JP5193894B2 - Data editing apparatus, data editing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a data editing device that can edit data, and more particularly to a data editing device that can edit tagged data.

  As a conventional data editing apparatus, for example, a data editing apparatus that can perform layout and the like by using tagged data such as XML format data can be reused for various purposes. (For example, refer nonpatent literature 1).

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  However, the conventional data editing apparatus has a problem that there is no device that can efficiently input tagged data or one that can be efficiently edited.

  The data editing apparatus according to the present invention can store an input receiving unit that receives input of character or image input data, specification information that is information specifying input data, and a tag associated with the specification information When the input data received by the tag storage unit and the input reception unit is input data specified by any of the designation information, a tag associated with the designation information is acquired from the corresponding tag storage unit The corresponding tag acquisition unit, the input data received by the input receiving unit, the creation data storage unit that can store the tag associated with the input data, the input data received by the input receiving unit, A creation data storage unit that associates the tags acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit with each other and stores them in the creation data storage unit; and input data stored in the creation data storage unit An output pattern information storage unit that can store appearance pattern information that is information indicating an appearance pattern of a tag, and a creation tag pattern that is an appearance pattern of a tag stored in the creation data storage unit Appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern is detected from the appearance pattern information storage unit, and a next tag that is a next appearing tag of the created tag pattern is detected from the appearance patterns indicated by the detected appearance pattern information. The next candidate data storage unit that can store the next candidate data, which is input data corresponding to the tag, and the next candidate data as input candidates corresponding to the tag, and the next tag detection unit detects A next candidate data acquisition unit that acquires one or more next candidate data associated with a tag that matches the next tag from the next candidate data storage unit; An input candidate output unit that outputs one or more next candidate data acquired by the next candidate data acquisition unit as an input candidate of input data, and one input data of the next candidate data output by the input candidate output unit A selection receiving unit that receives selection; an input data that the selection receiving unit has received selection; and a selection data storage unit that stores the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit in association with each other in the created data storage unit. A data editing apparatus provided.

  With this configuration, the next candidate corresponding to the next tag is detected from the next candidate data prepared in advance by detecting the next tag that is the tag that appears next to the created tag pattern from the appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern including the created tag pattern. Data can be acquired and the acquired next candidate data can be selected, so that the input and editing of the tagged data can be made more efficient.

  In the data editing apparatus of the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, the creation data storage unit associates the input data received by the input receiving unit with the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquiring unit, and This is a data editing device that accumulates in a candidate data storage unit.

  With this configuration, the input data once tagged can be added as the next candidate data, and the next candidate data can be enhanced.

  Further, the data editing device of the present invention, in the data editing device, determines whether or not the appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern of the tag that matches the created tag pattern exists, The data editing apparatus further includes an appearance pattern information storage unit that creates appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern and stores the appearance pattern information in the appearance pattern information storage unit.

  With this configuration, information indicating a created tag pattern that is not included in the appearance pattern information can be added as the appearance pattern information, and the appearance pattern information can be enhanced.

  Further, in the data editing apparatus of the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit is associated with priority information that is information indicating a priority, The next tag detection unit is a data editing unit that detects, from the appearance pattern information storage unit, high-priority information indicated by the priority information among appearance pattern information indicating appearance patterns of tags including the created tag pattern Device.

  With this configuration, appropriate appearance pattern information can be used according to the priority.

  In the data editing apparatus of the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, priority information associated with the appearance pattern information detected by the next tag detection unit is set to at least one of the detection timing or the number of detections of the appearance pattern information. The data editing apparatus further includes a priority changing unit that changes the priority according to the priority.

  With this configuration, the priority of the appearance pattern information can be changed according to the usage status of the appearance pattern information.

  In the data editing apparatus of the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, the next candidate priority information that is information indicating the priority of the next candidate corresponds to the next candidate data stored in the next candidate data storage unit. The next candidate data acquisition unit is associated with the corresponding next candidate priority information among one or more next candidate data associated with a tag that matches the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit. Is a data editing device that obtains the one with the higher priority shown by the next candidate data storage unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to acquire appropriate next candidate data according to the priority.

  In the data editing apparatus of the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, the input candidate output unit includes one or more next candidate data associated with a tag that matches the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit. The data editing device outputs the next candidate data according to the priority indicated by the corresponding next candidate priority information.

  With this configuration, the next candidate data can be appropriately displayed according to the priority. For example, it is possible to display the next candidate data having a high priority so that it can be easily selected.

  In the data editing apparatus of the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, the next candidate priority information associated with the next candidate data for which the selection receiving unit has received a selection has received the selection time or selection. The data editing apparatus further includes a next candidate priority changing unit that changes the priority according to at least one of the number of times.

  With this configuration, the priority of the next candidate data can be changed according to the selection status of the next candidate data.

  Further, the data editing apparatus of the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, to determine whether or not the appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern including the creation tag pattern of the input data stored in the creation data storage unit exists Appearance patterns of tags that can be given to input data received by the input receiving unit stored in the created data storage unit when the pattern determining unit and the appearance pattern determining unit determine that the appearance pattern information does not exist And the appearance pattern information indicated by the appearance pattern information detected by the provision tag detection unit and the provision tag detection unit for detecting the appearance pattern information using the designation information and the tag stored in the corresponding tag storage unit. As described above, the data editing apparatus includes a tag update unit that updates a tag of input data stored in the created data storage unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to update a tag that has already been assigned to input data, using a tag appearance pattern that can be assigned to input data, out of the appearance patterns of tags indicated by the appearance pattern information. Thereby, for example, an appropriate tag according to the appearance pattern such as the data type of the input data can be given.

  In the data editing apparatus according to the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, the attached tag detection unit sequentially tags along the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the one appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit. And the input data received by the input receiving unit determines whether or not the input data that can be sequentially assigned the sequentially acquired tags is arranged, and the array of the input data that can be provided The data editing device detects the appearance pattern information when it is determined as the appearance pattern information having the appearance pattern of the tag that can be given to the input data received by the input receiving unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to update a tag that has already been assigned to the input data, using a tag appearance pattern that can be assigned to the input data, among the appearance patterns of the tags indicated by the appearance pattern information.

  In the data editing device of the present invention, in the data editing device, a plurality of tags associated with at least the same designation information among the tags stored in the corresponding tag storage unit may include tag tags. Tag priority information, which is information indicating priority, is associated, and the corresponding tag acquisition unit gives to each tag when a plurality of tags correspond to the designation information that designates the input data. This is a data editing device that acquires a tag corresponding to the priority indicated by the tag priority information.

  With this configuration, an appropriate tag can be acquired according to the priority.

  Further, the data editing device of the present invention includes a tag priority changing unit that changes the tag priority assigned to the tag according to the number of times each tag is acquired or the acquisition time. Further, the data editing apparatus is provided.

  With such a configuration, the priority of the tag can be appropriately changed according to the tag acquisition status.

  In the data editing apparatus of the present invention, in the data editing apparatus, at least a part of the tags stored in the corresponding tag storage unit is associated with attribute information that is information indicating an attribute of input data. The corresponding tag acquisition unit acquires a tag associated with the designation information and attribute information associated with the tag, and the creation data storage unit receives the input data received by the input reception unit, The data editing device stores the tag and attribute information acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit in association with each other and accumulates them in the created data storage unit.

  With this configuration, the attribute information of the input data can be given to the input data.

  In the data editing device of the present invention, in the data editing device, the attribute information may be included in one or more of the tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit. The selection data storage unit acquires attribute information associated with the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit from the appearance pattern information used for detection of the next tag, and the attribute data Is associated with the next tag and stored in the created data storage unit.

  With this configuration, attribute information corresponding to the appearance pattern information can be given to the input data.

  In the data editing device of the present invention, in the data editing device, the attribute information may be included in one or more of the tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit. The tag update unit uses the attribute information associated with the tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information detected by the assigned tag detection unit to store the created data storage unit. The data editing device updates attribute information associated with a tag of stored input data.

  With this configuration, the attribute information assigned to the input data can be updated with the attribute information corresponding to the appearance pattern of the tag that can be assigned to the input data, among the appearance patterns of the tags indicated by the appearance pattern information.

  According to the data editing apparatus and the like according to the present invention, the input and editing of tagged data can be made efficient.

1 is a block diagram of a data editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. A flowchart for explaining the operation of the data editing apparatus A flowchart for explaining the operation of the data editing apparatus A flowchart for explaining the operation of the data editing apparatus A flowchart for explaining the operation of the data editing apparatus The figure which shows the example of a display of the same data editing apparatus The figure which shows a corresponding tag management table for demonstrating operation | movement of the data editing apparatus. The figure which shows the creation data management table in order to explain the operation of the same data editing device The figure which shows the example of a display of the same data editing apparatus The figure which shows the appearance pattern information management table for demonstrating operation | movement of the data editing apparatus. The figure which shows the next candidate data management table for demonstrating operation | movement of the data editing apparatus. The figure which shows the creation data management table in order to explain the operation of the same data editing device The figure which shows the creation data management table in order to explain the operation of the same data editing device The figure which shows the creation data management table before the update in order to explain the operation of the same data editing device The figure which shows the creation data management table after the update in order to explain the operation of the same data editing device The figure which shows the creation data management table before the update in order to explain the operation of the same data editing device The figure which shows the creation data management table after the update in order to explain the operation of the same data editing device The figure which shows the example of a display of the same data editing apparatus The figure which shows the output example etc. of the same data editing device The figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the computer which implement | achieves the data editing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the internal structure of the computer

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a data editing apparatus and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data editing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment.

  The data editing apparatus 1 includes an input receiving unit 101, a corresponding tag storage unit 102, a corresponding tag acquisition unit 103, a created data storage unit 104, a created data storage unit 105, a data output unit 106, an appearance pattern information storage unit 107, and a next tag detection. Unit 108, next candidate data storage unit 109, next candidate data acquisition unit 110, input candidate output unit 111, selection reception unit 112, selection data storage unit 113, appearance pattern information storage unit 114, priority change unit 115, appearance pattern determination Unit 116, grant tag detection unit 117, tag update unit 118, next candidate priority change unit 119, and tag priority change unit 120.

  The data editing apparatus 1 is an apparatus that can input and edit data, for example. Specifically, the data editing apparatus 1 is a data editing apparatus such as a text editing apparatus, a word processor apparatus, a DTP apparatus, a WEB publishing apparatus, or a cross media publishing apparatus. The data editing apparatus 1 may be a data editing apparatus that realizes the functions of the apparatus as described above by causing a computer or the like to execute a program.

  The input receiving unit 101 receives input of character or image data by a user or the like. Hereinafter, the input data is referred to as input data. The input data is, for example, character data or image data. The input data may be data such as an application that can be executed on a page or the like to display an image or the like. The image may be a moving image or a still image, and the data format is not limited. The character string data may include font, size, right-aligned, left-aligned, etc., underlined decoration, character color format, etc. Further, the image data may have resolution and size information. The input of character data or image data may be input of link information for a file of character data or image data. The input data reception described here refers to reception of information input from an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, touch panel, reception of information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line, an optical disk, a magnetic disk, and a semiconductor memory. It is a concept including reception of information read from a recording medium. The input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The input receiving unit 101 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad and a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  The correspondence tag storage unit 102 can store designation information that is information for designating input data and a tag associated with the designation information. The designation information may be any information as long as it is information that can designate input data. For example, the designation information may be information on the designated input data itself. Also, information that replaces a part of the input data itself to be specified with information that specifies a part of the input data according to a condition such as a so-called wild card may be used. For example, information for designating input data “refrigerator” or information for designating input data including characters “machine” may be used. In this case, for example, a character string including “machine” such as “vacuum cleaner” and “washing machine” is designated. Also, the specification information is information that specifies rules such as character arrangement and data type, rules such as clue phrases, file formats such as image size, resolution, and color depth to specify input data. It may be. For example, the rule may specify a character string composed of input data whose data type is a numerical value, characters “/”, and input data whose data type is a numerical value. A tag is information given to add information such as a data structure, a data type, and a data classification to input data, for example. The tagged data is, for example, data in markup language such as data in XML format, data in HTML format, or data in SGML format. The tag to be added is defined by, for example, a document type definition (DTD) stored in a storage unit (not shown). Attribute information indicating the attribute of the input data may be added to the tag. For example, a tag is usually represented by “<tag name attribute =“ attribute value ”> data </ tag name>”. For example, “attribute =“ attribute value ”” in this case is attribute information, “attribute” indicates an attribute type, and “attribute value” indicates an attribute value. This “tag name” may be called a “tag”. Further, the input data may be referred to as “element” of the tag. In the present embodiment, the tag “<>” and the like may be omitted as appropriate. When the tag refers to external input data or the like, the tag may include address information or the like of the input data to be referenced. The designation information and the tag may not correspond one-to-one, may correspond one-to-many, or may correspond to many-to-one. Among the tags stored in the corresponding tag storage unit 102, at least a plurality of tags associated with the same designation information are associated with tag priority information that is information indicating the priority of the tag. Preferably it is stored. The tag priority information is used when determining a tag to be used when the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 or the assigned tag detection unit 117 described later detects a plurality of tags corresponding to the designation information indicating the input data. It is information used for. Usually, the appearance pattern information to which the priority information indicating that the priority is high is assigned to be used. The priority information may be any information as long as the priority level can be determined. For example, the priority level information may be information indicating the priority level in numerical value, or “high”. , “Low”, “A”, “B”, and the like may be information represented by a character string indicating the priority. There is no limitation on the process in which the designation information and the tag are associated and stored in the correspondence tag storage unit 102. For example, designation information and a tag input via an input device may be stored in the corresponding tag storage unit 102, and designation information and a tag transmitted via a communication line or the like are stored in a corresponding tag. It may be stored in the unit 102. The corresponding tag storage unit 102 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  When the input data received by the input receiving unit 101 is input data specified by any of the designation information, the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 sends a tag associated with the designation information from the correspondence tag storage unit 102. get. The input data received by the input receiving unit 101 is, for example, input data that has not yet been assigned a tag among the input data received by the input receiving unit 101. For example, each time the input receiving unit 101 receives input of one input data, the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 determines whether there is designation information that specifies the input data that the input receiving unit 101 has received. For example, if the input data is character information, each time a character is input, whether there is designation information that specifies a character string to which no tag is assigned among the character strings input so far. You may judge. Alternatively, when a character string surrounded by delimiters (codes) such as a space symbol or a comma specified in advance is received, it is determined whether there is designation information for specifying the character string. Also good. How to determine whether or not the input data received by the input receiving unit 101 is input data indicated by the designation information depends on the designation information, for example. For example, when the designation information is information for designating input data, it is determined whether or not each designation information matches the input data that the input receiving unit 101 has received an input. The received input data is determined to be input data specified by the matching specification information. Further, when the designation information is a rule of input data, it is determined whether or not the input data received by the input receiving unit 101 is input data that satisfies the rule indicated by each designation information. When it is determined that the input data satisfies the rule indicated, it is determined that the input data is specified by the specification information indicating the rule. These determinations can be realized by using a technique such as natural language processing using pattern matching or morphological analysis. Then, the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 detects a tag associated with the designation information specifying the input data received by the input reception unit 101 by a search using the designation information as a search key, and the corresponding tag storage unit 102. Read from. The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 acquires a tag corresponding to the priority indicated by the tag priority information given to each tag when a plurality of tags correspond to the designation information specifying the input data. Anyway. Usually, a tag associated with tag priority information indicating the highest priority is acquired. However, when a plurality of tags correspond to the designation information, the tags may be acquired randomly without using the tag priority information or the like. When attribute information or the like is given to the tag, the attribute information or the like may be read out. The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The created data storage unit 104 can store input data received by the input receiving unit 101 and a tag associated with the input data. For example, the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 for the input data is added to the input data received by the input reception unit 101 and accumulated. For example, data in XML format configured by adding a tag to input data is accumulated in the created data storage unit 104. The input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 is input data that has been created, laid out, or edited by the data editing apparatus 1 in response to an input from a user or the like, for example. For example, when the data editing device 1 is a word processor device, the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 is input data created by the word processor device or input data being created. Storage of input data in the created data storage unit 104 is a concept including temporary storage and the like. The creation data storage unit 104 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium. The creation data storage unit 104 may temporarily store the input data received by the input receiving unit 101 and before the tag is attached.

  The creation data storage unit 105 stores the input data received by the input reception unit 101 and the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 in association with each other in the creation data storage unit 104. In addition, the creation data storage unit 105 associates the input data received by the input reception unit 101 with the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 and stores it in the next candidate data storage unit 109 described later. Good. In this case, data that overlaps with data already stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109 may be deleted, or may not be stored when data overlaps. Alternatively, the creation data storage unit 105 includes the input data received by the input reception unit 101, the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103, and the attribute information stored in the generation data storage unit 104 in association with the tag. May be stored in the created data storage unit 104 in association with each other. Also, the creation data storage unit 105 determines attributes such as the data type of the input data, creates attribute information based on the determination result, and stores the created attribute information in association with the input data. Also good. Note that the creation data storage unit 105 may extract only a part of the input data and store it in the creation data storage unit 104 in association with the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103. For example, when the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 acquires the tag “company” from the input data “company name: BBB Shoji” using the instruction information or the like, “the company name:” is removed from the input data. Only the input data “BBB Shoji” may be stored in association with the tag “company” obtained. The creation data storage unit 105 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the creation data storage unit 105 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The data output unit 106 outputs the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104. The data output unit 106 may output a tag associated with the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104, or may not output a tag or attribute information. Output described here means display on a display, projection using a projector, printing by a printer, transmission to an external device, storage on a recording medium, delivery of processing results to another processing device or other program, etc. It is a concept that includes The data output unit 106 may be considered as including or not including an output device such as a display or a speaker. The data output unit 106 can be implemented by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The appearance pattern information storage unit 107 can store one or more appearance pattern information that is information indicating the appearance pattern of the tag. A tag appearance pattern is a pattern indicating what tags appear in what order. The appearance pattern usually has an order. For example, the appearance pattern information is information in which tags are arranged in the order of appearance. For example, the appearance pattern information indicating the pattern of tags appearing in the order of tag 1, tag 2, and tag 3 is “<tag 1>, <tag 2>, <tag 3>” or “tag 1, Information such as “Tag 2, Tag 3”. The appearance pattern of the tag may be considered as a tag arrangement pattern. The process in which the appearance pattern information is stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107 does not matter. For example, the appearance pattern information may be stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107 via a recording medium, and the appearance pattern information transmitted via a communication line or the like is stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. Alternatively, the appearance pattern information input via the input device may be stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. In addition, appearance pattern information corresponding to a pattern of a tag that appeared in the past may be accumulated by an appearance pattern information accumulation unit 114 described later. The appearance pattern information storage unit 107 may store priority information that is associated with the appearance pattern information and is information indicating the priority of the appearance pattern information. The priority information is information used when the next tag detection unit 108, which will be described later, determines which appearance pattern information is used when a plurality of appearance pattern information is detected. The priority information may be any information as long as the priority level can be determined. For example, the priority level information may be information indicating the priority level in numerical value, or “high”. , “Low”, “A”, “B”, and the like may be information represented by a character string indicating the priority. Usually, the appearance pattern information to which the priority information indicating that the priority is high is assigned to be used. The priority information may be stored in advance, or may be stored by a priority changing unit described later. Note that the order in which the appearance pattern information is stored in the storage medium or the like may be considered to indicate priority information. Note that attribute information may be given to each tag constituting each appearance pattern indicated by each appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. This attribute information may be ignored when the next tag detection unit 108, which will be described later, determines whether the tag sequences match. The appearance pattern information storage unit 107 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

The next tag detection unit 108 detects, from the appearance pattern information storage unit 107, appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern of a tag including a created tag pattern that is a tag appearance pattern stored in the created data storage unit 104. Then, the next tag, which is the next appearing tag of the created tag pattern, is detected from the appearance patterns indicated by the detected appearance pattern information. Specifically, the next tag detection unit 108 acquires a created tag pattern from the tags stored in the created data storage unit 104.
Then, tags are extracted in order of appearance from the acquired created tag pattern, and the tags extracted in the order of appearance from the appearance pattern of tags indicated by the one appearance pattern information are compared in order. Then, as a result of the comparison, it is determined whether or not all tags of the created tag pattern match. If they match, this appearance pattern information is detected as appearance pattern information including the created tag pattern. Note that the processing for performing the above comparison or the like may be considered as processing for detecting appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern of a tag that matches the created tag pattern. Whether the tags match is determined by pattern matching or the like. Further, the appearance order of tags may be considered as the order of tag arrangement. Then, from each appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107, an appearance pattern indicating the appearance pattern of a tag having, for example, the front of the pattern having a tag array that matches the acquired created tag pattern Detect information. The match here may be a complete match or a partial match. The match here may or may not be a match of attribute information given to the tag. Then, the next tag that is the tag that appears next to the portion that matches the created tag pattern in the appearance pattern indicated by the detected appearance pattern information is detected. The next tag may be considered as the remaining portion of the appearance pattern indicated by the detected appearance pattern information, excluding the created tag pattern.

  For example, it is assumed that the created tag pattern acquired from the tag stored in the created data storage unit 104 is “tag A, tag B”. Here, the tag “<>” is omitted. Further, the first appearance pattern indicated by the first appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107 is “tag A, tag C, tag D, tag B”, and the second appearance pattern information indicated by the second appearance pattern information. Assume that the second appearance pattern is “tag A, tag B, tag C”. In this case, since the order of the two tags from the front of the first appearance pattern and the order of the tags of the created tag pattern do not match, the first appearance pattern information indicates the appearance pattern of the tag including the created tag pattern. It is not detected as appearance pattern information. On the other hand, since the order of the two tags from the front of the second appearance pattern matches the order of the tags of the created tag pattern, the second appearance pattern information includes the appearance pattern of the tag including the created tag pattern. The detected appearance pattern information is detected. Then, the next tag detection unit 108 detects, as the next tag, the tag D that is the next tag of the second tag from the front that is the portion that matches the created tag pattern of the second appearance pattern.

  In addition, when a plurality of appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern of the tag including the created tag pattern is detected, the next tag detection unit 108 detects the one having the high priority indicated by the priority information given to each appearance pattern information. Then, the next tag that appears next to the created tag pattern may be detected from the appearance patterns indicated by the detected appearance pattern information. The appearance pattern information with the highest priority indicated by the priority information is, for example, information indicating that the priority information has a higher priority as the value of the priority information is higher. For example, the appearance pattern information with the highest value indicated by the priority information. It is.

  The created tag pattern is usually a pattern in which tags that are added to and stored in the input data appear in the temporal order in which the input data is input. For example, the input data stored in association with the tag in the created data storage unit 104 is “<tag A> data 1 </ tag A> <tag B> data 2 </ tag B> <tag C> data. 3 </ tag C> ”, the created tag pattern is“ tag A, tag B, tag C ”.

  However, the created tag pattern follows the order in which the input data is arranged and the order assigned to the position where the input data is arranged, for example, the area where the input data such as a so-called frame or box is arranged. The order in which tags appear may be used. For example, it is assumed that the order for acquiring the appearance patterns of the tags “1” to “3” is assigned to areas such as a plurality of frames in advance. The input data input or arranged in the area “1” is tag A, the input data inputted or arranged in the area “2” is tag B, and the input data inputted or arranged in the area “3”. If the tag C is given, information indicating the tag arrangement acquired in the order for acquiring the tag appearance pattern, that is, information indicating the tag arrangement of “tag A, tag B, tag C” is provided. It becomes a creation tag pattern.

  Note that the next tag detection unit 108 may determine the start position of the created tag pattern in any way. For example, the start position may be designated in advance. For example, input data is created at the position immediately after a pre-designated symbol (code) such as a line feed code is input or at a timing immediately after a pre-designated symbol such as a line feed code is input. The start position of the appearance pattern of the tag stored in the data storage unit 104 may be determined. Further, the input data input at a predesignated position may be considered as the start position of the appearance pattern. For example, the array of tags from these start positions is determined as the appearance pattern of tags stored in the created data storage unit 104.

  The next tag detection unit 108 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the next tag detection unit 108 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The next candidate data storage unit 109 can store a tag and next candidate data, which is input data that is an input candidate corresponding to the tag, in association with each other. The correspondence relationship between the tag and the next candidate data may not be one-to-one, and may be one-to-many or many-to-one. The process of storing the tag and the next candidate data in the next candidate data storage unit 109 does not matter. For example, the tag and the next candidate data may be stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109 via the recording medium, and the tag and the next candidate data input via the input device are stored as the next candidate data. It may be stored in the unit 109. When the created data storage unit 105 accumulates the input data and the tag associated with the input data in the created data storage unit 104, the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 uses the input data as the next candidate data. May be stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109 in association with the acquired tag. Thereby, the input data newly input from the input receiving unit 101 by the user or the like is added as the next candidate data, and the next candidate data can be expanded.

  The next candidate data stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109 may be associated with next candidate priority information that is information indicating the priority of the next candidate data. The next candidate priority information is used, for example, when the next candidate data acquisition unit 110, which will be described later, determines which next candidate pattern information is selectively acquired when acquiring one or more next candidate data. Information. The next candidate priority information is used when the input candidate output unit 111 (to be described later) determines the order in which the next candidate data is arranged and output when the next candidate data is output. Information. There is no limitation on the process of accumulating the next candidate priority information in the next candidate data. The next candidate priority information may be stored in advance, or may be stored by the next candidate priority changing unit 119 and the like which will be described later. It may be considered that the order in which the next candidate data is stored in the storage medium or the like indicates the next candidate priority information.

  Further, the next candidate data may be information indicating a rule or the like that can create the next candidate data when the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 described later acquires the next candidate data. For example, a rule may be used in which the current date and time or the date and time obtained by adding a predetermined date and time to the actual date and time are actual next candidate data. A rule or the like may be used in which the employee name of the company to which the user inputting data, etc. belongs is acquired as the next candidate data. In this case, the next candidate priority information may be given in accordance with a rule designated in advance. For example, in the case of the date and time rule as described above, next candidate priority information may be given such that the priority becomes higher as the date and time closer to the present time. Further, when the employee name is as described above, a priority may be given according to the employee's responsibility or years of service. The next candidate data storage unit 109 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The next candidate data acquisition unit 110 acquires one or more next candidate data associated with a tag that matches the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit 108 from the next candidate data storage unit 109. For example, using the next tag as a search key, a tag matching the next tag is searched in the next candidate data storage unit 109, and one or more next candidate data associated with the tag searched for matching is obtained. . The number of next candidate data to be acquired may be one or more. For example, the next candidate data acquired by the search is acquired with the number specified in advance as an upper limit. Note that the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 corresponds to the corresponding next candidate priority information among one or more next candidate data associated with the tag that matches the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit 108. Only the next candidate data having a high priority indicated by may be acquired. Specifically, the next candidate data may be acquired in a predetermined number in order from the highest priority, or only the next candidate data having a priority equal to or higher than a predetermined value may be acquired. good. Note that the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 can be typically realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The input candidate output unit 111 outputs one or more next candidate data acquired by the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 as input candidates for input data. The input candidate output unit 111 may output the next candidate data as long as it can output one or more next candidate data as selectable input candidates. The input candidate output unit 111 uses, for example, one or more next candidate data acquired by the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 to configure a list-like selection menu screen such as a so-called drop-down menu or drop-down box. Output to a monitor that does not. These selection menus are preferably displayed, for example, next to the position where the input data was input immediately before or in a region such as a frame designated as a region where the input data corresponding to the next tag is arranged in advance. . Note that the processing and the like constituting the selection menu screen are well known in the drop-down menu and drop-down box display technology in the form, and thus the description thereof is omitted. Alternatively, the next candidate data is arranged directly next to the position where the input data was inputted immediately before or in an area such as a frame designated as an area where the input data corresponding to the next tag is arranged in advance. Other next candidate data may be switched and arranged according to the operation or the like. If the next candidate priority information as described above is associated with the next candidate data, the input candidate output unit 111 outputs the next candidate data according to the priority indicated by the next candidate priority information. You may make it do. According to the priority indicated by the next candidate priority information, for example, the next candidate data is output so that the one with the higher priority is close to the position where the input data is input. Further, for example, only the next candidate data having a high priority is displayed first, and the other next candidate data is output so as to be displayed when the data is scrolled. The input candidate output unit 111 may be considered as including or not including an output device such as a display or a speaker. The input candidate output unit 111 can be implemented by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The selection receiving unit 112 receives selection of one input data among the next candidate data output by the input candidate output unit 111. For example, of the next candidate data output by the input candidate output unit 111, selection of the next candidate data designated using a mouse, a keyboard, or the like is accepted. The input means for performing selection may be anything such as a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The selection receiving unit 112 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad and a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  The selection data storage unit 113 associates the input data received by the selection reception unit 112, that is, the next candidate data received by the selection with the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit 108 in the created data storage unit 104. accumulate. For example, the selected input data is accumulated in the created data storage unit 104 so that the input data is input following the input data accumulated by the created data accumulation unit 105 immediately before. Alternatively, the created data storage unit 104 is configured so that input data is input into an area such as a frame designated as an area where input data corresponding to the next tag detected in advance by the next tag detection unit 108 is arranged. The input data is stored in The selection data storage unit 113 acquires attribute information corresponding to the next tag from the appearance pattern information used when the next tag detection unit 108 detects the next tag, and selects the received attribute information. The input data received by the unit 112 may be stored in the created data storage unit 104 in association with the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit 108. Further, the selection data storage unit 113 corresponds to the tag given to the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 from the appearance pattern information used when the next tag detection unit 108 detects the next tag. The attribute information may be acquired, and the attribute information stored in association with the tag in the created data storage unit 104 may be updated using the acquired attribute information. Update here is rewriting attribute information so that it may become the same as the acquired attribute information, for example. The selection data storage unit 113 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the selection data storage unit 113 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  When the appearance pattern information storage unit 114 determines whether or not there is appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern of a tag that matches the created tag pattern, and determines that there is no appearance pattern of a tag that matches the created tag pattern Then, appearance pattern information indicating the generated tag pattern is generated and stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. Judgment as to whether the appearance patterns of the tags match is performed by, for example, tag pattern matching. In addition, in the appearance pattern information storage unit 114, a part that performs a process for determining whether or not there is appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern of a tag that matches the created tag pattern, and another processing part that performs the same process, For example, the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 and the appearance pattern determination unit 116, which will be described later, may be realized by a single processing unit. Then, according to these determination results, it may be determined whether or not to create appearance pattern information. The appearance pattern information storage unit 114 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the appearance pattern information storage unit 114 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The priority changing unit 115 changes the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information detected when the next tag detecting unit 108 detects the next tag so as to indicate the priority according to the detection time. . For example, the value of the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107 so that the priority is higher as the appearance pattern information detected by the next tag detection unit 108 is newer. May be updated. For example, whenever the appearance pattern information is detected, the priority value of the appearance pattern information is rearranged so that the priority value of the appearance pattern information becomes the highest, or whenever the appearance pattern information is detected, A value indicating the high priority may be added by a predetermined value. It should be noted that updating the value of the priority information so that the priority of the one with the old detection time becomes low is the same process as a result.

  The priority changing unit 115 detects the appearance pattern information detected by the next tag detecting unit 108 using the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information detected when the next tag detecting unit 108 detects the next tag. The priority is changed according to the number of times. For example, the priority changing unit 115 accumulates the number of appearance pattern information detections detected when the next tag detection unit 108 detects the next tag in a storage unit such as a storage medium (not shown) for each appearance pattern information. deep. Then, the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107 may be updated so that the higher the number of detections, the higher the priority. For example, the number of detections may be used as it is as a value indicating the high priority. It should be noted that updating the value of the priority information so that the priority becomes low although the number of detections is small is the same process as a result.

  It should be noted that the priority changing unit 115 does not matter when the priority information is changed. For example, the priority information may be changed each time the next tag is detected. The priority changing unit 115 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the priority changing unit 115 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines whether there is appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern including a creation tag pattern of input data stored in the creation data storage unit 104. Specifically, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines whether or not there is appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern that includes all the tags constituting the created tag pattern. The process of the appearance pattern determination unit 116 is almost the same as the process when the next tag detection unit 108 detects the appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern of the tag including the created tag pattern from the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. Details will be described here. The case where the appearance pattern information cannot be detected in the process performed by the appearance pattern determination unit 116 corresponds to the determination result determined that the appearance pattern information does not exist in the present application. Note that the appearance pattern determination unit 116 and the next tag detection unit 108 are realized by a single processing unit or the like, and the next tag detection unit 108 detects appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern of the tag including the created tag pattern. The processing to be performed may be performed instead of the processing of the appearance pattern determination unit 116. Alternatively, a process of determining whether there is appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern including a creation tag pattern of input data stored in the creation data storage unit, which is performed when the next tag detection unit 108 detects the next tag. The processing result may be output as a processing result of the appearance pattern determination unit 116 to an added tag detection unit 117 described later. The appearance pattern determination unit 116 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the appearance pattern determination unit 116 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The attached tag detection unit 117 determines that the appearance pattern information storage unit 107 does not include the appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern including the creation tag pattern of the input data stored in the creation data storage unit 104 by the appearance pattern determination unit 116. In this case, the appearance pattern information having the appearance pattern of the tag that can be given to the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 received by the input reception unit 101 is stored in the corresponding tag storage unit 102. Detect using information and tags. When the appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines that the appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern including the created tag pattern does not exist in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107, for example, the assigned tag detection unit 117 stores the appearance pattern information in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. The extracted appearance pattern information is extracted, and tags are sequentially acquired along the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the extracted appearance pattern information. Then, it is determined whether or not the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 received by the input receiving unit 101 is an array of input data to which the sequentially acquired tags can be assigned. For example, it is determined using the designation information and the tag stored in the corresponding tag storage unit 102 whether or not the input data is the input data to be given the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the input data is input data specified by the specification information corresponding to the tag acquired from the appearance pattern information. That is, designation information for designating input data to be converted into tags obtained from the appearance pattern information is obtained from the corresponding tag storage unit 102, and the input data is information designated by any one of the designation information. Determine whether or not. For example, when the designation information is information indicating the input data itself, it is determined whether any one of the designation information corresponding to the tag acquired from the appearance pattern information matches the input data. If they match, it is determined that the input data is a tag addition target. When the designation information is information indicating a rule for designating input data, it is determined whether or not the input data satisfies a rule indicated by any one of the designation information corresponding to the tag acquired from the appearance pattern information. . When the rule is satisfied, it is determined that the input data is a tag addition target. As for the portion where the tag assigned to the input data matches the tag acquired from the appearance pattern information, it was determined that the tag was acquired from the appearance pattern information as a result. Therefore, the determination as to whether or not the tag is to be assigned may be omitted. In this way, the appearance pattern information is detected such that all of the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 among the appearance pattern information is to be assigned tags indicated by the appearance pattern information. When all of the input data is not a target to be assigned with the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information, the appearance pattern information is changed and the same processing is repeated. In addition, when the added tag detection unit 117 detects the appearance pattern information having the appearance pattern of the tag that can be added to the input data received by the input receiving unit 101, the priority given to the appearance pattern information as described above. It is preferable to perform detection processing in order from the highest. Also, using the detection result in this detection process, the priority changing unit 115 changes the priority given to the prepared appearance pattern information described above using information such as the detection time and the number of detections, for example. Also good. In this way, appearance pattern information having an appearance pattern of a tag that can be assigned to the input data received by the input receiving unit 101 is detected. The assigned tag detection unit 117 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the assigned tag detection unit 117 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit). The appearance pattern information storage unit 114 described above may acquire and store the appearance pattern information only when the appearance tag information cannot be detected by the assigned tag detection unit 117.

  The priority changing unit 115 described above detects priority information associated with the appearance pattern information detected by the assigned tag detecting unit 117 when the next tag detecting unit 108 detects the next tag. Similarly to the case of changing the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information, it may be changed as appropriate according to the detection time, the number of detections, and the like.

  The tag update unit 118 updates the tag of the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 so that the appearance pattern indicated by the appearance pattern information detected by the assigned tag detection unit 117 is obtained. For example, the tags constituting the appearance pattern indicated by the appearance pattern information detected by the assigned tag detection unit 117 are acquired, and all the tags assigned to the input data are overwritten with the tags constituting the appearance pattern indicated by the appearance pattern information. May be. Moreover, you may overwrite only the part from which a tag differs. If the number of tags in the appearance pattern information is larger than the number of tags assigned to the input data, the update process etc. is ignored for the larger part. In addition, when attribute information is given to the tag which comprises the appearance pattern which appearance pattern information shows, the said attribute information may be updated when updating the tag of input data. That is, the tag update unit 118 uses the attribute information associated with the tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information detected by the assigned tag detection unit 117, and stores the input stored in the creation data storage unit 104. You may make it update the attribute information matched with the tag of data. Specifically, the array of tags and attribute information attached to the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 is the array of tags and attribute information indicated by the appearance pattern information detected by the attached tag detector 117. May be updated to match. The tag update unit 118 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the tag updating unit 118 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The next candidate priority changing unit 119 changes the next candidate priority information associated with the next candidate data received by the selection receiving unit 112 according to the selection of the next candidate data. For example, the next candidate priority changing unit 119 indicates the next candidate priority information associated with the next candidate data received by the selection receiving unit 112 according to the time when the selection is received. Change as follows. For example, the next candidate data stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109 so that the priority of the next candidate priority information associated with the new next candidate data when the selection reception unit 112 receives the selection is higher. The value of the next candidate priority information associated with can be updated. For example, each time selection of the next candidate data is accepted, the priority value of the next candidate priority information is rearranged or the next candidate data is selected so that the priority value of the selected next candidate data becomes the highest. Each time it is done, a value indicating the high priority of the next candidate data may be added by a predetermined value. It should be noted that updating the value of the next candidate priority information so that the priority of the old detection time becomes low is the same process as a result.

  Further, the next candidate priority changing unit 119 indicates the priority corresponding to the number of times the selection has been received, with respect to the next candidate priority information associated with the next candidate data for which the selection receiving unit 112 has received the selection. Change as follows. For example, the next candidate priority changing unit 119 accumulates the number of times the next candidate data selected by the selection receiving unit 112 is selected in a storage unit such as a storage medium (not shown) for each next candidate data. Then, the next candidate priority information associated with the next candidate data stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109 may be updated so that the priority becomes higher as the number of selections increases. For example, the number of selections of the next candidate data may be used as it is as a value indicating the high priority. It should be noted that updating the value of the next candidate priority information so that the priority is lowered although the number of selections is small is the same process as a result. The next candidate priority changing unit 119 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the next candidate priority changing unit 119 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The tag priority changing unit 120 changes the tag priority assigned to the tag according to the number of times each tag is acquired or the acquisition time. Specifically, when the tag update unit 118 updates the tag of the created tag pattern, the tag priority change unit 120 changes the tag priority information associated with the tag newly given by the update. . Regarding the change according to the number of times the tag has been acquired and the change in the number of times according to the time when the tag was acquired, the priority in the priority change unit 115 or the next candidate priority change unit 119 described above. Since this is the same as the change in FIG. The tag priority changing unit 120 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the tag priority changing unit 120 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Next, the operation of the data editing apparatus 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. Here, a case where attribute information is associated with tags stored in the corresponding tag storage unit 102, tags constituting the appearance pattern indicated by the appearance pattern information, and the like will be described as an example. However, the attribute information may be omitted, and the attribute information may not be associated with all tags. In addition, the operation start here is a series of tag assignment targets such as start of data input to a new frame or the like, or start of data input after a series of data input to be tagged is completed. This is determined by receiving a trigger or the like indicating the start of data input.

  (Step S201) The input receiving unit 101 determines whether input data has been received. If input data is accepted, the process proceeds to step S202. If not, the process returns to step S201. The received input data is temporarily stored in a storage medium such as a memory.

  (Step S202) The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 or the like of the data editing apparatus 1 determines whether or not the input data is an input of an end instruction for instructing the end of input of data to be tagged. The input of the end instruction is, for example, a determination as to whether or not the input is a data input that is an end of a data input that is a target to which a series of tags are attached. For example, the input of the end instruction is input of a character designated in advance such as a line feed symbol, input of an instruction for placing a cursor for starting data input to a new frame, etc., command input indicating the end of input, etc. It is. For example, some symbols such as a line feed symbol can be used as a delimiter symbol for identifying input data that is a tag acquisition target. When a line feed symbol is input, the processing after step S203 is temporarily performed. Etc., the end process may be performed. If an end instruction has not been received, the process proceeds to step S203. If an end instruction has been received, the process ends.

  (Step S203) The data editing apparatus 1 performs processing for acquiring tag and attribute information corresponding to input data. Details of this process will be described later.

  (Step S204) The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 determines whether the corresponding tag has been acquired. If it can be acquired, the process proceeds to step S205. If it cannot be acquired, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S205) The creation data storage unit 105 stores the tag and attribute information acquired in step S203 in the creation data storage unit 104 in association with the input data. Further, the tag and attribute information associated with the input data may be accumulated in the next candidate data storage unit 109. However, if the input data and the tag combination match are already stored, they are not accumulated.

  (Step S206) The data output unit 106 outputs the input data accumulated in the created data storage unit 104. For example, only input data is displayed on a monitor or the like. The data output unit 106 may display the input data received in step S201 on a monitor or the like immediately after receiving the input. Even in such a case, the input data accumulated in the created data storage unit 104 is finally output when the input data is accumulated in the created data storage unit 104.

  (Step S207) The next tag detection unit 108 performs processing for detecting the next tag. Details of processing for detecting the next tag will be described later.

  (Step S208) The next candidate data acquisition unit 110 determines whether or not a next tag is detected in step S207. If the next tag is detected, the process proceeds to step S209. If the next tag is not detected, the process proceeds to step S213.

  (Step S209) The next candidate data acquisition unit 110 detects, from the next candidate data stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109, a tag that matches the next tag detected in step S207. Then, among the next candidate data associated with the detected tag, the number of the next candidate data designated in advance is selected in descending order of the priority value indicated by the next candidate priority information associated with each tag. read out.

  (Step S210) The input candidate output unit 111 performs output capable of selecting the next candidate data read in step S209. Specifically, the input candidate output unit 111 uses the next candidate data read in step S209 to create a selection menu screen or the like on which the next candidate data can be selected, and displays it on a monitor or the like.

  (Step S211) The selection receiving unit 112 determines whether an instruction to select one of the next candidate data output in Step S210 has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S212. If not accepted, the process proceeds to step S215.

  (Step S212) The next candidate priority changing unit 119 changes the next candidate priority information according to the selection result of the next candidate data in step S211. For example, a value indicating the high priority of the next candidate priority information associated with the next candidate data selected in step S211 is incremented by a predetermined number.

  (Step S213) The selection data storage unit 113 acquires the next tag detected in step S207 and attribute information corresponding to the next tag, and stores these data in association with the next candidate data selected in step S211. Stored in the unit 104. Then, the process returns to step S206. The next candidate data to be accumulated corresponds to the input data accumulated in step S205. The selection data storage unit 113 acquires attribute information corresponding to the tags constituting the created tag pattern from the appearance pattern information including the created tag pattern used when the next tag detecting unit 108 detects the next tag. The attribute information stored in association with the tag in the created data storage unit 104 may be updated using the acquired attribute information.

  (Step S214) The data editing apparatus 1 performs a process of updating the tag. Details of this process will be described later.

  (Step S215) The next tag detection unit 108 determines whether or not the tag has been updated in step S214. If it has been updated, the next tag detection is performed with the updated created tag pattern, so the process returns to step S207. If not, the process returns to step S201.

  (Step S216) The input receiving unit 101 determines whether an instruction not to select the next candidate data output in step S210 has been received. Note that the input receiving unit 101 may determine that an input of an instruction not to perform selection is received when the next input data is received. If accepted, the process returns to step S201. If not accepted, the process returns to step S211.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Next, details of the process of acquiring the corresponding tag in step S203 described in FIG. 2 will be described using the flowchart in FIG.

  (Step S301) The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 determines whether or not the input data is data to be tagged. For example, when the input data is text data, the data is terminated at the end by a delimiter (code) such as a space symbol, underbar symbol, or comma symbol to specify the tag assignment target specified in advance. If it is delimited data, it may be determined as a tag addition target. Further, it may be determined whether or not the length of the input data is equal to or longer than a predetermined length. Further, it is determined whether or not the input data is image data. If the input data is image data, it may be determined that the input data is a tag addition target. Note that whether or not the data is to be assigned is determined for input data that has not yet been tagged. If it is the data to be given, the process proceeds to step S302, and if it is not the data to be given, the process returns to the upper process.

  (Step S302) The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 substitutes 1 for the value of the counter n.

  (Step S <b> 303) The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 reads the nth designation information from the corresponding tag storage unit 102.

  (Step S304) The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 determines whether or not the input data received by the input receiving unit 101 is data specified by the nth specification information read in step S303. If it is designated data, the process proceeds to step S305, and if not designated data, the process proceeds to step S306.

  (Step S305) The correspondence tag acquisition unit 103 acquires the tag and attribute information associated with the nth designation information from the correspondence tag storage unit 102. When there are a plurality of tags associated with the designation information and the tag priority information is associated with the tag, the tag with the highest priority indicated by the tag priority information may be acquired. good. Then, the process returns to the upper process.

  (Step S306) The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 increments the value of the counter n by 1.

  (Step S307) The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 determines whether or not the nth designation information is stored in the corresponding tag storage unit 102. If it is stored, the process returns to step S303, and if it is not stored, the process returns to the upper process.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.

  Next, details of the processing for detecting the next tag in step S207 described in FIG. 2 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S401) The next tag detection unit 108 substitutes 1 for the counter k.

  (Step S <b> 402) The next tag detection unit 108 acquires the appearance pattern information whose priority level indicated by the corresponding priority information is k-th from the appearance pattern information storage unit 107.

  (Step S403) The next tag detection unit 108 obtains the kth appearance pattern information obtained in step S402 by the appearance pattern of the tag associated with the input data stored in the creation data storage unit 104, that is, the creation tag pattern. It is determined whether or not it is included in the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by. For example, the determination is made by comparing the tags with a forward match. That is, the appearance pattern of the tag associated with the input data is “tag A, tag B, tag C” in the order of accumulation, and the appearance pattern of the tag included in the appearance pattern information is “tag 1, tag 2, tag 3 and tag 4 ”, it is determined that“ tag 1 ”matches“ tag A ”,“ tag 2 ”matches“ tag B ”, and“ tag 3 ”matches“ tag C ”. In the case, the appearance pattern of the tag associated with the input data is determined to be included in the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the kth appearance pattern information. Specifically, the tags associated with the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 are sequentially read out in the order of accumulation, and compared with the tags sequentially read out in the order of appearance from the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the kth appearance pattern information. I will do it. If it is determined that all the tags associated with the input data match, the appearance pattern of the tags associated with the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 is determined in step S402. It is determined that it is included in the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the acquired kth appearance pattern information. Further, when at least one tag that does not match is detected, it is determined that the appearance pattern of the tag associated with the input data is not included in the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the kth appearance pattern information. If it is determined that it is included, the process proceeds to step S404. If it is determined that it is not included, the process proceeds to step S407.

  (Step S404) The next tag detection unit 108 determines whether or not the next tag is included in the appearance pattern indicated by the kth appearance pattern information. Specifically, the next tag detection unit 108 determines whether or not a tag that matches the created tag pattern or a tag that is positioned next to the tag group exists in the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the kth appearance pattern information. to decide. Of the appearance patterns of the tags indicated by the appearance pattern information, the tag positioned next to the tag that matches the created tag pattern is the next tag. If the next tag is included, the process proceeds to step S405. If not included, the process proceeds to step S407.

  (Step S405) The next candidate data acquisition unit 110 acquires the next tag from the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the kth appearance pattern information.

  (Step S406) The priority changing unit 115 updates the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information. For example, the priority information associated with the kth appearance pattern information is changed so as to increase the priority. In addition, you may change the priority information matched with other appearance pattern information so that a priority may become low. Then, the process returns to the upper process.

  (Step S407) The next candidate data acquisition unit 110 increments the value of the counter k by 1.

  (Step S <b> 408) The next candidate data acquisition unit 110 determines whether or not the kth appearance pattern information is stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. If it is stored, the process returns to step S402, and if it is not stored, the process returns to the upper process.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 4, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.

  Next, details of the process of updating the tag in step S214 described in FIG. 2 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S500) The appearance pattern determination unit 116 substitutes 1 for a counter r.

  (Step S <b> 501) The appearance pattern determination unit 116 reads the r-th appearance pattern information from the appearance pattern information storage unit 107.

  (Step S502) The appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines whether or not the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the r-th appearance pattern information includes a created tag pattern. Since this process is the same as the process in step S403 described above, detailed description thereof is omitted. If so, the process returns to the upper process. If not included, the process proceeds to step S503.

  (Step S503) The appearance pattern determination unit 116 increments the value of the counter r by 1.

  (Step S504) The appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines whether or not the r-th appearance pattern information is in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. If there is, the process returns to step S501. If not, the process proceeds to step S505.

  (Step S505) The assigned tag detection unit 117 assigns 1 to the counter p.

  (Step S506) The assigned tag detection unit 117 acquires appearance pattern information whose priority level indicated by the corresponding priority information is p-th from the appearance pattern information storage unit 107.

  (Step S507) The appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines whether the number of tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the p-th appearance pattern information is equal to or greater than the number of tags of the created tag pattern. If it is equal to or greater than the number of tags of the created tag pattern, the process proceeds to step S508, and if it is less than the number of tags of the created tag pattern, the process proceeds to step S518.

  (Step S508) The assigned tag detection unit 117 assigns 1 to the counter q.

  (Step S509) The assigned tag detection unit 117 acquires the qth appearing tag from the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the pth appearance pattern information.

  (Step S510) The assigned tag detection unit 117 reads designation information corresponding to the q-th tag from the corresponding tag storage unit 102.

  (Step S511) The assigned tag detection unit 117 receives the data to which the qth tag of the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 is given, that is, the data to which the qth tag of the created tag pattern is given. It is determined whether or not the designation information acquired in step S510 is designated data. If it is designated data, the process proceeds to step S512, and if not designated data, the process proceeds to step S518.

  (Step S512) The assigned tag detection unit 117 increments the counter q by 1.

  (Step S513) The assigned tag detection unit 117 determines whether there is data to which the qth tag is added to the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104. It may be determined whether there is a q-th tag. If there is, the process returns to step S509, and if not, the process proceeds to step S514.

  (Step S514) The tag update unit 118 acquires p-th appearance pattern information.

  (Step S515) The tag update unit 118 updates the tag of the created tag pattern using the appearance pattern information acquired in step S514. At this time, the attribute information associated with the tag of the created tag pattern is also updated using the attribute information associated with the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information.

  (Step S516) The priority changing unit 115 changes the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information so that the priority of the p-th appearance pattern information becomes higher.

  (Step S517) The tag priority changing unit 120 changes the tag priority information associated with the tag changed in step S515 so that the priority of the tag becomes higher. Then, the process returns to the upper process.

  (Step S518) The assigned tag detection unit 117 increments the counter p by 1.

  (Step S515) The assigned tag detection unit 117 determines whether or not the appearance pattern information storage unit 107 has the p-th occurrence pattern information. If there is, the process returns to step S507, and if not, the process proceeds to step S520.

  (Step S520) The appearance pattern information accumulation unit 114 creates appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern of the tag of the input data, that is, the created tag pattern, and accumulates it in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. Then, the process returns to the upper process.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 5, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the data editing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment will be described. Here, a case where the data editing apparatus 1 is a DTP apparatus will be described as an example, but the data editing apparatus 1 may be another apparatus.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the data editing apparatus 1. It is assumed that the display screen of the data editing apparatus 1 is provided with a plurality of frames capable of inputting character or image input data.

  First, if the user operates a keyboard or the like to input a character string “AAA Shoji Co., Ltd.” in one frame and further inputs a “,” (comma) symbol, the input receiving unit 101 The input of input data composed of the character string is accepted.

  The corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 is designated in advance to determine input data delimited by a delimiter such as a “,” symbol or a return symbol as input data to which one tag is assigned. Based on this designation, input data “AAA Shoji Co., Ltd.” is acquired.

  Next, the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 sequentially acquires the designation information stored in the correspondence tag storage unit 102, and whether or not the input data “AAA Shoji Co., Ltd.” is information indicated by the obtained designation information. Judging.

  FIG. 7 is a correspondence tag management table for managing the designation information and tags stored in the correspondence tag storage unit 102. The corresponding tag management table has items of “designated information”, “tag”, “tag priority”, and “attribute information”. “Designation information” is information for designating input data. For example, in the designation information ““ number ”/“ number ””, “number” indicates an arbitrary number, and this designation information includes an arbitrary number, a character “/”, and an arbitrary number. This is designation information for designating input data composed of character strings arranged in order. The designation information ““ character string ”corporation” is designation information that designates input data composed of an arbitrary character string and the letters “corporation”. “Tag” is a tag name of a tag given to input data, and it is assumed that the designation information of the same record is associated with the tag indicated by the tag name. “Tag priority” is tag priority information associated with a tag, and here, a larger value indicates a higher priority. “Attribute information” is attribute information given to a tag.

  First, the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 receives the designation information “number” / “number”, which is the first designation information among the designation information managed in the correspondence tag management table as shown in FIG. get. Then, it is determined whether or not the character string “AAA Shoji Co., Ltd.” that is input data is data designated by the first designation information. Here, since the character string in front of “AAA Corporation” is not a number, it is determined that the input data does not match the condition indicated by the first designation information and is not the data designated by the first designation information. The

  Next, the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 acquires ““ character string ”corporation” which is the second designation information. Then, it is determined whether or not the character string “AAA Shoji Co., Ltd.” as input data is data designated by the second designation information. Here, since the input data matches the “company” indicated by the designation information in the last character string, and the remaining front part is character string data, the input data is the second designation information. The input data “AAA Shoji Co., Ltd.” is determined to be data designated by the second designation information.

  For this reason, the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 acquires the tag having the largest tag priority information value among the tags corresponding to the second designation information ““ character string ”corporation”. Here, since the tag priority information value of “date” is “5”, which is larger than the values of other tag priority information, the tag “date” is acquired. Then, the creation data storage unit 105 acquires the tag “date” acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 and the attribute information “client” associated with the tag from the corresponding tag storage unit 102, and inputs the input data “ It is stored in the created data storage unit 104 in association with “AAA Shoji Co., Ltd.”. Further, the creation data storage unit 105 stores the tag “date” acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit 103 in association with the input data “AAA Shoji Co., Ltd.” in the next candidate data storage unit 109.

  FIG. 8 is a creation data management table for managing input data and tags accumulated in the creation data storage unit 104. The created data management table has items of “tag pattern ID”, “input data”, “tag”, and “attribute information”. “Tag pattern ID” is identification information for identifying input data to which a series of tags are assigned. For example, an appearance pattern of tags associated with the same pattern ID is one created tag pattern. For example, input data associated with the same pattern ID may be considered as one record of input data. “Input data” is input data, and “tag” is a tag assigned to the input data. Here, the tags are arranged in order of input from the top. “Attribute information” is attribute information associated with a tag.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example of input data by the data output unit 106. The data output unit 106 displays input data among the data stored in the created data storage unit 104.

  FIG. 10 is an appearance pattern information management table for managing the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. The appearance pattern information management table has items of “appearance pattern ID”, “tag”, “attribute information”, and “priority information”. “Appearance pattern ID” is identification information for identifying appearance pattern information. The tags associated with the same appearance pattern ID are tags that constitute the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the one appearance pattern information. Here, it is assumed that the order from the top of the tag indicates the order of appearance of the tag. “Tag” is a tag arranged from the top in the order of appearance, “Attribute information” is attribute information associated with the tag, and “Priority information” is priority information associated with the appearance pattern information Here, the higher the value, the higher the priority.

  Next, the next tag detection unit 108 acquires appearance pattern information having the highest priority value indicated by the corresponding priority information among the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. Here, the appearance pattern information whose “appearance pattern ID” is “001” is acquired. Then, it is determined whether the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the acquired appearance pattern information includes the appearance pattern of the tag of the input data stored in the creation data storage unit 104 shown in FIG. 8, that is, the creation tag pattern. To do. Here, the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information whose “occurrence pattern ID” is “001” is “company name, date, person in charge”, and the first tag “company name” of this appearance pattern is It is determined that the first tag “company name” of the created tag pattern acquired from the created data storage unit 104 matches. Further, since the created tag pattern does not have the next tag, that is, the second tag from the top, the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information whose “appearance pattern ID” is “001” includes the created tag pattern. It is judged. Further, since the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information includes the tag “date” next to “company name”, the next tag detection unit 108 detects this tag “date” as the next tag.

  Further, the priority changing unit 115 updates the value of the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information whose “appearance pattern ID” determined to include the created tag pattern is “001”. For example, a numerical value designated in advance, for example, “1” or the like is added to the value indicated by the priority information.

  Next, the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 acquires the next tag “date” detected by the next tag detection unit 108 and acquires the next candidate data corresponding to the next tag “date” from the next candidate data storage unit 109. To do.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a next candidate data management table for managing the next candidate data stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109. The next candidate data management table has items of “tag”, “next candidate data”, and “next candidate priority”. Here, the “tag” is a tag corresponding to the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit 108. “Next candidate data” is next candidate data.

  The next candidate data acquisition unit 110 corresponds to the next candidate priority corresponding to the next candidate data corresponding to the tag detected by the next tag detection unit 108 among the next candidate data stored in the next candidate data storage unit 109. A predetermined number of next candidate data having a high priority indicated by the degree information is acquired. Here, if the predetermined number is preliminarily designated as “3”, the next candidate data obtaining unit 110 determines that the next candidate data associated with the tag “date” has the highest priority. In order, three next candidate data are acquired. Here, from the next candidate data management table shown in FIG. 11, the next candidate data acquisition unit 110 has “tag” as “date” and “next candidate priority” as “5”, “4”, “3”. Next candidate data “12/1”, “12/2”, and “12/3” are acquired.

  The input candidate output unit 111 uses the next candidate data “12/1”, “12/2”, and “12/3” acquired by the next candidate data acquiring unit 110 to select either of these list forms. And is displayed as a drop-down menu at the position of the cursor after the character string “AAA Corporation” previously displayed on the monitor.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a drop-down menu.

  Here, when the user operates the keyboard or the like and inputs an instruction to select one of the menu items of the drop-down menu, for example, “12/3”, the selection receiving unit 112 uses the next candidate data of this menu item. A selection of “12/3” is accepted.

  The selection data accumulation unit 113 adds the next tag “date” to the selected next candidate data and accumulates it in the creation data storage unit 104. At this time, the attribute information associated with the next tag “date” is acquired from the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “001” and stored in association with the next tag. Here, there is no attribute information. Therefore, do not accumulate. Further, the attribute information corresponding to the tags constituting the creation tag pattern of the input data already stored in the creation data storage unit 104 is acquired from the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “001”. The tag attribute information associated with the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104 is updated. Here, since the tag constituting the created tag pattern is only “company name” as shown in FIG. 8 until the next tag is accumulated, attribute information “client” corresponding to this tag “company name” is used. "From the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is" 001 ". However, since the attribute information is the same as the attribute information associated with the “company name” tag stored in the created data storage unit 104, the attribute information is not rewritten here.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a created data management table when the next candidate data “12/3” corresponding to the next tag is accumulated as input data. The same tag pattern ID is assigned so that the accumulated input data can be handled as a series of data of the already accumulated input data, that is, as input data constituting the same record as the input data.

  Further, when the next candidate data “12/3” is selected, the next candidate priority changing unit 119 specifies the value of the next candidate priority information of the selected next candidate data “12/3” in advance. The value is incremented by “1”. This increases the priority of the selected next candidate data.

  If the next candidate data is not selected from the drop-down menu and the user inputs new input data via a keyboard or the like, the process of adding a tag to the input data as described above is performed. The process of detecting a tag and displaying a menu or the like for selecting the next candidate is repeated.

  Here, for example, as a result of the input of the input data as described above, the input data accumulated in the creation data storage unit 104 is “AAA Corporation, 12/3” as in the creation data management table shown in FIG. , Yamada-san, 12/25 ”, and the created tag pattern constituted by the tags associated with each of them is“ company name, date, person in charge, date ”.

  Next, the next tag detection unit 108 sets the “occurrence pattern ID” having the highest priority value indicated by the corresponding priority information among the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107 to “001”. Is obtained. Then, it is determined whether the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the acquired appearance pattern information includes the appearance pattern of the tag of the input data stored in the creation data storage unit 104 shown in FIG. 14, that is, the creation tag pattern. To do. Here, the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information whose “appearance pattern ID” is “001” is “company name, date, person in charge”, and the created tag pattern is “company name, date, person in charge, Since all of the created tag patterns do not match the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information. For this reason, it is determined that the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information does not include the created tag pattern.

  Therefore, the next tag detection unit 108 sequentially acquires appearance pattern information having the next highest priority, and determines whether or not the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the acquired appearance pattern information includes all of the created tag patterns. This process is performed until an appearance pattern including all of the created tag patterns is detected. If detected, the next tag is detected from the appearance pattern information indicating the detected appearance pattern in the same manner as described above. Here, it is assumed that an appearance pattern including all of the created tag patterns has not been detected. Alternatively, it is detected that the next tag is not detected because the created tag pattern and the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information completely match.

  In this case, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines whether there is appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern including the created tag pattern among all the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. . Similar to the next tag detection unit 108, this determination process is performed by comparing the tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by each appearance pattern information with the tag indicated by the created tag pattern. When the next tag detection unit 108 detects the appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern of the tag that completely matches the created tag pattern in the process of detecting the next tag, it indicates that the appearance pattern information that matches completely is detected. The information is output to the appearance pattern determination unit 116. When the next tag detection unit 108 cannot detect the next tag and the information is acquired, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 It is determined that there is an appearance pattern including the created tag pattern among the appearance patterns of all the tags indicated by all the appearance pattern information stored in the storage unit 107. Otherwise, the created tag pattern It may be determined that there is no appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern including.

  When the appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines that there is no appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern including the created tag pattern among all the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107, the given tag detection unit 117 obtains the appearance pattern information having the highest priority indicated by the priority information from the appearance pattern information management table as shown in FIG. Here, first, the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “001” is acquired.

  Next, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines whether or not the number of tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information is equal to or greater than the number of tags of the created tag pattern. Since the appearance pattern of the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “001” is “company name, date, person in charge” and the created tag pattern is “company name, date, person in charge, date”, The created tag pattern has more tags. For this reason, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines that the number of tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information is not greater than or equal to the number of tags of the created tag pattern. Therefore, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires appearance pattern information having the next highest priority and the appearance pattern ID “002”.

  The appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines whether or not the number of tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the acquired appearance pattern information is equal to or greater than the number of tags of the created tag pattern. The appearance pattern of the appearance pattern information with the appearance pattern ID “002” is “company name, inquiry date, person in charge, visit date”, and the created tag pattern is “company name, date, person in charge, date” The number of tags is the same. Therefore, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 determines that the number of tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information is greater than or equal to the number of tags of the created tag pattern.

  Next, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires the first tag “company name” of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information of the appearance pattern ID “002”, and calls it “company name” from the corresponding tag storage unit 102. Read the specified information corresponding to the tag. Specifically, the designation information whose “tag” value matches “company name” is retrieved from the corresponding tag management table shown in FIG. As shown in the corresponding tag management table shown in FIG. 7, the designation information whose “tag” value matches “company name” is “character string” corporation ”and“ corporation “character string” ”. Suppose there are two. The appearance pattern determination unit 116 reads the input data “AAA Corporation” corresponding to the first tag of the created tag pattern from the created data storage unit 104. Then, the read input data “AAA Corporation” can be designated as input data to which a tag can be assigned by either one of the designation information ““ character string ”corporation” or the designation information “corporation“ character string ””. Whether it is data or not is determined by pattern matching or the like. Here, it is assumed that the input data “AAA Corporation” is determined to be data designated by the designation information ““ character string ”corporation”.

  Next, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires the second tag “inquiry date” of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information of the appearance pattern ID “002”, and the “inquiry date” from the corresponding tag storage unit 102. "" Number "/" number "" corresponding to the tag "is read. Then, the input data “12/3” corresponding to the second tag of the created tag pattern is read from the created data storage unit 104, and the read input data “12/3” is designated by the designation information ““ number ”/“ number ”. It is determined by pattern matching or the like whether or not the data is designated by “”. Here, it is assumed that the input data “12/3” is determined to be data designated by the designation information ““ number ”/“ number ””.

  The appearance pattern determination unit 116 also performs the same determination process for the third tag of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information of the appearance pattern ID “002”, and corresponds to the third tag of the created tag pattern. Assume that the input data “Mr. Yamada” is determined to be data designated by the designation information “Mr.“ character string ”” corresponding to the third tag of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information.

  Next, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires the fourth tag “order received date” of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information of the appearance pattern ID “002”, and “inquiry date” from the corresponding tag storage unit 102. The designation information ““ number ”/“ number ”” corresponding to the tag is read. Then, the input data “12/25” corresponding to the fourth tag of the created tag pattern is read from the created data storage unit 104, and the read input data “12/25” is designated by the designation information “number” / “number”. It is determined by pattern matching or the like whether or not the data is designated by “”. Here, it is assumed that the input data “12/25” is determined to be data designated by the designation information ““ number ”/“ number ””.

  Since the fifth tag is not present in the appearance pattern indicated by the appearance pattern information, the tag update unit 118 causes the appearance pattern “company name, inquiry date,” indicated by the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “002”. "Person in charge, visit date" is acquired, and the tag appearance pattern is a creation tag pattern that is an appearance pattern of tags attached to the input data stored in the creation data storage unit 104, that is, "company name, date, Overwrite Person, Date. Also, the attribute information associated with the tags constituting the created tag pattern is overwritten with the attribute information associated with the tags constituting the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “002”.

  As a result, the created data management table shown in FIG. 14 becomes a created data management table as shown in FIG. That is, the tag and attribute information associated with the input data are changed as appropriate.

  Further, the priority changing unit 115 updates the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information so that the priority of the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “002” is high. For example, the priority information value of the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “002” is incremented by “1”.

  Further, the tag priority changing unit 120 changes the tag priority information stored in the corresponding tag storage unit 102 in association with the tag so that the priority of the tag updated by the tag updating unit 118 becomes higher. For example, the tag priority information value of the updated tag is incremented by “1”. It should be noted that the updated tag here may be considered as only a tag that has been replaced with a tag different from the previous tag by updating the tag, or a tag that has not changed may be included.

  In addition, as a result of performing the above-described processing on all the appearance pattern information by the appearance pattern determination unit 116, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 is configured with tags that can acquire designation information that can sequentially specify all input data to which tags are assigned. When the appearance pattern information to be detected cannot be detected, the appearance pattern information storage unit 114 newly constructs the appearance pattern information indicating the created tag pattern and stores it in the appearance pattern information storage unit 107. Thus, an appearance pattern of data that does not match an existing tag appearance pattern can be registered as a new tag appearance pattern. At this time, the priority information may be given a value specified in advance, for example.

  Here, as in the created data management table shown in FIG. 16, the input data accumulated in the created data storage unit 104 is “AAA Corporation, 12/3, No: PK078, 2”. It is assumed that the created tag pattern formed by tags associated with each of the above is “company name, date, product ID, quantity”. In this case, the number of tags of the created tag pattern is larger than the number of tags of the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID having the highest priority is “001”, and corresponds to the third tag of the created tag pattern. The input data “washing machine PK078” to be input is designated information ““ character string ”acquired from the third tag“ person in charge ”constituting the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID having the second highest priority is“ 002 ”. Is not determined to be the data specified by.

  Therefore, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID having the third highest priority is “003”.

  Then, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires the first tag “company name” of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information of the appearance pattern ID “003”, and the tag “company name” from the corresponding tag storage unit 102. The specified information ““ character string ”corporation” or “corporation“ number ”” is read out. Then, the input data “AAA Corporation” corresponding to the first tag of the created tag pattern is read from the created data storage unit 104, and the read input data “AAA Corporation” is changed to ““ character string ”corporation” or “ It is determined by pattern matching or the like whether or not the data is “designated” “number”. Here, it is assumed that the input data “AAA Corporation” is determined to be data designated by the designation information ““ character string ”corporation”.

  Next, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires the second tag “order date” of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information of the appearance pattern ID “003”, and calls it “order date” from the corresponding tag storage unit 102. Reads the specified information "" number "/" number "" corresponding to the tag. Then, it is determined whether or not the input data “12/3” corresponding to the second tag of the created tag pattern is data designated by the designation information ““ number ”/“ number ””. Here, it is assumed that the data is designated.

  Next, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires the third tag “product ID” of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information of the appearance pattern ID “003”, and calls it “product ID” from the corresponding tag storage unit 102. The designation information “No:“ number ”” corresponding to the tag is read. Then, it is determined whether or not the input data “No: PK078” corresponding to the third tag of the created tag pattern is data designated by the designation information “No:“ number ””. Here, it is assumed that the data is designated.

  Next, the appearance pattern determination unit 116 acquires the fourth tag “quantity” of the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information of the appearance pattern ID “003”, and assigns it to the tag “quantity” from the corresponding tag storage unit 102. Read the corresponding specified information "" number "". Then, it is determined whether or not the input data “two” corresponding to the fourth tag of the created tag pattern is data designated by the designation information “number”. Here, it is assumed that the data is designated.

  Since the fifth tag is not in the appearance pattern indicated by the appearance pattern information, the tag update unit 118 causes the appearance pattern “company name, order date, product” indicated by the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “003”. "ID, Quantity" is acquired, and with this tag appearance pattern, the created tag pattern that is the appearance pattern of the tag attached to the input data stored in the created data storage unit 104, that is, "company name, order date, product" Overwrite "ID, Quantity". Further, the attribute information associated with the tags constituting the created tag pattern is also overwritten by the attribute information associated with the tags constituting the appearance pattern information whose appearance pattern ID is “003”. FIG. 17 shows the created data management table after the update. A display example of input data is shown in FIG.

  After that, for example, when an input of a symbol that can be used also as a symbol indicating that input of input data treated as a series of data, such as a line feed symbol, is completed as a delimiter symbol, or a series of When a symbol indicating that input of input data handled as data has been completed is entered, tag assignment to the input data as described above, detection processing for the next tag, tag update processing, etc. are completed To do. Also, when a new input or the like is started after a line feed symbol or the like is input, the tag addition to the input data, the next tag detection process, the tag update process, and the like are started again. In this case, a new “tag pattern ID” is given to the input data.

  Needless to say, for example, input data or appearance pattern information with tags as shown in FIG. 17 may be output or managed in data in the format as shown in FIG.

  As described above, according to the present invention, from the appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern including the created tag pattern that is the appearance pattern of the tag attached to the input data, the next tag that appears next to the created tag pattern. By detecting the tag, acquiring the next candidate data corresponding to the next tag from the next candidate data prepared in advance, and selecting the acquired next candidate data, the previously input data is used. Thus, the input and editing of tagged data can be made more efficient.

  In the above embodiment, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  In the above embodiment, it goes without saying that two or more communication means (such as an information transmission unit) existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.

  In the above embodiment, information related to processing executed by each component, for example, information received, acquired, selected, generated, transmitted, and received by each component. In addition, information such as threshold values, mathematical formulas, addresses, etc. used by each component in processing is retained temporarily or over a long period of time on a recording medium (not shown) even when not explicitly stated in the above description. It may be. Further, the storage of information in the recording medium (not shown) may be performed by each component or a storage unit (not shown). Further, reading of information from the recording medium (not shown) may be performed by each component or a reading unit (not shown).

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the data editing apparatus is a stand-alone has been described. However, the data editing apparatus may be a stand-alone apparatus or a server apparatus in a server / client system. In the latter case, the output unit or the reception unit receives an input or outputs a screen via a communication line.

  In the above embodiment, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

  The software that implements the data editing apparatus in the above embodiment is the following program. That is, in this program, when the computer receives an input receiving unit that receives input of character or image input data, and the input data received by the input receiving unit is input data specified by one of the specified information In addition, the corresponding tag is acquired from the corresponding tag storage unit that can store the tag associated with the designation information, the designation information that is information for designating the input data, and the tag associated with the designation information. The input data received by the input receiving unit, the input data received by the input receiving unit, and the tag associated with the input data. A creation data storage unit that accumulates in the creation data storage unit, and a data output unit that outputs input data stored in the creation data storage unit Appearance pattern information, which is information indicating an appearance pattern of a tag including a creation tag pattern that is an appearance pattern of a tag stored in the creation data storage unit, is detected from the appearance pattern information storage unit in which the appearance pattern information can be stored. The next tag detection unit for detecting the next tag that is the next tag of the created tag pattern from the appearance patterns indicated by the detected appearance pattern information, and the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit A next candidate data storage unit in which one or more next candidate data associated with a matching tag can be stored in association with the tag and the next candidate data as input candidate corresponding to the tag. The next candidate data acquisition unit acquired from the data and one or more next candidate data acquired by the next candidate data acquisition unit are output as input candidates for input data. A candidate output unit; a selection reception unit that receives selection of one of the next candidate data output from the input candidate output unit; input data that the selection reception unit has received selection; and the next tag detection unit Is a program for causing the selected tag to function as a selection data storage unit that stores the next tag detected in the association in the created data storage unit.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the external appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the data editing apparatus according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  20, a computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 905 and an FD (Floppy (registered trademark) Disk) drive 906, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, a monitor 904, and the like. Is provided.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 21, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 905 and the FD drive 906, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a bootup program, and the MPU 911. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that temporarily stores program instructions and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and an MPU 911 and a ROM 912 are interconnected. And a bus 915. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to the LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the data editing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 921 or the FD 922, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905 or the FD drive 906, and transferred to the hard disk 914. May be. Instead, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921, the FD 922, or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the data editing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the data editing apparatus according to the present invention is suitable as a data editing apparatus that inputs and edits character and image data, and in particular, inputs and edits data with a tag attached thereto. Useful as a data editing device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Data editing apparatus 101 Input reception part 102 Corresponding tag storage part 103 Corresponding tag acquisition part 104 Creation data storage part 105 Creation data storage part 106 Data output part 107 Appearance pattern information storage part 108 Next tag detection part 109 Next candidate data storage part 110 Next candidate data acquisition unit 111 Input candidate output unit 112 Selection reception unit 113 Selection data storage unit 114 Appearance pattern information storage unit 115 Priority change unit 116 Appearance pattern determination unit 117 Assigned tag detection unit 118 Tag update unit 119 Change next candidate priority Part 120 Tag priority change part

Claims (17)

An input receiving unit for receiving input of character or image input data;
A corresponding tag storage unit capable of storing designation information that is information for designating input data and a tag associated with the designation information;
When the input data received by the input receiving unit is input data specified by any of the specification information, a corresponding tag acquisition unit that acquires a tag associated with the specification information from the corresponding tag storage unit When,
A creation data storage unit capable of storing the input data received by the input reception unit and a tag associated with the input data;
A creation data storage unit that stores the input data received by the input reception unit in association with the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit in the creation data storage unit;
A data output unit for outputting input data stored in the created data storage unit;
An appearance pattern information storage unit in which appearance pattern information, which is information indicating an appearance pattern of a tag, can be stored;
Appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern including a creation tag pattern that is an appearance pattern of a tag stored in the creation data storage unit is detected from the appearance pattern information storage unit, and an appearance pattern indicated by the detected appearance pattern information is displayed. A next tag detection unit that detects a next tag that appears next in the created tag pattern,
A next candidate data storage unit that can store a tag and next candidate data that is input data that is an input candidate corresponding to the tag;
A next candidate data acquisition unit that acquires one or more next candidate data associated with a tag that matches the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit, from the next candidate data storage unit;
An input candidate output unit that outputs one or more next candidate data acquired by the next candidate data acquisition unit as input candidates for input data;
A selection receiving unit that receives selection of one input data of the next candidate data output by the input candidate output unit;
A data editing apparatus comprising: a selection data storage unit that stores the input data received by the selection reception unit in association with the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit and stored in the created data storage unit. The data editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the creation data storage unit stores the input data received by the input reception unit and the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit in association with each other in the next candidate data storage unit. It is determined whether or not there is appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern of a tag that matches the created tag pattern, and when it is determined that there is no such pattern, appearance pattern information indicating the appearance pattern is generated, and the appearance pattern information The data editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an appearance pattern information accumulation unit that accumulates in the storage unit. The appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit is associated with priority information that is information indicating priority,
The said next tag detection part detects the thing with the high priority which the said priority information shows among the appearance pattern information which shows the appearance pattern of the tag containing the said creation tag pattern from the said appearance pattern information storage part. The data editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A priority changing unit that changes the priority information associated with the appearance pattern information detected by the next tag detection unit so as to indicate the priority according to at least one of the detection timing and the number of detections of the appearance pattern information. The data editing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: The next candidate data stored in the next candidate data storage unit is associated with next candidate priority information, which is information indicating the priority of the next candidate,
The next candidate data acquisition unit has a priority level indicated by the corresponding next candidate priority information among one or more next candidate data items associated with a tag that matches the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit. The data editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a higher one is acquired from the next candidate data storage unit. The input candidate output unit corresponds to a priority indicated by the corresponding next candidate priority information among one or more next candidate data associated with a tag that matches the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit. 7. A data editing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the next candidate data is output. The next candidate priority information associated with the next candidate data for which the selection accepting unit has accepted the selection is changed so as to indicate a priority according to at least one of the time when the selection is received or the number of times the selection is accepted. The data editing device according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising a next candidate priority changing unit. An appearance pattern determination unit that determines whether or not there is appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern including a generation tag pattern of input data stored in the generation data storage unit;
Appearance pattern information having an appearance pattern of a tag that can be assigned to the input data received by the input receiving unit stored in the created data storage unit when the appearance pattern determining unit determines that the appearance pattern information does not exist An attached tag detection unit that detects using designation information and a tag stored in the corresponding tag storage unit,
The tag update part which updates the tag of the input data stored in the said creation data storage part so that it may become the appearance pattern which the appearance pattern information detected by the said provision tag detection part shows. Any data editing device. The given tag detection unit sequentially acquires tags along the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by one appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit, and the input data received by the input reception unit is It is determined whether or not the input data that can be given is sequentially arranged for the tags that are sequentially obtained, and the appearance pattern information when it is judged that the input data is an array that can be given, The data editing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the data editing apparatus detects as appearance pattern information having an appearance pattern of a tag that can be attached to input data received by the reception unit. Among the tags stored in the corresponding tag storage unit, at least a plurality of tags associated with the same designation information are associated with tag priority information that is information indicating the priority of the tag. And
The said corresponding tag acquisition part acquires the tag according to the priority which the tag priority information provided to each tag shows, when the some tag respond | corresponds to the said designation | designated information which designates the said input data. The data editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The data editing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a tag priority changing unit that changes the tag priority assigned to the tag according to the number of times each tag is acquired or the acquisition time. At least some of the tags stored in the corresponding tag storage unit are associated with attribute information that is information indicating attributes of input data,
The corresponding tag acquisition unit acquires a tag associated with the designation information and attribute information associated with the tag,
The creation data storage unit stores the input data received by the input reception unit in association with the tag and attribute information acquired by the corresponding tag acquisition unit in the creation data storage unit. Any data editing device. The attribute information is associated with one or more tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit,
The selection data storage unit acquires attribute information associated with a next tag detected by the next tag detection unit from appearance pattern information used for detection of the next tag, and associates the attribute information with the next tag. 14. The data editing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the data editing apparatus stores the generated data in the created data storage unit. The attribute information is associated with one or more tags constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information stored in the appearance pattern information storage unit,
The tag update unit uses the attribute information associated with the tag constituting the appearance pattern of the tag indicated by the appearance pattern information detected by the assigned tag detection unit, and stores the input data stored in the created data storage unit. 15. The data editing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the attribute information associated with the tag is updated. An input reception unit, a corresponding tag storage unit that can store specification information that is information specifying input data and a tag associated with the specification information, a corresponding tag acquisition unit, and input data received by the input reception unit And a creation data storage unit that can store a tag associated with the input data, a creation data storage unit, a data output unit, and appearance pattern information that can store appearance pattern information that is information indicating the appearance pattern of the tag A storage unit, a next tag detection unit, a next candidate data storage unit that can store the tag and next candidate data that is input data corresponding to the tag, and a next candidate data acquisition unit; A data editing method performed using an input candidate output unit, a selection reception unit, and a selection data storage unit,
An input receiving step in which the input receiving unit receives input of input data of characters or images;
When the input data received in the input receiving step by the corresponding tag acquisition unit is input data specified by any of the designation information, a tag associated with the designation information is assigned to the correspondence tag storage unit A corresponding tag acquisition step acquired from
A creation data storage step in which the creation data storage unit associates the input data received in the input reception step with the tag acquired in the corresponding tag acquisition step and stores it in the creation data storage unit;
A data output step in which the data output unit outputs the input data stored in the created data storage unit;
The next tag detection unit detects appearance pattern information indicating an appearance pattern including a creation tag pattern that is an appearance pattern of a tag stored in the creation data storage unit from the appearance pattern information storage unit, and the detected appearance A next tag detection step of detecting a next tag that is a tag that appears next in the created tag pattern from the appearance patterns indicated by the pattern information;
A next candidate data acquiring unit that acquires, from the next candidate data storage unit, one or more next candidate data associated with a tag that matches the next tag detected in the next tag detecting step; ,
The input candidate output unit outputs one or more next candidate data acquired in the next candidate data acquisition step as an input candidate of input data; and
A selection receiving step in which the selection receiving unit receives a selection of one input data of the next candidate data output in the input candidate output step;
A selection data storage step in which the selection data storage unit associates the input data received in the selection reception step with the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit and stores it in the created data storage unit; Data editing method. Computer
An input receiving unit for receiving input of character or image input data;
When the input data received by the input receiving unit is input data specified by any of the specification information, specification information that is information specifying the input data with a tag associated with the specification information A corresponding tag acquisition unit that acquires from a corresponding tag storage unit that can store a tag associated with the designation information;
The input data received by the input receiving unit is associated with the tag acquired by the corresponding tag acquiring unit, and the input data received by the input receiving unit and the tag associated with the input data are stored. A creation data storage unit for accumulating in the creation data storage unit to be obtained;
A data output unit for outputting input data stored in the created data storage unit;
Appearance pattern information, which is information indicating an appearance pattern of a tag including a creation tag pattern that is an appearance pattern of a tag stored in the creation data storage unit, is detected from the appearance pattern information storage unit in which the appearance pattern information can be stored. A next tag detection unit that detects a next tag that is a tag that appears next in the created tag pattern from the appearance patterns indicated by the detected appearance pattern information;
One or more next candidate data associated with a tag that matches the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit corresponds to a tag and next candidate data that is input data that is an input candidate corresponding to the tag. A next candidate data acquisition unit that acquires from a next candidate data storage unit that can be attached and stored;
An input candidate output unit that outputs one or more next candidate data acquired by the next candidate data acquisition unit as input candidates for input data;
A selection receiving unit that receives selection of one input data of the next candidate data output by the input candidate output unit;
A program for functioning as a selection data storage unit that stores the input data received by the selection reception unit in association with the next tag detected by the next tag detection unit and stored in the created data storage unit.

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