattern B 43 column and the condition data B column, four data items are set. That is, in the column of display color / pattern A39, "pattern A", "pattern B",
“Pattern C” and “Pattern D” are the condition data A40
In the column, “Daily operation” corresponds to “Pattern A” in the display color / pattern A39 column, and “Driving today” corresponds to “Pattern B” and “Driving today” corresponds to “Pattern C”. "Holiday operation" corresponding to "Tomorrow operation" and "Pattern D", and "Pattern A", "Pattern E", "Pattern C", and "Pattern F" in the display color / pattern B43 column, In the column of condition data B44, "full for 3 days" corresponding to "pattern A" in the column of display color / pattern B43 is similarly changed to "full for today" and "pattern C" corresponding to "pattern E". Corresponding to “full tomorrow” and “full holiday” corresponding to “pattern F” are set. Based on this setting, the information search system of FIG. 1 outputs the display contents shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a fourth example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. In the present embodiment, various information is displayed beside the list display area 45. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the empty space obtained by deleting the search data item and the data belonging to it. Is an area sufficient to display other information. In this way, in the empty space,
Since different information is input, the amount of information is further increased.
That is, in FIG. 11A, the list display area 45
, The list shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 is displayed.
46 is displayed. The user can simultaneously refer to the information on the empty space (stop station) and the list (train diagram) in the list display area 45, and select the desired train,
Can be easily identified. In FIG. 11B, image information (romance car) 47 indicating the appearance of the train is displayed in the empty space, and the user can specify the train desired to be boarded. In FIG. 11C, the setting table 48 shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. 10 is displayed in the empty space. By displaying the setting table and the list at the same time, the user can input and update the setting data while viewing the list, thereby simplifying the setting operation and improving the convenience. .

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11, in the output processing method for a specific target of the search system of the present embodiment, the target that matches the search condition is displayed as a list of all the targets related to the search. Inside, identification information such as color, shading, and pattern is added and highlighted. In this way, by making the processing such as coloring useful for the detection of the data itself, the user can easily and quickly detect the specific target, and conventionally perform a separate operation. In addition, a list display and a condition search display operation can be performed at the same time, and simplification and convenience of operation of a database or the like can be achieved. Furthermore, by providing identification information to items other than the search items, the number of items to be displayed can be reduced, and more information can be represented by displaying a small area. This eliminates the burden of a scroll operation or the like. Then, it is possible to display related image information and the like in the surplus display area, and to apply a more advanced search result. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. For example, the present invention is applicable not only to a database but also to a system having a general file configuration. Instead of the display device, a printer may be used to print out a list.

[0023]

According to the present invention, identification information such as color, shading, and pattern is added to a specific object that matches a search condition. Therefore, even if all objects related to a search are output in a list,
The user can easily find the target specific object, and further, by adding identification information to items outside the search, the number of output items can be reduced and the space in the list can be reduced, It is possible to improve the performance of the search system.

[0024]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a configuration of an information search system for executing a method of processing output of a specific target in a search system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a first example of a result of a search process according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of a structure of data stored in a database in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a setting data input processing operation of the information search system in FIG. 1 according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a condition search processing operation according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a display content creation processing operation according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a second example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a third example of a result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a first embodiment of a data setting screen according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the data setting screen according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a fourth example of the result of the search processing according to the present invention of the information search system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an output example of a train time table from a database.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 keyboard 2 setting buffer 3 database 4 display buffer 5 work buffer 6 pattern buffer 7 display device 8 processing device 9 setting data 10 search data 11 search processing unit 12 data group number 13 data item 14 display position information 15 identification information 16 display condition Creation unit 17 Display condition 18 Display identification information 19 Display contents 20 to 27 Character data 28 Data group 29 Setting table 30 Document name data 31 Condition target item 32 Display target item 33 Display color / pattern 34 Condition data 35 Setting table 36 Document name Data 37 Condition target item A 38 Display target item A 39 Display color / pattern A 40 Condition data A 41 Condition target item B 42 Display target item B 43 Display color / pattern B 44 Condition data B 45 List display area 46 Stop station halfway Guidance 4 Image information (Romancecar) 48 Configuration Table

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pair of engagement match items on an input search condition
Elephant grants identification information indicating the matching between the search condition, the output processing method for a particular object search system that outputs <br/> in the list to the target co other items that do not meet the above search criteria At
The identification information indicating a match with the search condition is set to the search condition.
To other items other than the items specified in
Exclude items specified in the above search conditions from the list
An output processing method for a specific target of a search system which is a feature . 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the same search item is assigned to the same search item.
Different identification information for each of the entered search conditions
And match each of the above plurality of search conditions.
An output processing method for a specific target of a search system, wherein identification information is added to the other items . 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the search condition is associated with the identification information.
An output processing method for a specific target of a search system, wherein information is output together with the list .