JP5301907B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that an arrangement region cannot be easily and flexibly set according to data being an object of arrangement in the past. <P>SOLUTION: This information processor includes: an arrangement management information storage part 103 for storing arrangement management information for managing a correspondence relation between arrangement information for setting the arrangement region of data and grouped data arranged in the arrangement region set by the arrangement information; an arrangement instruction accepting part 104 for accepting an arrangement instruction for arranging data in a layout region; a detection part 105 for detecting the arrangement region in which data whose attributes are matched with those of arrangement object data being the object of arrangement instruction are arranged, that is, an object arrangement region having a predetermined position relation with the region in which the arrangement object data are arranged by using the arrangement information and the arrangement management information; and an arrangement information acquisition part 106 for acquiring arrangement information corresponding to the group to which the data arranged in the object arrangement region are belonging. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a device that uses data such as character strings and images laid out for publication.

  Conventionally, editing of information such as characters and images used for publishing on paper media such as books, magazines, catalogs, etc. is performed with, for example, desktop publishing (hereinafter referred to as DTP) software, cross-media publishing software, etc. It has been performed using called software (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1) or a DTP device or system that can perform the same processing.

For example, in the editing of information in such DTP software or the like, a desired so-called frame or box for arranging characters or images at desired positions on each page in advance according to the contents of information to be edited or the like. After setting a frame of a size, layout is performed by arranging characters and images in the frame. In this way, after determining the design of the layout of characters and images, etc., by arranging the characters and images, the entire information is organized and presented, or multiple pieces of information are presented with a sense of unity. It is possible to clarify and present the relevance between information in a planned and efficient manner, and it is possible to create a product that is easy to view and has excellent information transmission.
"Essential Guide [Feature Highlights for Graphic Users] ADOBE INDSIGN CS3", [online], Adobe Systems, Inc., [March 5, 2008 search], Internet, (URL: http: //www.adobe. com / jp / special / creativesuite / portal / pdf / idcs3_eg_x4_screen.pdf)

  However, in a conventional information processing apparatus, it is necessary to manually create a frame for arranging data such as characters and images on a page to be laid out. Alternatively, it is necessary to open a template or the like of a page in which a frame is arranged in advance and perform layout while adjusting the frame arranged on the template. For this reason, there existed a subject that arrangement | positioning area | regions, such as a frame, cannot be set easily and flexibly according to the data used as the object of arrangement | positioning.

  In particular, when one or more data having the same configuration is repeatedly laid out and arranged, such as a product catalog, the process of opening a template or creating a layout frame is repeated, which is very troublesome. There was a problem that it took time.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is a data storage unit that can store one or more data grouped into one or more groups, and information that sets one or more placement areas for placing one or more pieces of data. Information for managing a correspondence relationship between an arrangement information storage unit in which certain arrangement information can be stored, the arrangement information, and data stored in the data storage unit arranged in an arrangement area set by the arrangement information An arrangement management information storage unit that can store the arrangement management information, an arrangement instruction receiving unit that receives an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is a data layout target area, the arrangement information, An arrangement area in which data having an attribute that matches the attribute of the arrangement target data, which is the data that is the object of the arrangement instruction, is arranged using the arrangement management information. A detection unit that detects a target arrangement region that is a pre-specified positional relationship with respect to a region where the arrangement target data is arranged, and a target arrangement region that is detected by the detection unit The information processing apparatus includes an arrangement information acquisition unit that acquires arrangement information corresponding to a group to which data belongs, and accumulates the arrangement information in the arrangement information storage unit.

  With this configuration, an arrangement area can be generated according to the existing arrangement area and the attribute of data to be arranged, and the labor for creating the arrangement area can be greatly reduced.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, each of the grouped data arranged in the data storage unit is tagged data, and the arrangement information acquisition unit acquires the grouped data. Data corresponding to the arrangement information, at least data including a tag is acquired, the data acquisition unit that accumulates in the data storage unit, and the data acquired by the data acquisition unit is the acquisition of the arrangement information corresponding to the data The information processing apparatus further includes an arrangement management information update unit that updates the arrangement management information so that the arrangement information acquired by the unit is arranged in an arrangement area to be set.

  With this configuration, data having a tag for placement in the obtained placement information can be created. Therefore, by looking at the created data, for example, the user can clearly know what kind of data is necessary for placement in the newly created placement area. Further, for example, by directly editing this data, it becomes possible for the user to directly add or change data to be arranged in the newly created arrangement area.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a data storage unit that can store one or more tagged data grouped in one or more groups, and one or more arrangements for arranging one or more pieces of data, respectively. An arrangement information storage unit that can store arrangement information as information for setting an area, the arrangement information, and data stored in the data storage unit arranged in an arrangement area set by the arrangement information An arrangement management information storage unit that can store arrangement management information that is information for managing a correspondence relationship, and an arrangement instruction reception unit that receives an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is a data layout target area And when the placement target data that is the target of the placement instruction is tagged data, using the placement information and the placement management information, A target placement region that is a placement region in which data with a tag that matches the placement target data is placed, and is a placement region that has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the region in which the placement target data is placed And a placement information acquisition unit that acquires placement information corresponding to a group to which the data placed in the target placement region detected by the detection unit belongs and accumulates the placement information in the placement information storage unit. Information processing apparatus.

  With this configuration, an arrangement area can be generated according to an existing arrangement area or a tag attached to data to be arranged, and the labor for creating the arrangement area can be greatly reduced. .

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is the information processing apparatus, wherein the detection unit uses the arrangement information and the arrangement management information when the arrangement target data is tagged data. A target that is a placement region in which data whose attributes and tags that are assigned to the data match is placed, and that has a pre-specified positional relationship with the region in which the placement target data is placed This is an information processing apparatus that detects an arrangement area.

  With this configuration, it is possible to create placement areas according to the existing placement areas, the attributes of the data to be placed, and the tags attached to the data, greatly reducing the effort to create placement areas. can do.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is the information processing apparatus, wherein the detection unit uses the arrangement information and the arrangement management information when the arrangement target data is tagged data. A target placement area, which is a placement area in which data whose attribute matches with the assigned tag is placed, and is in a pre-specified positional relationship with the area in which the placement target data is placed And when the placement target data is untagged data, using the placement information and placement management information, the placement region in which data having an attribute that matches the placement target data is placed An information processing apparatus that detects a target arrangement area that is an arrangement area that has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to an area in which the arrangement target data is arranged. .

  With this configuration, it is possible to appropriately detect the target arrangement area depending on whether or not the arrangement target data is tagged data.

  In the information processing apparatus of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the data corresponding to the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit, the data including at least a tag is acquired and accumulated in the data storage unit Placement management for updating the placement management information so that the data obtaining unit and the data obtained by the data obtaining unit are placed in the placement area set by the placement information obtained by the placement information obtaining unit corresponding to the data An information processing apparatus further comprising an information update unit.

  With this configuration, data having a tag for placement in the obtained placement information can be created. Therefore, by looking at the created data, for example, the user can clearly know what kind of data is necessary for placement in the newly created placement area. Further, for example, by directly editing this data, it becomes possible for the user to directly add or change data to be arranged in the newly created arrangement area.

  Moreover, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the arrangement information acquisition unit includes one or more data in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. The arrangement information for setting the arrangement area corresponding to the arrangement area is acquired and accumulated in the arrangement information storage unit, and the data acquisition unit constitutes a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs. This is an information processing apparatus that acquires one or more pieces of data each including a tag that matches a tag assigned to each of the above data.

  With this configuration, it is possible to acquire arrangement information and data having the same arrangement as the arrangement information for setting the arrangement area that has already been arranged, and the data arranged in the arrangement area.

  Moreover, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the arrangement information acquisition unit includes one or more data in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. This is an information processing apparatus that creates arrangement information for setting an arrangement area corresponding to the arrangement area and accumulates it in the arrangement information storage unit.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to acquire arrangement information having the same configuration as the arrangement information for setting an arrangement area that has already been arranged.

  Moreover, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in the information processing apparatus, the arrangement information acquisition unit includes one or more data in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. The information processing apparatus acquires the placement information for setting the placement region having the same number of placement regions and the relative positional relationship between the regions, and accumulates the placement information in the placement information storage unit.

  With this configuration, it is possible to acquire arrangement information for setting an arrangement area that has a similar relative positional relationship to an arrangement area that has already been arranged.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus further comprising an output unit that outputs grouped data stored in the data storage unit in the information processing apparatus.

  With such a configuration, the grouped data can be edited outside the information processing apparatus or reused by another apparatus or the like.

  According to the information processing apparatus and the like according to the present invention, it is possible to create an arrangement area according to data to be arranged.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing 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.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

  The information processing apparatus 1 includes a data storage unit 101, an arrangement information storage unit 102, an arrangement management information storage unit 103, an arrangement instruction reception unit 104, a detection unit 105, an arrangement information acquisition unit 106, a data storage unit 107, a data acquisition unit 108, An arrangement management information update unit 109, a deletion instruction reception unit 110, an area deletion unit 111, a display unit 112, and an output unit 113 are provided.

  The data storage unit 101 can store one or more data grouped into one or more groups. The one or more data is, for example, tagged data. However, the data may not be tagged. A tag is information given to add information such as a data structure and attributes to 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). The data described here is, for example, character string data, still image or moving image data, an application that can be executed on a page, or the like. The format of the data does not matter. 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. Note that the data specified by the link information included in the tag may also be considered as tagged data. A group is a group composed of one or more data. Data constituting each group may be managed in any way. For example, it may be managed by management information for managing data constituting each group. Further, when the data is tagged data, one or more data belonging to one group may be arranged in a lower hierarchy of a tag such as a tag that can represent one group. . That is, a plurality of tagged data located in a lower hierarchy of one tag may be considered as data belonging to one group. Here, a case where tagged data is data including a tag will be described as an example. When the tagging information is displayed on the display unit, which will be described later, or when it is placed in the placement area, the tagged information is interpreted, the data excluding the tag, and the link destination included in the tag It is preferable that only this data is displayed or arranged in the arrangement area. The data storage unit 101 may store information indicating the attribute of each data in association with each data. Further, information indicating data attributes may be stored in association with tags. Information indicating the attribute of these data may be stored in the data storage unit 101 or other storage unit (not shown) in association with each data or tag as information for managing the attribute. It does not matter how the data is stored in the data storage unit 101 of the tagged data. The data storage unit 101 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The arrangement information storage unit 102 can store arrangement information which is information for setting one or more arrangement areas for arranging one or more pieces of data. An arrangement area is an area in which data is arranged. The arrangement area is an area that is designated in advance for laying out data, that is, allocated and arranged, or an area that is configured when data is laid out and arranged. In this embodiment, the data arranged in the arrangement area is data such as tagged data stored in the data storage unit 101, for example. The arrangement area is an area called a frame, a frame, a frame frame, a box, or the like. When displaying the arrangement area, a frame line of the area may be displayed. Further, the arrangement area may be considered as an area where data is simply arranged. For example, the one or more arrangement areas are arranged in a layout area that is a layout target area of one or more data. The layout area may be considered as an area where one or more pieces of data are laid out. However, the arrangement area may be arranged in an area other than the layout area. The layout area may be considered as a final output target area, for example, an output target area that is a print area or a display area. The layout area is, for example, a page, a paper surface, or a mount. The pages and paper described here may be considered virtual. Information specifying the range of the layout area, for example, coordinate information of the four corners, is specified in advance, for example, and is stored in a storage medium such as a memory (not shown). Specifically, the arrangement information can include information specifying the position where the arrangement area is arranged. Further, the arrangement information may include information for designating the size of the arrangement area. Since the data is arranged in the arrangement area, in this embodiment, the arrangement information of the arrangement area in which the data is arranged is appropriately used as information indicating the arrangement of the data. In addition, the arrangement of the data described here may be the arrangement of the data directly at the position indicated by the arrangement area, or the designation of data for referring to the data at the position indicated by the arrangement area. Information such as link information may be arranged. In this case, the data at the link destination is data arranged in the arrangement area. The arrangement area is set, for example, on the layout area. For example, the arrangement information includes information on the width and height of the arrangement area, and position information on one point in the arrangement area, for example, the upper left corner. Moreover, you may be comprised by the positional information on the four corners of an arrangement | positioning area | region. The position information described here is information indicating a position, for example, coordinate information. Further, the arrangement area may have information indicating the center of the arrangement area and the position of the center of gravity as information indicating the position of the arrangement area. The information indicating the positions of the center and the center of gravity may be appropriately calculated from the information on the width and height of the arrangement area and the position information on one point in the arrangement area. Further, the arrangement information may include information for designating a page or the like in which the arrangement area is output. Further, the arrangement information may be, for example, a combination of the upper left corner and the coordinate information of the lower right corner as long as the arrangement area has a rectangular shape. The information for specifying the position of the placement area may be information indicating an absolute position, such as coordinates with respect to the area where the placement area such as a page can be placed, or an edge of the area where the placement area can be placed. Alternatively, it may be information indicating a relative position with respect to another arrangement region. The correspondence relationship between the placement information and the tagged data stored in the data storage unit 101 placed in the placement area set by the placement information is managed by the placement management information described later. That is, the tagged data is arranged in the arrangement area corresponding to the arrangement information associated with the tagged data in the arrangement management information. The arrangement management information may be considered as management information indicating which tagged data is arranged in which arrangement area. The arrangement area or the arrangement information may be associated with identification information such as an ID for identifying the arrangement area, or attribute information that is information indicating an attribute of the arrangement area. For example, the attribute information may be included in the arrangement information. The attribute information is, for example, character string information for indicating the content, attributes, and the like of data arranged in the arrangement area. In this case, a character string such as “title” or “contact” may be associated with this arrangement area. There is no limitation on how the data is stored in the arrangement information storage unit 102. The arrangement information storage unit 102 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The arrangement management information storage unit 103 includes arrangement management information, which is information for managing the correspondence between the arrangement information and the data stored in the data storage unit 101 arranged in the arrangement area set by the arrangement information. Can be stored.

  The placement management information storage unit 103 can store placement management information. The arrangement management information is information for managing the correspondence between the arrangement information stored in the arrangement information storage unit 102 and the data stored in the data storage unit 101 arranged in the arrangement area set by the arrangement information. It is. The data stored in the data storage unit 101 is, for example, tagged data. The correspondence described here indicates which data is arranged in which arrangement area. The arrangement management information may be information that can take correspondence between the arrangement information and the data stored in the data storage unit 101. The arrangement management information is constituted by, for example, a table having a record having a pair of arrangement information and arranged data. Alternatively, in the arrangement management information, the identification information of the arrangement information may be used instead of the arrangement information. Further, identification information of the arranged data may be used instead of the arranged data. Here, it is shown that the tagged data is arranged in the arrangement area corresponding to the arrangement information associated with the tagged data in the arrangement management information. That is, the arrangement management information may be considered as management information indicating which tagged data is arranged in which arrangement area. The information for managing the arrangement information and the arrangement management information may be realized by a single management information. Alternatively, the arrangement management information and the information for managing the tagged data may be realized by a single management information. Further, information for managing arrangement information, information for managing tagged data, and arrangement management information may be realized by a single piece of management information. In addition, tagged data and arrangement information may be included in the arrangement management information. In such a case, the data storage unit 101, the arrangement information storage unit 102, and the arrangement management information storage unit 103 may be realized by a single storage unit. For example, when the data tagged with the arrangement information constitutes one record of the database or is stored in the same buffer, the information identifying the record or the buffer is identified. The information may be considered as arrangement management information. Further, the fact that the arrangement information and stored data constitute one record or are stored in one buffer may be considered as arrangement management information. In other words, if the correspondence between the placement information and the stored data can be obtained as a result, the placement management information is assumed to exist. The arrangement management information storage unit 103 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The arrangement instruction accepting unit 104 accepts an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is a data layout target area. As described above, the layout area is an area that is a data layout target. The data that is the target of the placement instruction is hereinafter referred to as placement target data. The arrangement target data may be data stored in the data storage unit 101. Further, data stored in a storage medium other than the data storage unit 101 may be used. Further, it may be data received from another processing unit inside the information processing apparatus 1 or from the outside. The arrangement instruction includes, for example, information including a combination of information specifying arrangement target data and information specifying an arrangement destination of the data, in other words, an arrangement area serving as a movement destination, or arrangement information corresponding to the arrangement area. It is. The placement instruction may include data to be placed. The data that is the target of the placement instruction may be data that has already been placed in one placement area, or data that has not been placed. The arrangement target data may be tagged data or untagged data. The arrangement target data may be any data similar to the data stored in the data storage unit 101 as long as it can be arranged in the arrangement area. The arrangement instruction accepting unit 104 may accept an arrangement instruction in response to an operation of a mouse or the like on tagged data displayed on a monitor or the like in the display unit 112 or the like described later. Further, an arrangement instruction may be received by an operation such as a menu. Further, an arrangement instruction may be received by inputting a command. The placement instruction receiving unit 104 is, for example, one piece of data stored in the data storage unit 101, and placement instructions for different placement regions for data placed in any of the placement regions set by the placement information May be accepted. Note that the arrangement instruction receiving unit 104 may receive an arrangement instruction for data arranged in a deletion area to be described later. The reception described here is, for example, reception from an input unit, reception of an input signal transmitted from another device, reading of information from a recording medium, or the like. Arrangement input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse, or menu screen. The arrangement instruction receiving unit 104 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, or the like.

The detecting unit 105 uses the arrangement information and the arrangement management information to arrange in advance an arrangement area in which data having an attribute that matches the attribute of the arrangement target data is arranged, and the arrangement target data is arranged in advance. A target arrangement area that is an arrangement area having a specified positional relationship is detected. The area where the arrangement target data is arranged may be considered as, for example, an area designated as the arrangement destination of the arrangement target data according to the arrangement instruction or the vicinity thereof. The data attribute is, for example, an attribute of the data itself. Data attributes include, for example, data types such as image data and character data, data types, data file formats, data contents, and the like. In addition, when the information which designates the attribute of the data which can be arrange | positioned is matched with arrangement | positioning information, you may consider this information as the information which shows the attribute of the arranged data.
The positional relationship designated in advance is designated in advance by, for example, information (not shown) that designates the positional relationship between the location instructed by the placement instruction and the placement region that has already been placed. The positional relationship specified in advance may be any positional relationship. The positional relationship designated in advance is, for example, a relationship in which the distance is the shortest with respect to a region where the arrangement target data is arranged. Further, the positional relationship is that the area where the arrangement target data is arranged is adjacent without interposing another arrangement area. Further, it may be in a relationship that it is located within a predetermined range with respect to the area where the arrangement target data is arranged, and the distance is the shortest. For example, the detection unit 105 is an arrangement area in which data having an attribute that matches the attribute of the arrangement target data is arranged, and is an arrangement area that is located at the closest distance to the area in which the arrangement target data is arranged. A certain target arrangement area may be detected. Further, for example, the detection unit 105 is an arrangement area in which data having an attribute that matches the attribute of the arrangement target data is arranged, and is an arrangement area adjacent to the area in which the arrangement target data is arranged. The arrangement area may be detected. The target arrangement area described here is an existing arrangement area on a layout area that satisfies the above-described conditions. The target arrangement area may be considered as an arrangement area that serves as a reference when the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 described later acquires arrangement information.

  For example, the detection unit 105 acquires arrangement information for setting an arrangement area that is already arranged in the layout area, and data associated with the arrangement information is stored in the arrangement information and data storage unit 101. It is detected from arrangement management information that manages the correspondence with data. And the attribute of this data is acquired. Data attributes may be acquired in any way. For example, information such as an extension indicating data attributes may be acquired. Further, information indicating a data type included in the data header or property information may be acquired. Then, it is determined whether or not the attribute of this data matches the arrangement target data. The match described here may be a complete match or a partial match. Further, it may be determined that the two attributes match if the higher attributes match. That is, it may be determined that they match when the superordinate concepts match. If they match, the information indicating the position of the coordinate information included in the arrangement information for setting the arrangement area where the data is arranged, and the position of the coordinate information etc. of the area where the data to be arranged are arranged are shown. Using the information, it is determined whether or not the arrangement area and the area where the data is arranged satisfy the above-described positional relationship specified in advance. When it is determined that the relationship is satisfied, this arrangement area is detected as a target arrangement area. Alternatively, an arrangement area satisfying a predetermined positional relationship is detected in advance with respect to an area in which arrangement target data is arranged, and data arranged in the arrangement area is detected using arrangement information and arrangement management information. It is determined whether or not the detected data has an attribute that matches the arrangement target data. If the detected data has the matching attribute, this arrangement area may be detected as the target arrangement area.

  The detection unit 105 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the detection unit 105 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 arrangement information acquisition unit 106 acquires arrangement information corresponding to the group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area detected by the detection unit 105 belongs, and accumulates the arrangement information in the arrangement information storage unit 102. The acquisition described here is a concept including generation and the like. The arrangement area acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 is referred to as an acquisition arrangement area. In addition, the arrangement information for setting the acquired arrangement area is referred to as acquired arrangement information here. The arrangement information corresponding to the group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is set, for example, an arrangement area in which one or more data constituting the group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged Arrangement information acquired based on the arrangement information to be obtained. Each placement area in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data placed in the target placement area belongs is called an existing placement area. In addition, the arrangement information for setting the existing arrangement area is referred to as existing arrangement information.

  Specifically, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 sets an acquisition arrangement area corresponding to one or more existing arrangement areas in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. The acquired arrangement information is acquired and stored in the arrangement information storage unit 102. That is, the acquired arrangement information corresponds to the existing arrangement area. For example, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 may determine the number of arrangement areas and the number of areas between one or more existing arrangement areas in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. Acquired arrangement information for setting an acquired arrangement area having the same relative positional relationship is acquired using the existing arrangement information and accumulated in the arrangement information storage unit 102. However, the position where each acquisition arrangement area is arranged is a position different from the position where the existing arrangement area is arranged. Specifically, the position where each acquired arrangement area is arranged is a position corresponding to the arrangement instruction. The position corresponding to the placement instruction is, for example, a position set when the acquired placement area corresponding to the target placement area is placed at or near the position indicated by the placement instruction.

  As a specific example, first, the detection unit 105 acquires existing arrangement information for setting one or more existing arrangement areas where one or more data belonging to a group to which data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. . In addition, it is preferable that the one or more existing arrangement areas in which the one or more data are arranged include a target arrangement area. And the information which shows the position of the acquired existing arrangement information is changed as follows, and acquisition arrangement information is acquired. That is, in the acquired existing arrangement information, the position of the existing arrangement area indicated by the existing arrangement information corresponding to the target arrangement area is in or near the area where the arrangement target data that is the target of the arrangement instruction is arranged. The position information of the acquired existing arrangement information is changed so as to be positioned. However, it is preferable that the relative positional relationship between the arrangement areas set by the arrangement information is not changed. It may be considered that this relative positional relationship includes a relationship regarding an interval between the arrangement regions. In addition, when the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 protrudes from the layout area, the acquired arrangement information may be changed so as to be within the layout area. For example, the size of the arrangement area may be reduced, or the width and height may be changed. The position of the arrangement area may be shifted. That is, the relative positional relationship described above may be only the positional alignment relationship in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the interval between the acquisition arrangement areas may be slightly different depending on the change in the size of the acquisition arrangement area. Changes may be made. For example, instead of maintaining the relative positional relationship between the arrangement areas, arrangement information in which only the arrangement order from the upper and lower sides and the left and right between the arrangement areas may be acquired. Alternatively, instead of maintaining the relative positional relationship and arrangement between the arrangement areas, only the size of the arrangement area may be maintained.

  The arrangement information acquisition unit 106 may select any one or more data as a basis for acquiring the arrangement information. For example, all data belonging to a group may be selected. Further, only data having a pre-designated attribute or data having a pre-designated tag among one or more data belonging to the group may be selected. In addition, for example, only data arranged in up to a predetermined number of arrangement areas in the arrangement area from the top and bottom and from the left and right may be selected. The arrangement information acquisition unit 106 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 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 storage unit 107 stores the arrangement target data in the data storage unit 101 without adding a tag. Note that the data storage unit 107 may be omitted when the data acquisition unit 108 and the like to be described later tag the data to be the target of the arrangement information and store it in the data storage unit 101. The data storage unit 107 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the data storage unit 107 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 data acquisition unit 108 acquires the data corresponding to the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 and includes at least a tag, and accumulates the data in the data storage unit 101. The acquisition described here is a concept including generation. The arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 is the acquisition arrangement information described above. The data acquisition unit 108 preferably groups the acquired data into one group and accumulates the data in the data storage unit 101. Specifically, the data corresponding to the arrangement information is data arranged in the arrangement area set by the arrangement information. For example, the data acquisition unit 108 acquires data including at least a tag for each piece of arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 and accumulates the data in the data storage unit 101. Specifically, the data acquisition unit 108 generates data including the same tag as the data arranged in the existing arrangement area corresponding to each acquisition arrangement area. For example, the data acquisition unit 108 acquires a tag of data arranged in an existing arrangement area corresponding to each acquisition arrangement area, and generates data including the tag. Data generated corresponding to each acquisition arrangement area is data arranged in each acquisition arrangement area. However, arrangement target data may be acquired as data to be arranged in the acquisition arrangement area corresponding to the target arrangement area. The acquired data may be any data as long as the data includes a tag. For example, the data acquisition unit 108 acquires one or more pieces of data each including a tag that matches a tag assigned to each of the one or more pieces of data constituting the group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs. May be. The data including at least a tag may be considered as dummy data serving as a sample of data arranged in the arrangement area. The data including at least the tag may be any data as long as the tag is included. The data including at least the tag is, for example, tagged data that is information indicating that the element does not have an element or the element is blank such as a space. Such a tag is usually called an empty tag. Further, the information may be tagged information in which the element is a character string designated in advance. Moreover, it is good also as the same data as the 1 or more data which comprise the group to which the data arrange | positioned in the object arrangement | positioning area | region mentioned above belongs. The acquisition described here may be considered as generation, read-out, or the like.

  The data acquisition unit 108 may generate data in which the tag that matches the tag attached to the data arranged in the target arrangement area is added to the arrangement target data, and may be accumulated in the data storage unit 101. . Further, for example, in the case where the arrangement target data is tagged data and the detection unit 105 detects an arrangement area in which data having the same attribute as the arrangement target data attribute is arranged as the target arrangement area, When the tag of the data arranged in the target arrangement area is different from the tag of the arrangement target data, the data acquisition unit 108 is the same as the data arranged in the target arrangement area as described above. You may make it attach a tag. However, the processing performed by the data acquisition unit 108 is performed when a tag that matches the tag assigned to the data arranged in the target arrangement area is given to the arrangement target data in advance, or the data storage unit 101 If the data stored in the tag is not tagged, it may be omitted. In addition, when the arrangement target data is data stored in the data storage unit 101 in advance, changing only the tag is also considered as tag addition.

  The data acquisition unit 108 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the data acquisition 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 arrangement management information update unit 109 updates the arrangement management information so that the data acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 is arranged in the arrangement area set by the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 corresponding to the data. . That is, the arrangement management information is updated so that the data acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 in correspondence with the acquired arrangement information is arranged in the acquisition arrangement area set by the corresponding acquired arrangement information. For example, the arrangement management information is updated so that each piece of acquired arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 is associated with data acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 corresponding to each piece of acquired arrangement information. For example, the arrangement management information is updated so that the associated data and the acquired arrangement information are managed as two attribute values of one record. Thereby, the data generated corresponding to each acquisition arrangement area is arranged in each acquisition arrangement area. Here, it is assumed that newly storing data is also a form of update. For example, the arrangement management information update unit 109 adds information that associates the data acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 with each piece of arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 corresponding to the data to the arrangement management information. Specifically, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 sets the same number of acquisition arrangement areas corresponding to the existing arrangement areas in which one or more data constituting the group to which the data included in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. Suppose that information is acquired. Further, the data acquisition unit 108 is given to the data arranged in the existing arrangement area corresponding to the acquired arrangement information as data corresponding to the acquisition arrangement area set by the acquired arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106. Suppose you have acquired data that includes a tag. In this case, the arrangement management information update unit 109 includes each data acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 such that each data acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 is arranged in each acquisition arrangement region corresponding to the data. The arrangement management information is updated with information associating with the arrangement information for setting the arrangement areas. For example, information that associates each piece of data acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 with each piece of placement information that sets each placement region is added to the placement management information. The arrangement management information updating unit 109 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the arrangement management information updating unit 109 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 deletion instruction receiving unit 110 receives a deletion instruction that is an instruction to delete the arrangement area from, for example, a user. For example, the deletion instruction receiving unit 110 receives a deletion instruction for an arrangement area in which tagged data stored in the data storage unit 101 is arranged. The delete instruction accepting unit 110 may accept a delete instruction in response to an operation of a mouse or the like on an arrangement area displayed on a monitor or the like in the display unit 112 or the like, or accept a delete instruction by an operation of a menu or the like Also good. Further, a deletion instruction may be received by inputting a command. The deletion instruction is information including, for example, information specifying an arrangement area that is symmetrical to be deleted or arrangement information corresponding to the arrangement area, a deletion command, and the like. The reception described here is, for example, reception from an input unit, reception of an input signal transmitted from another device, reading of information from a recording medium, or the like. The deletion instruction input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse, or menu screen. The deletion instruction receiving unit 110 can be realized by a device driver of an input unit such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, menu screen control software, or the like.

  The area deletion unit 111 changes the arrangement information for setting the arrangement area that is the target of the deletion instruction so that the arrangement area that is the target of the deletion instruction is arranged in an area other than the layout area. For example, the information for specifying the position of the arrangement information for setting the arrangement area to be deleted is changed to a value for specifying the position of the area other than the layout area. Further, when the change is made, the correspondence relationship between the arrangement area and the data arranged in the arrangement area is not changed. An area other than the layout area may be called a deletion area or the like. The deletion area may be, for example, an area on a window different from the window on which the layout area is displayed, an area on a display frame different from the display frame on which the layout area is displayed, or the like. Note that the arrangement instruction receiving unit 104 may receive an arrangement instruction for data arranged in the deletion area. In addition, when the position designation information is deleted, the arrangement of the arrangement area is changed. Therefore, the display unit 112 preferably updates the display. Note that the area deleting unit 111 may delete the arrangement information when it is not necessary to arrange in an area other than the layout area. The area deleting unit 111 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the area deleting unit 111 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).

  Using the arrangement management information, the display unit 112 configures and displays an image in which data associated with the arrangement information is arranged in the arrangement area specified by the arrangement information. The display unit 112 interprets the tag, and configures and displays an image of data indicated by element information sandwiched between the tags, link information sandwiched between the tags, and link information included in the tags. There is no limitation on the trigger or timing at which the display unit 112 performs display. However, when the arrangement information is acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 or the arrangement management information is updated by the arrangement management information update unit 109 or the like while the data is displayed, these processes are performed, for example. It is preferable to redisplay the data by using the information as a trigger. The display described here is a concept including display on a display, projection using a projector, printing using a printer, transmission of display data to another display device, and the like. The display unit 112 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a printer. The display unit 112 can be realized by display device driver software or display device driver software and an output device.

  The output unit 113 outputs the grouped data stored in the data storage unit 101. In addition to the grouped data, the output unit 113 may output arrangement information corresponding to the grouped data, arrangement management information, and the like. Further, data other than the grouped data may be output. The output described here means display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, transmission to an external device, storage on a recording medium, processing result to other processing devices or other programs, etc. It is a concept that includes delivery. The output unit 113 may be considered as including or not including an output device such as a display or a printer. The output unit 113 can be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device. Note that the display unit 112 and the output unit 113 may be realized by a single output unit.

  Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. However, here, the grouped data arranged in the data storage unit 101 is tagged data, and the data acquisition unit 108 tags the arrangement target data and stores it in the data storage unit 101. A case of accumulation will be described. For this reason, the data storage unit 107 is omitted here.

  (Step S201) The display unit 112 configures and displays an image in which the data stored in the data storage unit 101 is arranged in the arrangement area indicated by the arrangement information corresponding to the data managed by the arrangement management information. .

  (Step S202) The arrangement instruction receiving unit 104 determines whether an arrangement instruction has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S203, and if not accepted, the process proceeds to step S212.

  (Step S203) The detection unit 105 detects a target placement area in accordance with the placement instruction received in Step S202. The process for detecting the target placement area will be described later.

  (Step S204) The detection unit 105 determines whether or not a target placement area has been detected in step S203. If detected, the process proceeds to step S205. If not detected, the process proceeds to step S212.

  (Step S205) The arrangement information acquisition unit 106 sets an acquisition arrangement area corresponding to an existing arrangement area in which one or more data belonging to the group including the data arranged in the target arrangement area detected in step S203 is arranged. Acquires the acquired arrangement information. For example, existing arrangement information for setting an existing arrangement area in which data of a group including data arranged in the target arrangement area detected in step S203 is arranged is acquired. The information specifying the position of the acquired existing arrangement information is changed so that the arrangement area is arranged at the position designated by the arrangement instruction while maintaining the relative positional relationship between the arrangement areas. Get information. Then, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 accumulates the acquired acquisition arrangement information in the arrangement information storage unit 102.

  (Step S206) The data acquisition unit 108 acquires data including the same tag as the tag attached to the data arranged in the existing arrangement area corresponding to the acquisition arrangement information acquired in step S205. For example, the data acquisition unit 108 acquires tags respectively included in one or more data belonging to the group including the data arranged in the target arrangement area detected in step S203. The one or more data belonging to this group is the same data as the one or more data belonging to the group in step S205. Then, the data acquisition unit 108 generates data including this tag, for example, dummy data. The data acquired here is a so-called empty tag or data including a character string designated in advance as a tag element, for example, a character string such as “data not set”. Here, the data corresponding to the arrangement information corresponding to the target arrangement area among the arrangement information acquired in step S205 is not acquired. This is because the arrangement target data is arranged.

  (Step S207) The data acquisition unit 108 accumulates the data acquired in step S206 in the data storage unit 101.

  (Step S <b> 208) The data acquisition unit 108 assigns the same tag as the tag attached to the data arranged in the target arrangement area to the arrangement target data, and accumulates it in the data storage unit 101.

  (Step S209) The arrangement management information update unit 109 updates the arrangement management information using the data acquired in step S206 and the acquired arrangement information acquired in step S205. Specifically, it corresponds to the acquisition arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 in step S205 and sets the acquisition arrangement area corresponding to the existing arrangement area, and the acquisition arrangement area acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 in step S206. The layout management information is updated so that data including the same tag as the tag assigned to the data placed in the existing placement area is managed in association with each other. Thereby, data having the same tag as the data arranged in the existing arrangement area corresponding to the acquisition arrangement area is arranged in the acquisition arrangement area set by the acquisition arrangement information acquired in step S205. . Here, for example, the arrangement management information is updated so that the arrangement target data tagged in step S208 is associated with the arrangement information for setting the arrangement area corresponding to the target arrangement area.

  (Step S210) The display unit 112 updates the display using the updated arrangement management information and the like. Then, the process returns to step S202.

  (Step S211) The display unit 112 displays an error indicating that the target arrangement area has not been detected. This process may be omitted. Then, the process returns to step S202.

  (Step S212) The deletion instruction receiving unit 110 determines whether a deletion instruction has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S213. If not accepted, the process proceeds to step S215.

  (Step S213) The area deleting unit 111 changes the arrangement information for setting the arrangement area so that the arrangement area specified by the deletion instruction is arranged in an area other than the layout area. For example, the information specifying the position in the arrangement information is changed. The position other than the layout area where the arrangement area specified by the deletion instruction is arranged may be determined in any way. For example, the position may be designated in advance or may be arranged according to a predetermined rule. The predetermined rule is, for example, an arrangement rule such as arranging in order from the top on the right or left side of the layout area.

  (Step S214) The display unit 112 performs re-display using the arrangement information changed by the region deletion unit 111. That is, the display is updated. Then, the process returns to step S202.

  (Step S215) The output unit 113 determines whether or not an output instruction for tagged data stored in the data storage unit 101 has been received via a reception unit (not shown) or the like. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S216. If not accepted, the process returns to step S202.

  (Step S216) The output unit 113 outputs the tagged data and the like stored in the data storage unit 101 in accordance with the output instruction received in step S213. Then, the process returns to step S202.

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

  Next, details of the process of detecting the target placement area of the information processing apparatus 1 shown in step S203 of FIG. 2 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S <b> 301) The detection unit 105 acquires position information indicating a position where data is to be indicated, which is indicated by the arrangement instruction received by the arrangement instruction receiving unit 104. The position information is, for example, coordinate information. This position information may be position information of one point in an area where data is arranged, or may be considered as information indicating the position of the area.

  (Step S302) The detection unit 105 acquires the attribute of the arrangement target data. For example, the attribute of the data is acquired from the information indicating the file type, such as the data extension and the file property.

  (Step S303) The detection unit 105 substitutes 1 for the counter K.

  (Step S304) The detection unit 105 acquires the attribute of the data arranged in the Kth arrangement area among the arrangement areas arranged in the layout area. For example, data corresponding to the arrangement information for setting the Kth arrangement area is detected using the arrangement management information, and information indicating the attribute of this data is acquired.

  (Step S305) The detection unit 105 determines whether or not the data attribute acquired in step S304 matches the data attribute acquired in step S302. The individual matches may be partial matches or complete matches. Further, when the superordinate concepts match, it may be determined that they match. If they match, the process proceeds to step S306, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step S308.

  (Step S306) The detection unit 105 calculates the distance between the K-th arrangement area and the position where the arrangement target data is arranged, using the position information acquired in step S301. The distance between the arrangement areas may be any distance between the arrangement areas. For example, the distance between the arrangement areas may be a distance between the centers of gravity or the centers of the arrangement areas. Or it is good also considering the distance between arrangement | positioning areas as the distance of the part where the distance between arrangement | positioning areas becomes the shortest.

  (Step S307) The detecting unit 105 temporarily stores the calculated distance value in association with the Kth arrangement area in a storage medium (not shown) or the like.

  (Step S308) The detection unit 105 increments the counter K by 1.

  (Step S309) The detection unit 105 determines whether or not there is a Kth arrangement region in the layout region. If there is, the process returns to step S304, and if not, the process proceeds to step S310.

  (Step S310) The detection unit 105 determines whether or not the calculation result of the distance is stored in the storage medium (not shown) described above. If it is stored, the process proceeds to step S311, and if it is not stored, the process proceeds to step S312.

  (Step S311) The detection unit 105 detects an arrangement region corresponding to the shortest distance among the stored distances. For example, information for identifying this arrangement area is acquired. This arrangement area is the target arrangement area. Then, the detection result is returned to the upper processing.

  (Step S312) The detection unit 105 acquires information indicating that the target arrangement area has not been detected, and 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.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing apparatus in the present embodiment will be described. Here, as an example, a case where the information processing apparatus 1 is a DTP apparatus will be described as an example. Also, here, as an example, it is assumed that the data stored in the data storage unit 101 is data in an XML (Extensible Markup Language) format.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a layout screen displayed on the monitor 120 by the display unit 112. In FIG. 4, an area indicated by a rectangle is the arrangement area 122. Here, a plurality of arrangement areas 122 a to 122 h are arranged on the layout area 121. In each of the arrangement areas 122a to 122h, data corresponding to arrangement information for setting each area is arranged. Further, the number written in the upper right of each arrangement area 122 is identification information of the arrangement area 122. Here, it is called “arrangement area ID”. The “arrangement area ID” is a display for convenience of explanation and does not need to be actually displayed. Such designation of the arrangement area 122 may be performed by a user, for example, or may be designated in advance by default. Note that the layout screen of FIG. 4 and the like is a diagram for convenience of explanation, and dimensions and aspect ratios are not necessarily accurate. Here, it is assumed that the frame of the arrangement area is displayed with a solid line.

  FIG. 5 is an arrangement information management table for managing arrangement information for setting the arrangement area 122 laid out on the layout area shown in FIG. The arrangement information management table has items such as “arrangement area ID”, “center coordinate x”, “center coordinate y”, “width”, and “height”. “Arrangement area ID” is identification information for managing the arrangement area 122 corresponding to each arrangement information. It may be considered as identification information of arrangement information for setting the arrangement area 122. “Center coordinate x” is the x coordinate of the center of the arrangement area, “Center coordinate y” is the y coordinate of the center of the arrangement area 122, “Width” is the width of the arrangement area 122, and “Height” is the arrangement area 122. Of height. As a unit of coordinates, width, and height, here, pixels are used as an example. In addition, x1-x8, y1-y8, h1-h8, and w1-w8 shall respectively show a predetermined value.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating data stored in the data storage unit 101. Here, it is assumed that one or more pieces of data are stored in an XML structure. Data directly sandwiched between tags such as “<image>”, “<job type>”, “<employment form>”, “<hourly wage>” are tagged data. Also, a tag that is a higher hierarchy of a plurality of tags, such as a tag “<recruitment content>” in the figure, is a tag that groups or hierarchizes data. The tagged data is grouped by this grouping tag. In this specific example, it is assumed that one or more pieces of data surrounded by a single tag “<recruitment content>” is a grouped data. When the tag element is link information, this indicates that the information at the link destination is actual data. Here, it is assumed that the ID attribute (ID = “value”) included in the tag indicates data identification information. This identification information is called “data ID”.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of arrangement management information stored in the arrangement management information storage unit 103. The placement management information has attributes “placement area ID” and “data ID”. The “placement area ID” corresponds to the “placement area ID” shown in FIG. “Data ID” corresponds to the value of the ID attribute of the tag attached to each data shown in FIG. This indicates that data corresponding to the “arrangement area ID” included in the same record is arranged in the arrangement area 122 corresponding to the “arrangement area ID” included in each record of the arrangement management information. In FIG. 4, specifically, in the arrangement area 122 corresponding to each “arrangement area ID” in the arrangement management information shown in FIG. 7, it corresponds to the “arrangement area ID” included in the same record in the arrangement management information. The layout screen is configured by arranging the data to be processed.

  Instead of using such arrangement management information, a management table that manages the arrangement information for setting the arrangement area 122 and the data arranged in the arrangement area in one record may be used. Good. In this case, as a result, such a management table manages the correspondence between the data and the arrangement area 122. For this reason, this management table may be considered as arrangement management information. The generation of the arrangement area 122 and the arrangement of data in the arrangement area 122 may be performed by the user or may be performed automatically.

  First, on the layout screen shown in FIG. 4, the user operates a mouse (not shown) or the like at a horizontal position of the placement area 122a whose “placement area ID” is “001” as shown in FIG. Then, the pointer 81 is moved, and a menu or the like is operated to process an instruction to place data called “shopA.tif” stored in a storage unit such as a storage medium (not shown) at the position of the pointer. Suppose that it is given to the device 1. Assume that the coordinates (x, y) of the pointer at this time are (x1 + a, y1 + b).

  In response to this operation, the placement instruction receiving unit 104 receives a placement instruction for placing image data having a file name “shopA.tif” at coordinates (x1 + a, y1 + b).

  The detection unit 105 acquires position information for arranging the arrangement target data received by the arrangement instruction receiving unit 104. Here, coordinate information (x1 + a, y1 + b) is acquired.

  The detecting unit 105 acquires a value indicating the attribute of the arrangement target data received by the arrangement instruction receiving unit 104. Here, it is assumed that a list of extensions of image data that can be arranged in the arrangement area is stored in advance in a storage medium (not shown). If the extension of the arrangement target data is included in the list of extensions of the image data, it is determined that the data is image data. Otherwise, it is determined that the data is character string data. . Here, it is assumed that an extension “tif” is registered as an extension of image data. Therefore, the detection unit 105 acquires information “image data” as information indicating the attribute of the arrangement target data.

  Next, the detection unit 105 uses the attribute of the data arranged in the existing arrangement areas 122a to 122h and the distance between the existing arrangement area and the position where the arrangement target data is arranged, Detect areas.

  First, for the arrangement area 122a, information indicating the attribute of data arranged in the arrangement area 122a is acquired. The arrangement area 122a is an arrangement area having an “arrangement area ID” of “001”, and the data arranged in this arrangement area has a “data ID” of “B1” from the arrangement management information shown in FIG. Therefore, information indicating the attribute of the data whose “data ID” is “B1” among the data stored in the data storage unit 101 illustrated in FIG. 6 is acquired. In FIG. 6, data whose “data ID” is “B1” is data to which a tag whose ID attribute is included in the tag is “B1”. Here, since the data to which the tag having the ID attribute “B1” is attached is “shop01.tif”, the detection unit 105 uses the information indicating the attribute of this data as the arrangement target data as described above. Use the same method for acquiring attributes. Here, since the extension of “shop01.tif” is “tif”, the attribute “image data” is acquired. For this reason, the detection unit 105 determines that the attribute of the data arranged in the arrangement area 122a matches the attribute of the arrangement target data.

  For this reason, the detection unit 105 calculates a distance between the arrangement area 122a and the position where the data is arranged, and associates the calculated distance value with the “arrangement area ID” of the arrangement area 122a. Or the like is temporarily stored in a storage medium such as Here, it is assumed that the distance between the arrangement area 122 and the position where the data is arranged is the distance between the center coordinates of the arrangement area 122 and the coordinates indicating the position where the data is arranged.

  Next, similarly to the above, information indicating the attribute of the data arranged in the arrangement area 122b is acquired. Here, information indicating the attribute of the data whose “data ID” is “B2” among the data stored in the data storage unit 101 illustrated in FIG. 6 is acquired. Data whose “data ID” is “B2” is data to which a tag whose ID attribute is “B2” is attached. Here, since the data to which the tag having the ID attribute “B2” is attached is the character string data “Hall” and does not have an extension indicating that it is image data, the detection unit 105 , Get the value of the attribute called string data. Since the acquired attribute does not match the “image data” that is the attribute of the arrangement target data, the detection unit 105 does not calculate the distance for the arrangement area 122b.

  The detection unit 105 repeats the same processing as described above for all the arrangement areas 122 arranged in the layout area 121.

  As a result of performing the above-described processing for all the arrangement areas 122, it is assumed that the arrangement areas in which the distances are temporarily stored are two arrangement areas whose “arrangement area ID” is “001” and “005”.

  The detection unit 105 detects the shorter one of the two arrangement areas having the temporarily stored calculated distance. Here, assuming that the distance between the arrangement areas whose “arrangement area ID” is “001” is the shortest, the detection unit 105 detects the arrangement area whose “arrangement area ID” is “001”. The arrangement area whose “arrangement area ID” is “001” is the target arrangement area.

  Next, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 detects data whose “data ID” is “B1”, which is data arranged in the target arrangement area. Then, one or more data belonging to the same group as this data is detected. Here, all data belonging to the same group is detected. As shown in FIG. 3, the data belonging to the same group as the data whose “data ID” is “B1” has the ID attribute “B1” in the data group delimited by the tag “<recruitment content>”. It is a data group containing the data which is. Here, the data group whose ID attribute is “B1”, “B2”, “B3”, and “B4” is data belonging to the same group as the data whose “data ID” is “B1”.

  Next, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 acquires arrangement information for setting an arrangement area in which data having ID attributes “B1”, “B2”, “B3”, and “B4” are arranged. Specifically, “001” and “002” which are “arrangement area IDs” of arrangement areas where data whose “data ID” is “B1”, “B2”, “B3”, and “B4” are arranged. , “003” and “004” are acquired from the arrangement management information shown in FIG. Then, the placement information corresponding to the obtained “placement area ID” “001”, “002”, “003”, and “004” is obtained from the placement information management table shown in FIG.

  The arrangement information acquisition unit 106 has center coordinates (x1, y1) of the arrangement area whose “arrangement area ID” as the target arrangement area is “001”, and coordinates indicating the position where the data specified by the arrangement instruction is arranged ( The distance in the x-axis direction and the distance in the y-axis direction with respect to x1 + a, y1 + b) are calculated. When the position of the target arrangement area is used as a reference, the distance in the x-axis direction of the position where the data designated by the arrangement instruction is arranged is a, and the distance in the y-axis direction is b.

  Then, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 sets the position of each piece of arrangement information for setting each arrangement area whose “arrangement area ID” acquired from the arrangement information management table is “001”, “002”, “003”, and “004”. A value a and a value b are added to the value of the “center coordinate x” and the value of the “center coordinate y”, respectively. As a result, the entire arrangement area with the “arrangement area ID” from “001” to “004” is placed at the position specified by the arrangement instruction, and the arrangement area with the “placement area ID” as “001” as the target arrangement area. Arrangement information for setting a new arrangement area that is duplicated and translated so as to overlap can be acquired. This arrangement information is acquired arrangement information. Then, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 assigns “arrangement region ID” to the newly acquired acquisition arrangement information and accumulates it in the arrangement information storage unit 102. Here, the acquired arrangement information is added to the existing arrangement information.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an arrangement information management table to which the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 is added. Arrangement information from “arrangement area ID” “009” to “012” is acquired arrangement information acquired and accumulated by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106. The arrangement information with the “arrangement area ID” from “009” to “012” is the acquired arrangement information acquired corresponding to the existing arrangement information with the “arrangement area ID” from “001” to “004”, respectively. .

  Further, the data acquisition unit 108 sequentially acquires tags included in the data belonging to the same group as the data whose “data ID” is “B1” arranged in the target arrangement area, and generates data including the acquired tags. To do. Data belonging to the same group as the data whose “data ID” is “B1” is data whose ID attributes are “B1”, “B2”, “B3” and “B4” as described above. Specifically, the data acquisition unit 108 sequentially acquires tags from data belonging to the same group as the data whose “data ID” is “B1”, and sequentially generates data including the tags. Here, normally, an empty tag having no element is generated. Further, an ID attribute (data ID) is newly given in the tag. The ID attribute to be assigned is a serial number or the like. For example, from the data whose ID attribute is “B2”, a tag “<Occupation>” is acquired, and data “<Occupation> </ Occupation>”, which is an empty tag including this tag, is generated. The same applies to data with ID attributes “B3” and “B4”. Then, the data acquisition unit 108 groups the data having the acquired tags and accumulates them in the data storage unit 101. Here, the acquired data is added.

  Since the data having the ID attribute “B1” is data arranged in the target arrangement area, the data acquisition unit 108 uses “<image>” from the data having the ID attribute “B1”. Is acquired, and data obtained by assigning the tag to the arrangement target data is acquired. Further, “B9” is assigned as the ID attribute (data ID). Specifically, data of “<image ID =“ B9 ”> shopA.tif </ image>” is generated. The generated data is accumulated in the data storage unit 101. Instead of storing the arrangement target data, the data acquisition unit 108 may generate and store an empty tag or the like as the data having the same tag as the tag arranged in the target arrangement area. good.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating data stored in the data storage unit 101 to which data acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 is added. Data 91 having ID attributes “B9” to “B12” is newly added data.

  Next, the arrangement management information update unit 109 corresponds to the acquired arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 and sets the acquired arrangement area corresponding to the existing arrangement area, and the acquired arrangement area acquired by the data acquisition unit 108. The layout management information is updated so that data including the same tag as the tag assigned to the data placed in the existing placement area is managed in association with each other. Specifically, the arrangement management information update unit 109 acquires the acquired arrangement information whose “arrangement area ID” is “009” acquired corresponding to the existing arrangement area whose “arrangement area ID” is “001”, Arrangement management information that associates data having “data ID” “B9” having the same tag as data arranged in the existing arrangement area having “001” as “arrangement area ID” is additionally written. Similarly, the arrangement management information update unit 109 changes the “arrangement area ID” acquired from “0010” to “0012” corresponding to the existing arrangement areas whose “arrangement area ID” is “002” to “004”. And “Data ID” having the same tag as the data arranged in the existing arrangement area whose “placement area ID” is “002” to “004” are “B10” to “B12”. Add location management information to correlate data.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the arrangement management information updated by the arrangement management information update unit 109.

  The display unit 112 configures and displays a layout screen in which data is arranged in the arrangement area, using the arrangement information management table shown in FIG. 9, the data shown in FIG. 10, and the arrangement management information shown in FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example by the display unit 112. Arrangement areas 122 i to 122 l having “arrangement area IDs” “009” to “012” are arrangement areas newly created by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106. Since the data associated with the placement areas 122j to 122l whose “placement area IDs” are “010” to “012” are empty tags, no data is displayed in the placement areas 122j to 122l. The data displayed in the arrangement area “009” is image data “shopA.tif”.

  Next, when the user gives an instruction to output the laid-out information to a reception unit (not shown), the output unit 113 is stored in the arrangement information stored in the arrangement information storage unit 102 or the data storage unit 101. Output data, arrangement management information stored in the arrangement management information storage unit 103, and the like are output to an external device or a recording medium. Alternatively, the updated XML format data stored in the data storage unit 101 may be output.

  Here, for example, it is assumed that the user designates the arrangement area 122e whose “arrangement area ID” is “005” arranged in the layout area, and performs an operation for deleting the designated arrangement area. In this case, in response to this operation, the deletion instruction receiving unit 110 receives a deletion instruction for the arrangement area 122e whose “arrangement area ID” is “005”.

  The area deleting unit 111 sets information for designating the position of the arrangement area 122e out of the arrangement information for setting the arrangement area 122e whose “arrangement area ID” is “005”. It changes to the information which designates the position where it is arranged at the position. For example, the values “center coordinate x” and “center coordinate y” of the placement information for setting the placement region whose “placement region ID” is “005”, and the value “x9” for designating the right position of the layout region 121, respectively. ”,“ Y9 ”. At this time, the values of “x9” and “y9” are set so that a part of the arrangement area is not located in the layout area 121 in consideration of the width and height of the arrangement area. Here, the area located beside the layout area, which is the destination of the arrangement area that is the target of this deletion instruction, is called a deletion area.

  FIG. 13 is a display example showing a state in which the deleted arrangement area 122 e is arranged in an area other than the layout area 121. In this manner, the data arranged in the arrangement area 122a arranged outside the layout area 121 in accordance with the delete instruction is designated as the arrangement target data, and the arrangement is performed by an operation such as so-called drag and drop as described above. An instruction may be accepted. For example, the position where the data is dropped, that is, the position where the data is arranged becomes the position where the data specified by the arrangement instruction is arranged. In addition, when the data arranged in the arrangement area outside the layout area 121 is not used finally or when the processing is finished, the arrangement area is deleted and the data arranged in the arrangement area is used. Alternatively, it may be deleted from the data storage unit 101.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when an arrangement instruction for arranging data is given, an arrangement area in which data having an attribute that matches the attribute of the arrangement target data that is data to be arranged is arranged. And detecting a target placement area which is a placement area having a positional relationship designated in advance with respect to the area in which the placement target data is placed, and assigning to the group to which the data placed in the detected target placement area belongs. Corresponding arrangement information is acquired and stored in the arrangement information storage unit 102. As a result, the arrangement area can be generated according to the existing arrangement area and the attribute of the data to be arranged, and the labor for creating the arrangement area can be greatly reduced. In particular, it is possible to reuse already laid out arrangement area information without registering it as a template or the like, and it is possible to easily create a unified layout. In addition, an appropriate layout can be created according to the attribute of the data to be laid out and the position where the data is to be arranged.

  Moreover, according to this Embodiment, the data which has the tag for arrange | positioning to the acquired arrangement | positioning information can be produced using the data arrange | positioned in the existing arrangement | positioning area | region. For this reason, even if there is no arrangement information, the user can clearly know what kind of data is necessary for arrangement in the newly created arrangement area by looking at this data. In addition, it is possible to directly add or change data to be arranged in a newly created arrangement area with respect to this data. As a result, the user can edit data without using arrangement information or the like.

  In the present embodiment, the data acquisition unit 108 may be omitted and data corresponding to the arrangement area acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 may not be acquired.

  Further, the data to be arranged in the arrangement area may be untagged data as long as the information can manage the correspondence between the data and the arrangement area, the group relation between the data, and the like.

  Note that the position indicated by the arrangement instruction received by the arrangement instruction receiving unit 104 does not necessarily exactly match the position designated by the user by a pointer, coordinate input, or the like. For example, for the position designated by the user The placement instruction receiving unit 104 may accept a position on the adjacent grid as a position designated by the placement instruction. In addition, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 performs the horizontal direction on the arrangement area in which the same group of data as the data arranged in the target arrangement area is arranged in the direction in which the position designated by the arrangement instruction exists, or You may make it acquire the acquisition arrangement | positioning information for arrange | positioning an acquisition arrangement | positioning area | region in the position aligned in the vertical direction or the angle designated beforehand. Further, the arrangement information acquisition unit 106 may acquire acquisition arrangement information for arranging the acquisition arrangement area along a grid designated in advance.

(Embodiment 2)
The information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment detects a target arrangement area in which data having a tag that matches a tag of arrangement target data is arranged.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment. The information processing apparatus 2 includes a data storage unit 101, an arrangement information storage unit 102, an arrangement management information storage unit 103, an arrangement instruction reception unit 104, a detection unit 205, an arrangement information acquisition unit 106, a data acquisition unit 108, and an arrangement management information update unit. 109, a deletion instruction receiving unit 110, an area deleting unit 111, a display unit 112, and an output unit 113.

  Since the configuration other than the detection unit 205 is the same as that of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the arrangement target data that is the target of the arrangement instruction received by the arrangement instruction receiving unit 104 is tagged data. Further, the tagged data received by the arrangement instruction receiving unit 104 may be acquired by the data acquisition unit 108 or the like and stored in the data storage unit 101.

  When the arrangement target data is tagged data, the detection unit 205 uses the arrangement information and the arrangement management information to indicate an arrangement area in which data with a tag that matches the arrangement target data is arranged. Then, a target placement area which is a placement area having a positional relationship designated in advance with respect to the area where the placement target data is placed is detected.

  Specifically, in the process of detecting an arrangement area where data having an attribute that matches the attribute of the arrangement target data according to the above-described first embodiment is arranged, whether or not the tags match each other instead of the attribute Judgment may be made. The match described here may be a complete match or a partial match.

In addition, when the placement target data is tagged data, the detection unit 205 uses the placement information and the placement management information to place data whose attributes and tags that are assigned to the placement target data match. It is also possible to detect a target arrangement area that is an arrangement area that is an arrangement area that has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to an area in which arrangement target data is arranged. The data attribute in this case is, for example, data of the element part of the tagged data.
The detection unit 205 may determine whether or not the arrangement target data is tagged data, but the arrangement target data received by the arrangement instruction reception unit 104 is converted into tagged data. In the case where there is a restriction or when the user only gives an instruction to arrange the tagged data, the determination by the detection unit 205 is not necessary. Here, a case where determination is not performed will be described.

  The detection unit 205 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the detection unit 205 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).

As for the operation of the present embodiment, in the operation of the above-described embodiment described with reference to FIG. Instead of the process of performing the determination, the process of acquiring the data tag, or the process of determining whether the tag of the data arranged in the existing arrangement area matches the tag of the arrangement target data is performed. Therefore, detailed description is omitted here.
Next, a specific example of the present embodiment will be described.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13 of the specific example of the above embodiment, it is assumed that the “placement area ID” placed in the deletion area other than the layout area 121 is placed in the placement area having “005”. This data includes data “<image ID =“ B5 ”> shop02.tif </ image>” having “data ID” “B5” arranged in the arrangement region having “005”. It is.

  Next, it is assumed that the data whose “data ID” is “B5” is selected with a pointer or the like, and an instruction to place in the layout area 121 is given by so-called drag and drop as shown in FIG. That is, suppose that the pointer is placed on the data, the mouse button is dragged while being pressed, the pointer is moved onto the layout area 121, and the mouse button is released. As a result, the placement instruction accepting unit 104 accepts the position of the pointer at the time when the mouse button is released as the information on the position where the data whose “data ID” is “B5” is placed.

  The detection unit 105 acquires the tag of the arrangement target data received by the arrangement instruction reception unit 104. Here, the tag “<image>” is acquired. Note that attribute values such as tag ID attributes are ignored here.

  Next, the detection unit 105 uses the tag attached to the data arranged in the existing arrangement areas 122a to 122l and the distance between the existing arrangement area and the position where the arrangement target data is arranged. Then, the target arrangement area is detected.

  First, for the arrangement area 122a, a tag attached to data arranged in the arrangement area 122a is acquired. The arrangement area 122a is an arrangement area having an “arrangement area ID” of “001”, and the data arranged in this arrangement area has a “data ID” of “B1” from the arrangement management information shown in FIG. Therefore, the tag of the data whose “data ID” is “B1” among the data stored in the data storage unit 101 shown in FIG. 6 is acquired. In FIG. 6, the data whose “data ID” is “B1” is the data with the tag “<image>”, so the tag “<image>” is acquired. For this reason, the detection unit 105 determines that the tag of the data arranged in the arrangement region 122a matches the tag of the arrangement target data.

  For this reason, the detection unit 105 calculates a distance between the arrangement area 122a and the position where the data is arranged, and associates the calculated distance value with the “arrangement area ID” of the arrangement area 122a. Or the like is temporarily stored in a storage medium such as

  Next, similarly to the above, information indicating the attribute of the data arranged in the arrangement area 122b is acquired. Here, the tag of the data whose “data ID” is “B2” among the data stored in the data storage unit 101 shown in FIG. 6 is acquired. Data whose “data ID” is “B2” is data to which a tag whose ID attribute is “B2” is attached. Here, “<job type>” which is a tag of data whose “data ID” is “B2” is acquired. Then, the detection unit 105 compares the acquired attribute with “<image>” that is the attribute of the arrangement target data. Since it is determined that they do not match, the distance is not calculated for the arrangement region 122b.

  The detection unit 105 repeats the same processing as described above for all the arrangement areas 122 arranged in the layout area 121. Then, the arrangement area with the shortest calculated distance is detected as the target arrangement area. Since the subsequent processing is the same as that in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted here.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a placement instruction for placing data is given, a placement area in which data having a tag that matches the tag of the placement target data that is the target of the placement instruction is placed. And detecting a target placement area which is a placement area having a positional relationship designated in advance with respect to the area in which the placement target data is placed, and assigning to the group to which the data placed in the detected target placement area belongs. Corresponding arrangement information is acquired and stored in the arrangement information storage unit 102. As a result, it is possible to generate the arrangement area according to the existing arrangement area and the tag attached to the data to be arranged, and the labor for creating the arrangement area can be greatly reduced. In particular, it is possible to reuse already laid out arrangement area information without registering it as a template or the like, and it is possible to easily create a unified layout. In addition, an appropriate layout can be created according to the attribute of the data to be laid out and the position where the data is to be arranged.

  Moreover, according to this Embodiment, the data which has the tag for arrange | positioning to the acquired arrangement | positioning information can be produced using the data arrange | positioned in the existing arrangement | positioning area | region. For this reason, even if there is no arrangement information, the user can clearly know what kind of data is necessary for arrangement in the newly created arrangement area by looking at this data. In addition, it is possible to directly add or change data to be arranged in a newly created arrangement area with respect to this data. As a result, the user can edit data without using arrangement information or the like.

  In the present embodiment, when the data used as the arrangement target data is a mixture of tagged data and untagged data, the detecting unit 205 first arranges the arrangement target data. It may be determined whether the data is tagged data, and processing according to the determination result may be performed as follows. That is, when the placement target data is tagged data, the detection unit 105 uses the placement information and the placement management information to place data whose placement target data matches the attribute and the assigned tag. The target arrangement area, which is an arrangement area having a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the area where the arrangement target data is arranged, is detected. On the other hand, when the arrangement target data is untagged data, data having an attribute matching the arrangement target data is arranged using the arrangement information and the arrangement management information as in the first embodiment. It is also possible to detect a target arrangement area that is an arrangement area that is an arrangement area that has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to an area in which arrangement target data is arranged. In this case, as in the first embodiment, a tag may be assigned to the arrangement target data and accumulated in the data storage unit 101.

  In each of the above embodiments, 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.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, 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).

  Further, although cases have been described with the above embodiments where the information processing apparatus is a stand-alone, the information processing 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 each of the above embodiments, 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 realizes the information processing apparatus in each of the above embodiments is a program as described below. In other words, in this program, one or more data grouped into one or more groups is stored in the data storage unit, and one or more data for arranging one or more data in the arrangement information storage unit, respectively. Is stored in the data storage unit arranged in the arrangement area set by the arrangement information and the arrangement information. Arrangement management information, which is information for managing the correspondence with the stored data, is stored, and the computer accepts an arrangement instruction which is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area which is a data layout target area. An attribute that matches the attribute of the placement target data that is the target of the placement instruction using the placement instruction receiving unit and the placement information and placement management information A detection unit that detects a target placement region that is a placement region in which data to be placed is disposed and has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to a region in which the placement target data is placed; and This is a program for acquiring arrangement information corresponding to a group to which data arranged in a detected target arrangement area belongs, and causing it to function as an arrangement information acquisition unit that accumulates in the arrangement information storage unit.

  The data storage unit stores one or more tagged data grouped into one or more groups, and the arrangement information storage unit stores one or more items for arranging one or more pieces of data, respectively. Is stored in the data storage unit arranged in the arrangement area set by the arrangement information and the arrangement information. Arrangement management information, which is information for managing the correspondence with the stored data, is stored, and the computer accepts an arrangement instruction which is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area which is a data layout target area. The arrangement information and the arrangement management information when the arrangement instruction receiving unit and the arrangement target data that is the data of the arrangement instruction are tagged data And an arrangement area in which data with a tag that matches the arrangement target data is arranged, and the arrangement area is in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the area in which the arrangement target data is arranged. A detection unit that detects a target arrangement area, and an arrangement information acquisition unit that acquires arrangement information corresponding to a group to which data arranged in the target arrangement area detected by the detection unit belongs, and accumulates the information in the arrangement information storage unit It is a program to make it function.

  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. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  In FIG. 16, 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. 17 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 17, 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 information processing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 921 or FD 922, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905 or 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 information processing 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 information processing apparatus or the like according to the present invention is suitable as an information processing apparatus or the like that uses character string or image data laid out for publication, and in particular, a device that lays out tagged data or the like. Useful as.

Block diagram of the information processing apparatus in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Flow chart for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus Flow chart for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows the example of a display for demonstrating operation | movement of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows the arrangement | positioning information management table for demonstrating operation | movement of the information processing apparatus. The figure which shows the data stored in the data storage part for demonstrating operation | movement of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows an example of the arrangement management information stored in the arrangement management information storage part for demonstrating operation | movement of the information processing apparatus Diagram for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows the arrangement | positioning information management table for demonstrating operation | movement of the information processing apparatus. The figure which shows the data stored in the data storage part for demonstrating operation | movement of the information processing apparatus The figure which shows arrangement | positioning management information for demonstrating operation | movement of the information processing apparatus. The figure which shows the example of a display of the same information processing apparatus The figure which shows the example of a display of the same information processing apparatus The block diagram of the information processing apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention Diagram for explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus Schematic diagram showing an example of the appearance of a computer system that implements the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment Schematic diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of a computer system that implements the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Information processing apparatus 81 Pointer 91 Data 101 Data storage part 102 Arrangement information storage part 103 Arrangement management information storage part 104 Arrangement instruction reception part 105, 205 Detection part 106 Arrangement information acquisition part 107 Data storage part 108 Data acquisition part 109 Arrangement Management information update unit 110 Deletion instruction reception unit 111 Area deletion unit 112 Display unit 113 Output unit 120 Monitor 121 Layout region 122 Arrangement region

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A data storage unit that can store one or more data grouped into one or more groups;
An arrangement information storage unit capable of storing arrangement information, which is information for setting one or more arrangement areas for arranging one or more pieces of data,
Placement management information storage that can store placement management information that is information for managing the correspondence between the placement information and the data stored in the data storage unit, which is placed in the placement area set by the placement information. And
An arrangement instruction receiving unit that receives an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is an area that is a layout target of data;
Using the arrangement information and arrangement management information, an arrangement area in which data having an attribute that matches an attribute of the arrangement target data, which is data targeted for the arrangement instruction, is arranged, and the arrangement target data is arranged A detection unit that detects a target arrangement area that is an arrangement area having a positional relationship designated in advance with respect to the area to be set;
An information processing apparatus comprising: an arrangement information acquisition unit that acquires arrangement information corresponding to a group to which data arranged in a target arrangement area detected by the detection unit belongs, and accumulates the arrangement information in the arrangement information storage unit. Each of the grouped data arranged in the data storage is tagged data,
Data corresponding to the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit, acquiring data including at least a tag, and accumulating in the data storage unit;
An arrangement management information update unit that updates the arrangement management information so that the data acquired by the data acquisition unit is arranged in an arrangement area set by the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit corresponding to the data; further information processing apparatus 請 Motomeko 1, further comprising. A data store in which one or more tagged data grouped into one or more groups can be stored;
An arrangement information storage unit capable of storing arrangement information, which is information for setting one or more arrangement areas for arranging one or more pieces of data,
Placement management information storage that can store placement management information that is information for managing the correspondence between the placement information and the data stored in the data storage unit, which is placed in the placement area set by the placement information. And
An arrangement instruction receiving unit that receives an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is an area that is a layout target of data;
When the placement target data that is the target of the placement instruction is tagged data, the placement information and placement management information are used to place the tagged data that matches the placement target data. A detection unit that detects a target arrangement area that is an arrangement area that is an arrangement area that has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to an area in which the arrangement target data is arranged;
An information processing apparatus comprising: an arrangement information acquisition unit that acquires arrangement information corresponding to a group to which data arranged in a target arrangement area detected by the detection unit belongs, and accumulates the arrangement information in the arrangement information storage unit. The detector is
In the case where the placement target data is tagged data, placement using the placement information and placement management information is placed where data whose attributes and assigned tags match the placement target data The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the target arrangement area is an area that is an arrangement area that is in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to an area in which the arrangement target data is arranged. The detector is
When the placement target data is tagged data, the placement information and placement management information are used to set the placement target data and the placement region in which data that matches the attribute and the assigned tag is placed. And detecting a target placement area that is a placement area having a positional relationship designated in advance with respect to a region in which the placement target data is placed, and when the placement target data is untagged data, Using the placement information and the placement management information, a placement area in which data having an attribute matching the placement target data is placed, and the positional relationship specified in advance with respect to the area in which the placement target data is placed The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a target arrangement area that is a certain arrangement area is detected. Data corresponding to the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit, acquiring data including at least a tag, and accumulating in the data storage unit;
An arrangement management information update unit that updates the arrangement management information so that the data acquired by the data acquisition unit is arranged in an arrangement area set by the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit corresponding to the data; The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: The arrangement information acquisition unit acquires arrangement information for setting an arrangement area corresponding to one or more arrangement areas in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. Accumulated in the arrangement information storage unit,
The data acquisition unit acquires one or more pieces of data each including a tag that matches a tag assigned to each of the one or more pieces of data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs. Alternatively, the information processing apparatus according to claim 6. The arrangement information acquisition unit creates arrangement information for setting an arrangement area corresponding to one or more arrangement areas in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus accumulates in the arrangement information storage unit. The arrangement information acquisition unit is configured to determine the number of arrangement areas and the relative relation between areas with respect to one or more arrangement areas in which one or more data constituting a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area belongs is arranged. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein arrangement information for setting arrangement areas having the same positional relationship is acquired and accumulated in the arrangement information storage unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit that outputs grouped data stored in the data storage unit. A data storage unit that can store one or more data grouped into one or more groups;
Arranged in an arrangement information storage unit capable of storing arrangement information, which is information for setting one or more arrangement areas for arranging one or more pieces of data, the arrangement information, and an arrangement area set by the arrangement information In addition, an arrangement management information storage unit that can store arrangement management information that is information for managing a correspondence relationship with the data stored in the data storage unit, an arrangement instruction receiving unit, a detection unit, and an arrangement information acquisition unit An information processing method performed using
An arrangement instruction accepting step in which the arrangement instruction accepting unit accepts an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is an area that is a layout target of data;
The detection unit uses the arrangement information and arrangement management information, and is an arrangement area in which data having an attribute that matches an attribute of arrangement target data, which is data that is the object of the arrangement instruction, is arranged, A detection step of detecting a target placement area, which is a placement area having a positional relationship designated in advance with respect to the area where the placement target data is placed;
The arrangement information acquisition unit includes an arrangement information acquisition step of acquiring arrangement information corresponding to a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area detected in the detection step belongs and storing the arrangement information in the arrangement information storage unit. Information processing method. There is a data storage unit that can store one or more tagged data grouped in one or more groups, and arrangement information that is information for setting one or more arrangement areas for arranging one or more data, respectively. Placement management that is information for managing the correspondence between the placement information storage unit that can be stored, the placement information, and the data stored in the data storage unit placed in the placement area set by the placement information An information processing method performed using an arrangement management information storage unit that can store information, an arrangement instruction reception unit, a detection unit, and an arrangement information acquisition unit,
An arrangement instruction accepting step in which the arrangement instruction accepting unit accepts an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is an area that is a layout target of data;
When the detection unit is the data to which the arrangement target data that is the target of the arrangement instruction is tagged, the tag that matches the arrangement target data is attached using the arrangement information and the arrangement management information. A detection step of detecting a target placement region that is a placement region in which the arranged data is placed and is in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to a region in which the placement target data is placed;
The arrangement information acquisition unit includes an arrangement information acquisition step of acquiring arrangement information corresponding to a group to which the data arranged in the target arrangement area detected in the detection step belongs and storing the arrangement information in the arrangement information storage unit. Information processing method . The data storage unit stores one or more data grouped into one or more groups,
In the arrangement information storage unit, arrangement information that is information for setting one or more arrangement areas for arranging one or more pieces of data is stored.
In the arrangement management information storage unit, arrangement management information which is information for managing the correspondence between the arrangement information and the data stored in the data storage unit arranged in the arrangement area set by the arrangement information Is stored,
Computer
An arrangement instruction receiving unit that receives an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is an area that is a layout target of data;
Using the arrangement information and arrangement management information, an arrangement area in which data having an attribute that matches an attribute of the arrangement target data, which is data targeted for the arrangement instruction, is arranged, and the arrangement target data is arranged A detection unit that detects a target arrangement area that is an arrangement area having a positional relationship designated in advance with respect to the area to be set;
A program for obtaining arrangement information corresponding to a group to which data arranged in a target arrangement area detected by the detection unit belongs and functioning as an arrangement information acquisition unit that accumulates in the arrangement information storage unit. The data storage unit stores one or more tagged data grouped into one or more groups,
In the arrangement information storage unit, arrangement information that is information for setting one or more arrangement areas for arranging one or more pieces of data is stored.
In the arrangement management information storage unit, arrangement management information which is information for managing the correspondence between the arrangement information and the data stored in the data storage unit arranged in the arrangement area set by the arrangement information Is stored,
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An arrangement instruction receiving unit that receives an arrangement instruction that is an instruction to arrange data in a layout area that is an area that is a layout target of data;
When the placement target data that is the target of the placement instruction is tagged data, the placement information and placement management information are used to place the tagged data that matches the placement target data. A detection unit that detects a target arrangement area that is an arrangement area that is an arrangement area that has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to an area in which the arrangement target data is arranged;
A program for obtaining arrangement information corresponding to a group to which data arranged in a target arrangement area detected by the detection unit belongs and functioning as an arrangement information acquisition unit that accumulates in the arrangement information storage unit.

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