JP2010176387A - Electronic scrap system, electronic scrap method, electronic scrap server,and user terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic scrap system and an electronic scrap method that clip articles in the form of searchable electronic data without requiring advance registration of them in a server. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic scrap system includes a user terminal for capturing an image including an article in response to a user's operation, acquiring article information about the article, and sending a registration request including the captured image data and article information, and a scrap management server for, when receiving the registration request from the user terminal, extracting a keyword from the article in the image data included in the registration request and associating and registering the image data, article information and keyword as the user's scrap data, when the user specifies a keyword, providing a list of scrap data including the keyword from the user's scrap data, and when the user selects any scrap data on the list, providing the image of the selected scrap data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic scrap system and an electronic scrap method.

  Generally, when a newspaper or magazine article is scrapped, a scraped article is managed by cutting out a desired portion from the newspaper or magazine and pasting it on a personal note or mount to file. However, with this scrap method, it takes time to cut and paste newspapers and magazines, and it takes time to search for necessary articles from filing articles, and scrapped paper deteriorates over time.

  In order to solve these problems, an electronic scrap system that manages electronic data of articles to be scrapped has been proposed.

  For example, Patent Document 1 proposes an electronic scrap system that manages articles to be scraped by a server on a network. In this system, a user uses a camera function of a mobile terminal to capture a desired article from the paper, and transmits the captured image from the mobile terminal to the server. Each server and each article image are registered in advance in the server by a content provider such as a newspaper company. When the server receives an image from the mobile terminal, the server finds an article corresponding to the received image from the registered articles by matching the received image with the image of the registered article, and the user Scrap article.

JP 2007-65919 A

  In Patent Document 1 described above, it is necessary for a content provider such as a newspaper company to register an article as electronic data in advance in a server, and an unregistered article cannot be a scrap article.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic scrap system and an electronic scrap method for scrapping articles as electronic data so that they can be searched without being registered in a server in advance.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic scrap system of the present invention captures an image including an article according to a user's operation, acquires article information relating to the article, and includes captured image data and the article information. When the registration request is received from the user terminal that transmits the registration request and the user terminal, a keyword is extracted from the article of the image data included in the registration request, and the image data, the article information, and the keyword are extracted. When the keyword is specified by the user, the scrap data including the keyword is extracted from the scrap data of the user, and the extracted scrap data A scrap list is provided, and one of the scrap data is selected from the scrap list by the user. When, with a scrap management server to provide an image of the scrap data selected.

  An electronic scrap method of the present invention is an electronic scrap method for electronically scraping an article by an electronic scrap system having a user terminal and a scrap management server, wherein the user terminal generates an article according to a user operation. When an image including the image is captured, article information about the article is acquired, a registration request including the captured image data and the article information is transmitted, and the scrap management server receives the registration request from the user terminal. The keyword is extracted from the article of the image data included in the registration request, the image data, the article information, and the keyword are associated and registered as scrap data of the user, and the keyword is designated by the user. Then, the scrap data including the keyword is extracted from the scrap data of the user, Providing scrap list is a list of the scrap data issued, any scrap data by the user from among the scrap list when selected, provides an image of the scrap data selected.

  When the scrap management server of the present invention receives a registration request including image data including an article photographed in accordance with a user's operation and article information related to the article, the scrap management server extracts a keyword from the article of the image data included in the registration request. An article management unit that associates the image data, the article information, and the keyword and registers them as scrap data of the user, and when a keyword is specified by the user, the scrap data of the user From which the scrap data including the keyword is extracted, and a scrap list which is a list of the extracted scrap data is provided. When any scrap data is selected from the scrap list by the user, a selection is made. A search unit for providing an image of the scrap data.

  According to the present invention, the electronic scrap system can scrape articles as electronic data so that they can be searched without being registered in the server in advance.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic scrap system in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the sequence between apparatuses when registering the scrap image of the user terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the scrap management server 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the sequence between apparatuses when browsing the scrap image of the user terminal 1 and the scrap management server 2 which were shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the user terminal in one Embodiment of this invention. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for registering a scrap image in the scrap management server 2 by the user terminal 1 shown in FIG. 4. It is a user information input screen for acquiring user information from a user. It is an article information input screen for acquiring article information from a user. It is a registration completion screen which shows that registration was successful for the user. It is a registration failure screen indicating that registration has failed for the user. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for the user terminal 1 shown in FIG. 4 to browse a scrap image from the scrap management server 2. It is a login screen for acquiring user information from a user. It is a registration failure screen indicating that login has failed to the user. It is a search character input screen for acquiring a search character from a user. It is a search result screen which shows a search result to a user. It is a scrap image display screen which shows a scrap image to a user. It is a related article search result screen which shows a related article search result to a user. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the scrap management server in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence when the scrap management server 2 shown in FIG. 17 is requested | required of registration of a scrap image from the user terminal 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence when the scrap management server 2 shown in FIG. 17 is requested | required of browsing of a scrap image from the user terminal 1. FIG.

  Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic scrap system in one embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic scrap system of this embodiment includes a user terminal 1 and a scrap management server 2. The user terminal 1 is a terminal for registering and browsing newspaper or magazine articles, and the scrap management server 2 is an electronic scrap server in which newspaper or magazine articles are registered.

  The user terminal 1 has a function of registering newspaper or magazine articles in the scrap management server 2. When registering a newspaper or magazine article, the user terminal 1 first prompts the user to input a user ID and a password (hereinafter referred to as user information), and acquires the user information of the user. Next, the user terminal 1 captures an image including a newspaper or magazine article in accordance with the user's operation, and acquires image data. Further, the user terminal 1 causes the user to edit the captured image data, and creates image data (hereinafter referred to as a scrap image) from which unnecessary areas that do not include articles are deleted from the captured image data. .

  Further, the user terminal 1 acquires information (hereinafter referred to as article information) related to an article such as the name of a newspaper or magazine, a page number on which an article is described, and an issue date, by input from the user.

  The user terminal 1 transmits a registration request indicating a request for registration of the scrap image and article information to the scrap management server 2 in order to cause the scrap management server 2 to register the scrap image and article information. The registration request includes a scrap image, article information, and user information.

  Note that the scrap management server 2 extracts a word as a keyword from the scrap image included in the received registration request so that the user can search using the keyword when browsing the scrap image. The scrap management server 2 registers the extracted word as scrap data in the scrap management server 2 as keyword information in association with the received scrap image, article information, and user ID.

  When the user terminal 1 receives a registration response indicating that the registration is completed from the scrap management server 2, the user terminal 1 determines whether or not the registration of the scrap image and the article information is successful, and displays a screen indicating the registration result. . The registration response includes information on whether the registration has succeeded or failed.

  Further, the user terminal 1 has a function of acquiring and browsing registered newspaper or magazine articles from the scrap management server 2. When browsing a newspaper or magazine article, the user terminal 1 first prompts the user to input user information and acquires the user information of the user. In order to request login to the scrap management server 2, the user terminal 1 transmits an authentication request indicating that a user authentication is requested to the scrap management server 2. The authentication request includes user information. When the authentication by the scrap management server 2 is completed, the user terminal 1 receives an authentication response indicating that the user authentication has been completed from the scrap management server 2. Note that the authentication response includes information indicating whether the authentication has succeeded or failed.

  Further, the user terminal 1 acquires a keyword (hereinafter referred to as a search character) included in an image to be browsed by an input from the user. The user terminal 1 sends a search request indicating a search request for a keyword included in a scrap image to the scrap management server 2 in order to cause the scrap management server 2 to search for scrap data having a high correlation with a search character designated by the user. 2 to send. The search request includes a search character. When the user terminal 1 receives the search response from the scrap management server 2, the user terminal 1 creates and displays a search result screen from the received search response. The search response indicates a list (hereinafter referred to as a scrap list) in which scrap data having a high correlation with a search character designated by the user is arranged in descending order of correlation. In addition, a scrap list is displayed on the search result screen.

  Also, the user terminal 1 causes the user to select scrap data for which a scrap image is desired to be browsed from the displayed search result screen, and indicates that the user terminal 1 requests transmission of the scrap image of the selected scrap data. Is transmitted to the scrap management server 2. Note that the scrap image request includes article information of the selected scrap image. When receiving a scrap image from the scrap management server 2 as a response to the image request, the user terminal 1 displays the received scrap image.

  In the electronic scrap system of the present invention, the user can browse only the scrap images registered by the user. On the other hand, when a user browses a scrap image registered by the user, the user may want to acquire information on an article related to the scrap image (hereinafter referred to as a related article). Therefore, the electronic scrap system of the present invention provides a function of displaying a list of scrap data related to scrap data on which a scrap image is displayed among all registered scrap data. The information displayed in a list includes, for example, the name of a newspaper or magazine that is the basis of the article, the page number on which the article is described, and the date of issue.

  When the user terminal 1 is requested to search for a related article by the user, the related article search indicating that the scrap management server 2 is requested to search for a related article in order to cause the scrap management server 2 to search for the related article. Send a request. When receiving the related article search response from the scrap management server 2, the user terminal 1 creates and displays a related article search result screen from the received related article search response. The related article search response shows a list (hereinafter referred to as a related scrap list) in which scrap data having a high correlation with scrap data on which scrap images are displayed are arranged in descending order of correlation. A related scrap list is displayed on the related article search result screen.

  The scrap management server 2 registers a newspaper or magazine article received from the user terminal 1. When receiving a registration request including a scrap image, article information, and user information from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 extracts user information from the received registration request and authenticates the user. A user who can register or view scrap images and article information is registered in advance in the database in the scrap management server 2.

  The scrap management server 2 extracts the user ID and password from the extracted user information. When the extracted user ID is registered in the database in the scrap management server 2 and the extracted password matches the password recorded corresponding to the user ID, the scrap management server 2 I reckon. On the other hand, when the extracted user ID is not registered in the database in the scrap management server 2 or when the extracted password does not match the password recorded corresponding to the user ID, the scrap management server 2 , Regarded as authentication failure.

  If the user authentication is successful, the scrap management server 2 registers the scrap image and article information included in the received registration request and the user ID included in the user information in the database in the scrap management server 2. The scrap management server 2 extracts a keyword word from the scrap image so that the user can search using the keyword when browsing the scrap image. The scrap management server 2 registers the extracted word as scrap data in the scrap management server 2 as keyword information in association with the received scrap image, article information, and user ID.

  On the other hand, when the user authentication fails, the scrap management server 2 discards the scrap image and article information received from the user terminal 1.

  When the scrap management server 2 completes the registration process, the scrap management server 2 transmits to the user terminal 1 a registration response indicating information indicating whether the registration has succeeded or failed.

  Further, the scrap management server 2 provides a function of searching for and browsing a registered newspaper or magazine article. When receiving the authentication request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 extracts user information from the received authentication request and authenticates the user. The user authentication method is the same as the authentication method when an article is registered. The scrap management server 2 transmits to the user terminal 1 an authentication response indicating information on whether the user authentication has succeeded or failed.

  Further, when the scrap management server 2 receives a search request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 extracts a search character from the received search request. The scrap management server 2 checks the correlation between the extracted search characters and the keyword information of all scrap data registered by the user who has made the search request. The scrap management server 2 creates a scrap list in which scrap data having a high correlation with the acquired search character is arranged in the order of high correlation, and transmits the scrap list to the user terminal 1 as a search response.

  Further, when the scrap management server 2 receives the scrap image request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 acquires the scrap image of the requested scrap data from the database in the scrap management server 2, and as a response to the scrap image request, the user terminal 1 to send.

  When the scrap management server 2 receives a related article search request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 performs a related article search. The scrap management server 2 includes all scrap data registered in the scrap management server 2 including scrap data in which a scrap image is displayed and scrap data registered by a user other than the user who has made a search request. Examine the correlation with the data. The scrap management server 2 creates a related scrap list in which scrap data having a high correlation with the scrap data on which the scrap image is displayed is arranged in the order of high correlation, and transmits the related scrap list to the user terminal 1 as a related article search response.

  Next, a sequence between apparatuses when registering scrap images of the user terminal 1 and the scrap management server 2 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the sequence of FIG.

  First, the user terminal 1 prompts the user to input user information and acquires the user information of the user (step S1). Next, the user terminal 1 captures an image including a newspaper or magazine article in accordance with the user's operation, and acquires image data. Furthermore, the user terminal 1 causes the user to edit the captured image data, and obtains a scrap image from which unnecessary areas that do not include articles are deleted from the captured image data. Furthermore, the user terminal 1 acquires article information by input from the user (step S2).

  Next, the user terminal 1 transmits a registration request to the scrap management server 2 (step S3). The acquired information is transmitted to the scrap management server 2 by e-mail or HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), for example.

  Upon receiving the registration request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 extracts user information from the received registration request, and authenticates the user using the extracted user information (step S4). The scrap management server 2 extracts the user ID and password from the extracted user information. When the extracted user ID is registered in the database in the scrap management server 2 and the extracted password matches the password recorded corresponding to the user ID, the scrap management server 2 I reckon. On the other hand, when the extracted user ID is not registered in the database in the scrap management server 2 or when the extracted password does not match the password recorded corresponding to the user ID, the scrap management server 2 , Regarded as authentication failure.

  When the user authentication is successful, the scrap management server 2 registers the scrap image and article information included in the received registration request and the user ID included in the user information in the scrap management server 2. The scrap management server 2 extracts a word as a keyword from the scrap image, and registers it as scrap data in the scrap management server 2 as keyword data in association with the scrap image, article information, and user ID (step S5).

  On the other hand, when the user authentication fails, the scrap management server 2 discards the scrap image and article information received from the user terminal 1.

  When the scrap management server 2 completes the registration process, the scrap management server 2 transmits to the user terminal 1 a registration response that indicates whether the registration has succeeded or failed (step S6).

  When receiving the registration response from the scrap management server 2, the user terminal 1 determines whether the registration of the scrap image and the article information has succeeded or failed, and displays a screen indicating the registration result.

  Next, a sequence between devices when browsing the scrap images of the user terminal 1 and the scrap management server 2 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the sequence of FIG.

  First, the user terminal 1 prompts the user to input user information and acquires the user information of the user (step S21). When obtaining the user information, the user terminal 1 transmits an authentication request to the scrap management server 2 (step S22).

  Upon receiving the authentication request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 extracts user information from the received authentication request, and authenticates the user using the extracted user information (step S23). The user authentication method is the same as the authentication method performed in step S4. When the user authentication is completed, the scrap management server 2 transmits an authentication response indicating information indicating whether the user authentication has succeeded or failed to the user terminal 1. (Step S24).

  When the user terminal 1 receives an authentication response indicating that the user authentication is successful, the user terminal 1 acquires a search character by an input from the user (step S25). When the user terminal 1 acquires the search character from the user, the user terminal 1 transmits a search request to the scrap management server 2 (step S26).

  When receiving the search request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 extracts the search characters from the received authentication request. The scrap management server 2 checks the correlation between the extracted search characters and the keyword information of all scrap data registered by the user who has made the search request. The scrap management server 2 creates a scrap list in which scrap data having a high correlation with the acquired search character is arranged in the order of high correlation, and transmits the scrap list to the user terminal 1 as a search response. (Step S28). When receiving a search response from the scrap management server 2, the user terminal 1 creates and displays a search result screen showing a scrap list from the received search response.

  Next, the user terminal 1 causes the user to select scrap data for which a scrap image is desired to be browsed from the displayed search result screen (step S29). When the user selects scrap data for which a scrap image is desired to be browsed, the user terminal 1 transmits a scrap image request to the scrap management server 2 (step S30).

  When the scrap management server 2 receives the scrap image request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 acquires the requested scrap image from the database in the scrap management server 2 (step S31). Next, the scrap management server 2 transmits the acquired scrap image to the user terminal 1 as a response to the scrap image request (step S32). When the user terminal 1 receives the scrap image from the scrap management server 2, the user terminal 1 displays the received scrap image.

  Further, when the user terminal 1 is requested to search for a related article (step S33), the user terminal 1 transmits a related article search request to the scrap management server 2 (step S24).

  When receiving the related article search request from the user terminal 1, the scrap management server 2 performs the related article search (step S35). The scrap management server 2 includes all scrap data registered in the scrap management server 2 including scrap data in which a scrap image is displayed and scrap data registered by a user other than the user who has made a search request. Examine the correlation with the data. The scrap management server 2 creates a related scrap list in which scrap data having a high correlation with the scrap data on which the scrap image is displayed is arranged in order of high correlation, and transmits the related scrap list to the user terminal 1 as a related article search response ( Step S36).

  When receiving the related article search response from the scrap management server 2, the user terminal 1 creates and displays a related article search result screen showing a related scrap list from the received related article search response (step S37).

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal in one embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the user terminal according to the present embodiment includes a camera unit 11, a registration processing unit 12, and a browsing processing unit 13.

  The camera unit 11 captures an image including a newspaper or magazine article according to a user operation, and acquires image data. The camera unit 11 transmits the acquired image data to the registration processing unit 12.

  The registration processing unit 12 prompts the user to input user information and acquires the user information of the user. In addition, the registration processing unit 12 receives image data from the camera unit 11. The registration processing unit 12 causes the user to edit the image data received from the camera unit 11 and obtains a scrap image from which unnecessary areas that do not include articles are deleted from the image data. Moreover, the registration process part 12 acquires article information by the input from a user. The registration processing unit 12 transmits a registration request to the scrap management server 2 in order to cause the scrap management server 2 to register scrap images and article information. Upon receiving a registration response from the scrap management server 2, the registration processing unit 12 determines whether the registration of the scrap image and the article information has succeeded or failed, and displays a screen indicating the registration result.

  The browsing processing unit 13 prompts the user to input user information and acquires the user information of the user. The browsing processing unit 13 transmits an authentication request to the scrap management server 2 in order to request login to the scrap management server 2. When the authentication by the scrap management server 2 is completed, the interest browsing processing unit 13 receives an authentication response from the scrap management server 2.

  Moreover, the browsing process part 13 acquires a search character by the input from a user. The browsing processing unit 13 transmits a search request to the scrap management server 2 in order to cause the scrap management server 2 to search for scrap data having a high correlation with the search character. Upon receiving a search response from the scrap management server 2, the browsing processing unit 13 creates and displays a search result screen from the received search response. The search result screen displays a list of scraps in which scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the search characters.

  Further, the browsing processing unit 13 causes the user to select scrap data for which a scrap image is desired to be browsed from the displayed search result screen, and transmits a scrap image request to the scrap management server 2. When receiving a scrap image from the scrap management server 2 as a response to the scrap image request, the browsing processing unit 13 displays the received scrap image.

  Further, when the user is requested to search for related articles, the browsing processing unit 13 transmits a related article search request to the scrap management server 2 in order to cause the scrap management server 2 to search for related articles. Upon receiving the related article search response from the scrap management server 2, the browsing processing unit 13 creates and displays a related article search result screen from the received related article search response. The related article search result screen displays a list of related scraps in which the scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the scrap data on which the scrap image is displayed.

  The camera unit 11, the registration processing unit 12, and the browsing processing unit 13 can be realized by, for example, an LSI (Large Scale Integration) including various logic circuits.

  Next, a processing procedure in which the user terminal 1 shown in FIG. 4 registers a scrap image in the scrap management server 2 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

  The registration processing unit 12 prompts the user to input user information and acquires the user information of the user. First, the registration processing unit 12 displays a user information input screen shown in FIG. When the user information is input by the user, the registration processing unit 12 acquires the input user information (step S41).

  Next, the registration processing unit 12 causes the user to take an image including a newspaper or magazine article (step S42). When an image is captured by the user, the camera unit 11 acquires the captured image data, and transmits the acquired image data to the registration processing unit 12.

  When the image data is acquired from the camera unit 11, the registration processing unit 12 causes the user to edit the image data (step S43). The registration processing unit 12 displays the acquired image data, causes the user to select a necessary area in the image data, and deletes an area other than the selected area. Thereby, the registration process part 12 acquires the scrap image which deleted the unnecessary area | region which does not contain the article among image data.

  Next, the registration process part 12 acquires article information by the input from a user. The registration processing unit 12 displays the article information input screen shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the article information input screen includes an image capturing button. With this button, the registration processing unit 12 causes the user to select whether to input article information directly or to take an image including article information with a camera (step S44).

  When the image capture button is pressed, the registration processing unit 12 includes an image including the name of the newspaper or magazine, an image including the page number describing the article, and the date on which the newspaper or magazine was issued. Let the user take an image. When an image including article information is captured by the user, the camera unit 11 acquires the captured image data and transmits the acquired image data to the registration processing unit 12. When image data including article information is acquired from the camera unit 11 (step S45), the registration processing unit 12 extracts the name, issue date, and page number of a newspaper or magazine from each image (step S46). For example, OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology is used to extract characters from the acquired image data.

  On the other hand, when the article information is directly input without pressing the image shooting button, the registration processing unit 12 describes the name or article of the newspaper or magazine directly input on the article information input screen shown in FIG. The page number and the issue date of the newspaper or magazine are acquired (step S47).

  Next, the registration processing unit 12 transmits a registration request to the scrap management server 2 (step S48). The registration request includes a scrap image, article information, and user information. Upon receiving a registration response from the scrap management server 2, the registration processing unit 12 determines whether registration with the scrap management server 2 has succeeded or failed (step S49).

  When the registration to the scrap management server 2 is successful, the registration processing unit 12 displays a registration completion screen shown in FIG. 8 and ends the process (step S50).

  On the other hand, when the registration to the scrap management server 2 fails, the registration processing unit 12 displays a registration failure screen shown in FIG. 9 (step S51), and ends the process.

  Next, a processing procedure for browsing the scrap image from the scrap management server 2 by the user terminal 1 shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the user requests browsing of the scrap image, the browsing processing unit 13 first prompts the user to input user information and acquires the user information of the user. The browsing processing unit 13 displays a login screen shown in FIG. When user information is input by the user, the browsing processing unit 13 acquires the input user information (step S61). When acquiring the user information, the browsing processing unit 13 transmits an authentication request to the scrap management server 2 in order to request login to the scrap management server.

  When receiving the authentication response from the scrap management server 2, the browsing processing unit 13 determines whether the user authentication has succeeded or failed from the received authentication response (step S62). If the user authentication is successful, the browsing processing unit 13 proceeds to step S64. On the other hand, when the user authentication fails, the browsing processing unit 13 displays the login failure screen shown in FIG. 12 (step S63), proceeds to step S61, and performs the login process again.

  If the user authentication is successful, the browsing processing unit 13 causes the user to input a search character (step S64). The browsing processing unit 13 displays a search character input screen shown in FIG. When a search character is input by the user, the browsing processing unit 13 acquires the input search character. When the search character is acquired, the browsing processing unit 13 transmits a search request to the scrap management server 2 in order to cause the scrap management server 2 to search for scrap data having a high correlation with the search character.

  When the search response is received from the scrap management server 2, the browsing processing unit 13 creates and displays a search result screen from the received search response (step S65). An example of the search result screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the search result screen displays a scrap list in which scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the search characters.

  Next, the browsing process part 13 makes a user select the scrap data which wants to browse a scrap image from the displayed search result screen (step S66). When scrap data for which a user wants to browse a scrap image is selected by the user, the browsing processing unit 13 transmits a scrap image request to the scrap management server 2.

  When a scrap image is received from the scrap management server 2 as a response to the scrap image request (step S67), the browsing processing unit 13 displays the received scrap image. A display example of the scrap image is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the scrap image display screen includes a related article search button and a re-search button in addition to the scrap image. When the user presses the related article search button, the browsing processing unit 13 searches for a related article of the displayed scrap image. In addition, when the user presses the re-search button, the browsing processing unit 13 searches the scrap image again with another search character.

  Therefore, when the scrap image is displayed, the browsing processing unit 13 first determines whether or not the related article search button has been pressed (step S68). If the related article search button is not pressed, the browsing processing unit 13 proceeds to step S70. On the other hand, when the related article search button is pressed, the browsing processing unit 13 transmits a related article search request to the scrap management server 2 in order to cause the transmission scrap management server 2 to search for related articles.

  When the related article search response is received from the scrap management server 2, the browsing processing unit 13 creates and displays a related article search result screen from the received related article search response (step S69). An example of the related article search result screen is shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 16, the related article search result screen displays a list of related scraps in which scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with scrap data on which scrap images are displayed. In addition, the scrap data for displaying the image data of the scrap data is displayed on the related article search result screen so that the user who requested the related article search cannot browse the image data of the scrap data registered by other users. The selection function is not included.

  Next, the browsing process part 13 discriminate | determines whether the re-search button was pressed down (step S70). When the re-search button is not pressed, the browsing processing unit 13 proceeds to step S68 and determines again whether or not the related article search button is pressed. On the other hand, when the re-search button is pressed, the browsing processing unit 13 proceeds to step S64, causes the user to input the search character again, and searches the scrap data again from the input search character.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the scrap management server in one embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the scrap management server of this embodiment includes a communication processing unit 21, a user management unit 22, an access management unit 23, a user DB 24, an article management unit 25, a search unit 26, a related search unit 27, and an article DB 28. Have

  When receiving a registration request including a scrap image, article information, and user information from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 extracts user information from the received registration request and transmits the user information to the access management unit 23. In addition, the communication processing unit 21 extracts a scrap image and article information from the received registration request and transmits the scrap image and article information to the article management unit 25. When the communication processing unit 21 receives the registration result of the scrap image and the article information from the article management unit 25, the communication processing unit 21 transmits a registration response indicating the registration result to the user terminal 1.

  Further, when receiving an authentication request from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received authentication request to the access management unit 23. When receiving the authentication response from the access management unit 23, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received authentication response to the user terminal 1.

  In addition, when receiving a search request from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received search request and the user ID of the user who is performing the search request to the search unit 26. When receiving a search response from the search unit 26, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received search response to the user terminal 1.

  Further, when receiving the scrap image request from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received scrap image request to the search unit 26. When receiving a scrap image from the search unit 26 as a response to the scrap image request, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received scrap image to the user terminal 1.

  In addition, when receiving the related article search request from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received scrap related article search request to the related search unit 27. When the communication processing unit 21 receives the related article search response from the related search unit 27, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received related article search response to the user terminal 1.

  When the user information of a user who can register or view scrap images is registered, the user management unit 22 records the registered user information in the user DB 24.

  When receiving the user information from the communication processing unit 21, the access management unit 23 authenticates the user using the received user information for registering the scrap image and the article information. When receiving the user information from the communication processing unit 21, the access management unit 23 extracts the user ID and password from the received user information.

  When the extracted user ID is registered in the user DB 24 and the extracted password matches the password recorded corresponding to the user ID, the access management unit 23 regards the authentication as successful.

  On the other hand, when the extracted user ID is not registered in the user DB 24 or when the extracted password does not match the password recorded corresponding to the user ID, the access management unit 23 regards it as an authentication failure.

  The access management unit 23 transmits information indicating whether the authentication has succeeded or failed and the user ID of the user to the article management unit 25.

  Further, when receiving an authentication request from the communication processing unit 21, the access management unit 23 extracts user information from the received authentication request. When the user information is extracted, the access management unit 23 authenticates the user using the extracted user information for browsing the scrap image. The user authentication method is the same as the authentication method used when registering scrap images and article information. The access management unit 23 transmits information indicating whether the authentication has succeeded or failed to the communication processing unit 21.

  The user DB 24 is a database in which user information of users who can register or view scrap images is recorded.

  When notified by the access management unit 23 that the user authentication is successful, the article management unit 25 receives the scrap image and article information received from the communication processing unit 21 and the user ID received from the access management unit 23 in the article DB 28. To record. The article management unit 25 extracts a word as a keyword from the scrap image included in the received registration request so that the user can search using the keyword when browsing the scrap image. The article management unit 25 records the extracted word as keyword information in the article DB 28 as scrap data in association with the received scrap image, article information, and user ID.

  When the article management unit 25 records the scrap data in the article DB 28, the article management unit 25 notifies the communication processing unit 21 that registration is successful.

  On the other hand, when notified by the access management unit 23 that the user authentication has failed, the article management unit 25 discards the scrap image and article information acquired from the communication processing unit 21 and communicates that registration has failed. The processing unit 21 is notified.

  When receiving the search request and the user ID of the user making the search request from the communication processing unit 21, the search unit 26 extracts a search character from the received search request. The search unit 26 checks the correlation between the extracted search characters and all the scrap data registered by the user who has made the search request. The search unit 26 creates a scrap list in which scrap data having a high correlation with the acquired search character is arranged in the order of high correlation, and transmits the scrap list to the communication processing unit 21 as a search response.

  Further, when receiving the scrap image request from the communication processing unit 21, the search unit 26 acquires the requested scrap image from the article DB 28 and transmits it to the communication processing unit 21 as a response to the scrap image request.

  When the related search unit 27 receives a related article search request from the communication processing unit 21, the related search unit 27 performs a related article search. The related search unit 27 includes all scrap data registered in the scrap management server 2 including scrap data in which scrap images are displayed and scrap data registered by a user other than the user who has made a search request. Examine the correlation with the data. The related search unit 27 creates a related scrap list in which scrap data having a high correlation with the scrap data on which the scrap image is displayed is arranged in descending order of correlation, and transmits the related scrap list to the communication processing unit 21 as a related article search response.

  The article DB 28 is a database in which scrap data is recorded.

  The communication processing unit 21, the user management unit 22, the access management unit 23, the article management unit 25, the search unit 26, and the related search unit 27 can be realized by, for example, an LSI (Large Scale Integration) including various logic circuits.

  Next, a processing procedure when the scrap management server 2 shown in FIG. 17 is requested to register a scrap image from the user terminal 1 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

  When receiving the registration request from the user terminal 1 (step S81), the communication processing unit 21 of the scrap management server 2 extracts user information from the received registration request and transmits it to the access management unit 23. In addition, the communication processing unit 21 extracts a scrap image and article information from the received registration request and transmits the scrap image and article information to the article management unit 25.

  When receiving the user information from the communication processing unit 21 (step S82), the access management unit 23 authenticates the user using the received user information for registration of the scrap image and the article information (step S83). A user who can register or view scrap images and article information is registered in advance in the scrap management server 2. When a user who can register or view scrap images and article information is registered, the user management unit 22 records the registered user in the user DB 14. The access management unit 23 extracts the user ID and password from the user information received from the communication processing unit 21.

  When the extracted user ID is registered in the user DB 24 and the extracted password matches the password recorded corresponding to the user ID, the access management unit 23 regards the authentication as successful.

  On the other hand, when the extracted user ID is not registered in the user DB 24 or when the extracted password does not match the password recorded corresponding to the user ID, the access management unit 23 regards it as an authentication failure.

  The access management unit 23 transmits information indicating whether the authentication has succeeded or failed and the user ID of the user to the article management unit 25.

  When the information indicating that the user authentication is successful is received from the access management unit 23, the article management unit 25 reports the scrap image and article information received from the communication processing unit 21 and the user ID received from the access management unit 23. It records in DB28 (step S84).

  Further, the article management unit 25 extracts a word as a keyword from the scrap image included in the received registration request so that the user can search using the keyword when browsing the scrap image. First, the article management unit 25 extracts characters from the scrap image and converts them into character code strings that can be edited and searched by the computer. For example, OCR technology is used to extract characters from an image and convert them into character code strings that can be edited and searched by a computer.

  Further, the article management unit 25 divides the converted character code string into meaningful words. In order to divide the character code string into meaningful words, for example, a morphological analysis technique used in kana-kanji conversion or the like is used. The article management unit 25 records the word extracted from the scrap image as keyword information in the article DB 28 as scrap data in association with the received scrap image, article information, and user ID.

  When the article management unit 25 records the scrap data in the article DB 28, the article management unit 25 notifies the communication processing unit 21 that registration is successful. When notified from the article management unit 25 that the registration has been successful, the communication processing unit 21 transmits a registration response indicating that the registration has been successful to the user terminal 1 (step S85), and ends the process.

  On the other hand, when the information indicating that the user authentication has failed is received from the access management unit 23, the article management unit 25 discards the scrap image and the article information acquired from the communication processing unit 21 (step S86), and the registration is completed. The communication processing unit 21 is notified of the failure. When notified by the article management unit 25 that registration has failed, the communication processing unit 21 transmits a registration response indicating that registration has failed to the user terminal 1 (step S87), and ends the process.

  Next, the processing procedure when the scrap management server 2 shown in FIG. 17 is requested to browse the scrap image from the user terminal 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the communication processing unit 21 of the scrap management server 2 receives an authentication request from the user terminal 1 (step S101), the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received authentication request to the access management unit 23. When receiving the authentication request from the communication processing unit 21, the access management unit 23 extracts user information from the received authentication request (step S102). When the user information is extracted, the access management unit 23 authenticates the user using the extracted user information for browsing the scrap image (step S103). The user authentication method is the same as the authentication method shown in step S83.

  When the user authentication fails, the access management unit 23 transmits an authentication response indicating that the authentication has failed to the communication processing unit 21. When receiving the authentication response from the access management unit 23, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received authentication response to the user terminal 1 (step S104), proceeds to step S101, and performs the user authentication process again. fix.

  On the other hand, when the user authentication is successful, the access management unit 23 transmits an authentication response indicating that the authentication is successful to the communication processing unit 21. When receiving the authentication response from the access management unit 23, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received authentication response to the user terminal 1 (step S105).

  Next, when receiving a search request from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received search request and the user ID of the user making the search request to the search unit 26 (step S106).

  When receiving the search request and the user ID of the user making the search request from the communication processing unit 21, the search unit 26 performs a search process (step S107). The search unit 26 first extracts search characters from the received search request. Next, the search unit 26 checks the correlation between the extracted search characters and the keyword information of all scrap data registered by the user who has made the search request. In order to examine the correlation between the search character and the keyword information, for example, a text mining technique for analyzing the appearance frequency of words and the relationship between words is used.

  The search unit 26 extracts scrap data having keyword information whose correlation with a search character designated by the user is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. Or you may extract all the scrap data in which the search character designated by the user is contained in keyword information. The search unit 26 creates a scrap list in which the extracted scrap data is arranged in the descending order of correlation with the search character designated by the user, and transmits the scrap list to the communication processing unit 21 as a search response.

  Note that the search unit 26 creates a list in which scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with a search character designated by the user so that the user can easily select a scrap image. For example, the search unit 26 may create a list of scrap data that includes character strings that completely match the search characters in the article information, or create a list that lists the scrap data according to date order or the like. When receiving the search response from the search unit 26, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received search response to the user terminal 1.

  Next, when receiving the scrap image request from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received scrap image request to the search unit 26 (step S108). When receiving the scrap image request from the communication processing unit 21, the search unit 26 acquires the requested scrap image from the article DB 28 (step S109). The search unit 26 transmits the scrap image acquired from the article DB 28 to the communication processing unit 21. When the scrap image is received from the search unit 26, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received scrap image to the user terminal 1 as a response to the scrap image request.

  When the communication processing unit 21 transmits the scrap image, the user issues either a related article search request for searching for a related article of the scrap image or a search request for searching for the scrap image again with another search character. There is a possibility of receiving from the terminal 1.

  Therefore, when a scrap image is transmitted to the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 first determines whether or not a related article search request has been received from the user terminal 1 (step S110). When the related article search request is not received, the communication processing unit 21 proceeds to step S112. On the other hand, when the related article search request is received from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received related article search request to the related search unit 27.

  When receiving a related article search request from the communication processing unit 21, the related search unit 27 performs a related article search (step S111). The related search unit 27 is registered in the scrap management server 2 including the keyword information included in the scrap data displaying the scrap image and the scrap image registered by a user other than the user who has made the search request. Examine the correlation with keyword information of all scrap data. Note that, for example, a text mining technique is used to investigate the correlation between the keyword information of the scrap data displaying the scrap image and the keyword information of all the scrap data registered in the scrap management server 2.

  The related search unit 27 extracts scrap data having keyword information whose correlation with keyword information of scrap data displaying the scrap image is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold. Alternatively, all scrap data in which at least one of keywords included in the scrap data displaying the scrap image is included in the keyword information may be extracted. The related search unit 27 creates a related scrap list in which the extracted scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the scrap data displaying the scrap image, and transmits the related scrap list to the communication processing unit 21 as a related article search response. When receiving the related article search response from the related search unit 27, the communication processing unit 21 transmits the received related article search response to the user terminal 1.

  Next, the communication processing unit 21 determines whether a search request is received from the user terminal 1 (step S112). If the search request is not received, the communication processing unit 21 proceeds to step S110 and determines again whether the related article search request is received from the user terminal 1. On the other hand, when receiving a search request from the user terminal 1, the communication processing unit 21 proceeds to step S107 and performs the search process again.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the registered scrap image is browsed using the user terminal 1 has been described. However, it is not always necessary to use the user terminal 1 for browsing the scrap image. Even a general portable terminal or PC terminal can browse a registered scrap image if it has the browsing processing unit shown in FIG.

  In the electronic scrap system of this embodiment, keywords are extracted from image data including newspaper or magazine articles taken by the user, and registered in the scrap management server in association with the image data. As a result, even if the article is not registered in the server in advance, the user can scrape the article as electronic data so that it can be searched.

  The electronic scrap system according to the present embodiment extracts scrap data having a high correlation with a keyword specified by the user from the user's scrap data in response to a request from the user. Furthermore, the electronic scrap system of the present embodiment displays a scrap list in which the extracted scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the keyword specified by the user. Thereby, the user can search the image data to be browsed more accurately.

  In addition, the electronic scrap system of the present embodiment has a correlation with the scrap data displaying the image data out of all the scrap data including those registered by other users in response to a request from the user. Extract high scrap data. Furthermore, the electronic scrap system of the present embodiment displays a list of related scraps in which the extracted scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the scrap data displaying image data. As a result, the user can obtain information such as the name of the newspaper or magazine, the page number on which the article is written, and the date of issue of the article related to the browsed image data.

  Further, the electronic scrap system of the present embodiment does not display an image of scrap data from a screen that displays a related scrap list. Thereby, since the user cannot browse the image of the scrap data registered by other users, the electronic scrap system of the present embodiment can provide useful information to the user while maintaining confidentiality.

  In addition, the user terminal of the electronic scrap system according to the present embodiment has a function of deleting unnecessary areas of photographed image data. Thereby, the user can easily extract and register only an effective area from the photographed article image.

  In addition, the user terminal of the electronic scrap system of the present embodiment registers the image data and article information in the scrap management server using the electronic mail function. Thereby, the user can register image data and article information easily.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 User terminal 2 Scrap management server 11 Camera part 12 Registration process part 13 Browsing process part 21 Communication process part 22 User management part 23 Access management part 24 User DB
25 Article Management Unit 26 Search Unit 27 Related Search Unit 28 Article DB

Claims (25)

A user terminal that captures an image including an article in accordance with a user operation, acquires article information about the article, and transmits a registration request including the captured image data and the article information;
When the registration request is received from the user terminal, a keyword is extracted from an article of image data included in the registration request, and the image data, the article information, and the keyword are associated with each other as scrap data of the user. When the keyword is specified by the user, the scrap data including the keyword is extracted from the scrap data of the user, and a scrap list that is a list of the extracted scrap data is provided. When any scrap data is selected from the scrap list by the user, a scrap management server that provides an image of the selected scrap data;
Having an electronic scrap system. The scrap management server
The electronic scrap system according to claim 1, wherein the scrap list in which scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with a keyword designated by the user is provided. The scrap management server
When the user requests extraction of scrap data related to the selected scrap data, it is included in the selected scrap data from all scrap data including those registered by other users. 3. The electronic scrap system according to claim 1, wherein scrap data including a keyword is extracted, and a list of related scraps in which the scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the keyword of the selected scrap data is provided. The user terminal is
4. The electronic scrap system according to claim 3, wherein when the related scrap list is received from the scrap management server, a screen showing only the related scrap list is displayed, and an image of the scrap data is not provided to the user from the screen. The user terminal is
5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein image data obtained by deleting unnecessary areas from the captured image data is created, and the registration request including the created image data and the article information is transmitted. 6. Scrap system. The user terminal is
The electronic scrap system according to claim 1, wherein the registration request is transmitted by electronic mail. The user terminal is
The electronic scrap system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the article information is acquired by character input from a user and is transmitted as a registration request together with the image data. The user terminal is
The article information image including the article information is photographed in accordance with a user operation, the article information is extracted from the article information image, and is transmitted as a registration request together with the image data. Electronic scrap system as described in. An electronic scrap method for electronically scraping articles by an electronic scrap system having a user terminal and a scrap management server,
The user terminal is
Take an image containing the article according to the user's operation,
Get article information about the article,
Send a registration request containing the image data taken and the article information,
The scrap management server is
When the registration request is received from the user terminal, a keyword is extracted from an article of image data included in the registration request, and the image data, the article information, and the keyword are associated with each other as scrap data of the user. Register,
When a keyword is specified by the user, the scrap data including the keyword is extracted from the scrap data of the user, and a scrap list that is a list of the extracted scrap data is provided.
An electronic scrap method for providing an image of selected scrap data when any scrap data is selected from the scrap list by the user. The scrap management server is
The electronic scrap method according to claim 9, wherein the scrap list in which scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with a keyword designated by the user is provided. The scrap management server is
When the user requests extraction of scrap data related to the selected scrap data, it is included in the selected scrap data from all scrap data including those registered by other users. 11. The electronic scrap method according to claim 9, wherein scrap data including a keyword is extracted and a list of related scraps in which the scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the keyword of the selected scrap data is provided. The scrap management server is
12. The electronic scrap method according to claim 11, wherein when the related scrap list is received from the scrap management server, a screen showing only the related scrap list is displayed, and an image of the scrap data is not provided to the user from the screen. The user terminal is
11. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein image data in which unnecessary areas are deleted from the photographed image data is created, and the registration request including the created image data and the article information is transmitted. Scrap way. The user terminal is
The electronic scrap method according to any one of claims 9 to 13, wherein the registration request is transmitted by electronic mail. The user terminal is
The electronic scrap method according to claim 9, wherein the article information is acquired by a character input from a user and is transmitted as a registration request together with the image data. The user terminal is
15. The article information image including the article information is photographed in accordance with a user operation, the article information is extracted from the article information image, and is transmitted as a registration request together with the image data. The electronic scrap method described in 1. When receiving a registration request including image data including an article photographed in accordance with a user operation and article information related to the article, a keyword is extracted from the article of the image data included in the registration request, and the image data An article management unit that associates the article information with the keyword and registers it as scrap data of the user;
When a keyword is designated by the user, the scrap data including the keyword is extracted from the scrap data of the user, and a scrap list that is a list of the extracted scrap data is provided. When any one of the scrap data is selected from the scrap list, a search unit that provides an image of the selected scrap data;
A scrap management server. The search unit
The scrap management server according to claim 17, wherein the scrap list in which scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with a keyword designated by the user is provided. The search unit
When the user requests extraction of scrap data related to the selected scrap data, it is included in the selected scrap data from all scrap data including those registered by other users. 19. The scrap management server according to claim 17 or 18, wherein scrap data including a keyword is extracted, and a related scrap list in which the scrap data is arranged in descending order of correlation with the keyword of the selected scrap data is provided. A camera unit that captures images including articles according to user operations;
Obtaining article information about the article, creating image data in which unnecessary areas are deleted from the captured image data, and a registration processing unit that transmits a registration request including the created image data and the article information;
User terminal having   When a keyword is specified by a user, the server requests an external server to provide a scrap list that is a list of scrap data including the keyword extracted from the user's scrap data, and the scrap list is sent from the server. Is displayed, a screen showing the scrap list is displayed. When any scrap data is selected from the scrap list by the user, the server is requested to provide an image of the selected scrap data. 21. The user terminal according to claim 20, further comprising a browsing display unit that displays the image of the scrap data when the image of the scrap data is acquired from the server. The browsing display unit
When the user requests extraction of scrap data related to the selected scrap data, it is included in the selected scrap data from all scrap data including those registered by other users. The request of the related scrap list which is the list which extracted the scrap data containing a keyword to the said server, and when the said related scrap list is acquired from the said server, the screen which shows only this related scrap list is displayed. User terminal. The registration processing unit
The user terminal according to any one of claims 20 to 22, wherein the registration request is transmitted by electronic mail. The registration processing unit
The user terminal according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein the article information is acquired by a character input from a user and transmitted as a registration request together with the image data. The registration processing unit
The article information image including the article information is photographed according to a user's operation, the article information is extracted from the article information image, and transmitted as a registration request together with the image data. User terminal as described in.

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