JPH0754525B2 - Information retrieval device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The present invention is an information search for searching primary information registered by adding secondary information as search conditions at the time of search based on the search conditions. Regarding the device.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, as such an information retrieval device, a CPU (central processing unit), a registration unit for registering primary information to which secondary information is added, a keyboard for inputting retrieval conditions, and a retrieval condition CRT that displays a list of secondary information retrieved based on
There is one in which a (cathode ray tube) is provided and a search processing operation is performed as follows in accordance with the flowchart of FIG.

In step S ₁ , initialization is performed to display various lists and the like.

In step S _2, the search condition setting processing operation for setting the contents of the search condition item for retrieving a primary information is executed. This search condition setting process operation is displayed on the CRT.
Move the cursor to the position of the required item in the item list of the search condition consisting of the same item as the next information item,
It is executed by keying in the contents of the item from the keyboard. The item list is made up of predetermined items as described above.

In step S _3, the search processing operation based on the contents of the item of the search condition set in the step S ₂ is executed.

In Step S _4, the list of secondary conditions with items of content adapted to the contents of fields of the search conditions is displayed on the CRT.

In step S ₅ , predetermined secondary information is selected and input from the secondary information list displayed on the CRT. Then, the primary information to which the selected secondary information is added is selected from the primary information registered in the registration unit and displayed on the CRT.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, when the contents of the search condition items are set in the search condition setting processing operation, the above-described conventional information search device does not perform CR.
From the list of predetermined items of search conditions displayed in T, select the required item with the cursor and enter the contents of that item from the keyboard, so
If the item list for which the above search conditions have been set spans multiple screens and the items for which you want to enter the contents are limited to a few items, move the cursor while changing the page according to all the displayed item lists, There is a problem that it is very troublesome because the content of the item to be entered must be input.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to limit the items of the item list of the search condition displayed on the display unit when inputting the contents of the item of the search condition in the search condition setting processing operation, thereby enabling a page break. An object of the present invention is to provide an information retrieval device that can easily input the content of an item that requires a retrieval condition with less cursor movement.

<Means for Solving Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a storage unit for storing secondary information including primary information and various search conditions for searching the primary information, and Display means for displaying primary information, secondary information or items of search conditions, first display control means for displaying on the display means an item list of search conditions consisting of a plurality of items of search conditions, and the first The item specifying means for specifying an item of a desired search condition from the item list of the search condition displayed by the display control means, and the item list of the search condition including the items of the search condition specified by the item specifying means are the first item. Second display control means for displaying on the display means in place of the display content by the display control means, and items of each search condition in the item list of search conditions displayed by the second display control means A search condition input means for inputting a search condition which is the content of the item of the search condition, a search means for searching the storage means for secondary information matching the search condition input by the search condition input means, It is characterized by further comprising a third display control means for reading the secondary information retrieved by the retrieval means and the primary information corresponding to the secondary information from the storage means and displaying it on the display means.

<Operation> A list of search condition items including a plurality of search condition items for searching the primary information stored in the storage device is displayed on the display device by the first display control device. Then, the item designating unit designates the item of the desired search condition from the displayed item list of the search condition, and the second display control unit creates the item list of the search condition including the item of the designated search condition. The content displayed on the display means is changed to the content displayed by the first display control means.

When only the items of the desired search condition are displayed in this way, the search condition input means displays the search condition, which is the contents of the item of the search condition, for each item of the search condition in the item list of the displayed search conditions. Is entered. Then, the secondary information matching the input search condition is retrieved from the storage means by the retrieval means, and the retrieved secondary information and the primary information corresponding to the secondary information are retrieved by the third display control means. It is read from the storage means and displayed on the display means.

Thus, when the search condition is input by the search condition input means, the items of the search condition displayed on the display means are limited to the items of the desired search condition, and the necessary search condition is input without moving the page with a small amount of cursor movement. To be done.

<Example> Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to illustrated examples.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the information retrieval apparatus of the present invention, 1 is a CPU that controls the entire information retrieval apparatus to perform retrieval processing operation, and 2 is a registered primary information. A keyboard for manually inputting the contents of the search conditions set at the time of search, 3 is a CRT that displays a secondary information list selected as described in detail later, and a list of items of the search conditions, 4 is the above CRT 3 The memory 5 for temporarily storing information to be displayed and search conditions at the time of search processing, and
A control circuit for controlling the CRT 3 and the like, 8 a storage device having an area such as a registration section for registering the primary information, 7 a scanner used when inputting the primary information, 9 a primary information selected by the search This is a printer used for output or the like. The scanner 7, the storage device 8 and the printer 9 are connected to the CPU 1, the control circuit 4 and the memory 5 via the interface circuit 6.
Connected to.

In the search processing operation in the above information search device, in accordance with the operator's request, according to the item list of the search condition including the same items as the items of the secondary information displayed on the CRT 3 by being limited by the search condition item limiting means of the CPU 1. The contents of the search condition items are input from the keyboard 2. Then CP
U1 controls each device to collate the content of the input item of the search condition with the content of the secondary information item added to the primary information registered in the registration unit of the storage device 8. Then, a list of secondary information having items having contents matching the items of the search conditions is displayed on the CRT 3. The primary information is, for example, image information, and the secondary information is information having "image number", "registration date", "material name", "keyword", etc. of the image information as items. Is.

The search processing operation will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step S ₁₁ , initialization is performed to display various lists and the like.

In step S _12, the search condition setting processing operation for setting the contents of the search condition item for retrieving a primary information is executed. This search condition setting processing operation is executed by moving the cursor to the position of a necessary item in the item list of the search condition displayed on the CRT 3 and keying in the content of the item from the keyboard 2. The above item list consists of predetermined items for normal display,
In the case of the display after the item limiting processing operation of the item list as described later is executed, the items are limited. Further, in the item list of the search condition, for example, a "limited" item for designating an item limiting operation for limiting the items of this item list is provided, and when executing the item limiting operation, the item is set to "limited". Move the cursor and enter.

In step S _13, the contents input in step S ₁₂ is "limited", it is determined whether. As a result, if “limited”, the process proceeds to step S ₁₄ , and if not, the process proceeds to step S ₁₅ .

In step S _14, the item limit processing operation item list search is performed as follows, the flow returns to step S _12. That is, from among the items of the search condition consisting of predetermined items, only the items required in accordance with an instruction input from the keyboard 2 is selected, to display again item list in a subsequent step S _12, the selection The item list consisting of the selected items is displayed on CRT3.

In step S _15, the search process based on the search condition set in step S ₁₂ is executed.

Thereafter, as in steps S ₄ and S ₅ of the flowchart in the conventional example of FIG. 3, the secondary information list having the items matching the items of the search conditions is displayed on the CRT 3 in step S ₁₄ , and the step is displayed. When a predetermined secondary information is inputted is selected by the operator at S _15, 1 primary information to which the secondary information has been added is elected.

In this way, the information search apparatus of the present invention limits the items of the above item list to the required items by the instruction from the operator when the item list of the predetermined search condition extends over a plurality of screens. The search conditions can be entered according to the list of inspection condition items. Therefore,
When inputting the content of the item of the search condition, it is possible to easily input the content of the item required of the search condition without moving the page and moving the cursor a little.

The display of the limited items on the display unit can be displayed as a default function.

<Effects of the Invention> As is apparent from the above, according to the present invention, the first display control means causes the display means to display an item list of search conditions including a plurality of search condition items, and the displayed search condition items. The item of desired search condition is designated from the list by the item designating means, and the item list of the search condition consisting of the items of the designated search condition is switched and displayed by the second display control means, and the item of the displayed search condition is displayed. The search condition is input by the search condition input means for each item of the search condition in the list, the secondary information matching the input search condition is searched by the search means, and the searched secondary information and this 2 Third primary information corresponding to the next information
Since the display control means reads out from the storage means and displays it on the display means, only items of desired search conditions are displayed when the search conditions are input.

Therefore, with few cursor movements without page breaks,
You can enter the search conditions that are the contents of the displayed search condition items.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the information retrieval apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the retrieval processing operation in the above embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the conventional retrieval processing operation. 1 ... CPU, 2 ... keyboard, 3 ... CRT, 4 ... control circuit, 5 ... memory, 8 ... storage device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing secondary information consisting of primary information and various retrieval conditions for retrieving the primary information, and items of the primary information, secondary information or retrieval conditions are displayed. A display unit for displaying a search condition item list including a plurality of search condition items on the display unit; and a desired display condition item list displayed by the first display control unit. An item specifying means for specifying an item of the search condition and an item list of the search condition consisting of the items of the search condition specified by the item specifying means are displayed on the display means in place of the display contents by the first display control means. The second display control means and, for each item of each search condition in the item list of the search condition displayed by the second display control means, enter the search condition which is the content of the item of the search condition. Search condition input means, search means for searching the storage means for secondary information matching the search conditions input by the search condition input means, secondary information searched by the search means, and
An information retrieval device comprising a third display control means for reading primary information corresponding to the next information from the storage means and displaying it on the display means.