JPH02155066A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily retrieve document data by displaying the data quantity of the document data with analog quantity such as a segment having a length accordant with the data quantity and displaying the corresponding document data at a place designated by a cursor, etc. CONSTITUTION:For example, the whole quantity of the document data as a retrieval object is regarded as one book or a bundle of document, and when the document is to be retrieved, the whole quantity of the document data is displayed as the analog quantity such as the thickness W of the book or the document so that the whole quantity of the document data can be visually grasped. The place in the hook around which an object page exists is designated by moving a cursor 23 in the thickness direction of the book. The title document processor obtains the address of the page corresponding to a position coordinate having the thickness direction designated by the cursor and displays the document stored in this address. Since the document can be retrieved not with a clear number as a page number but with ambiguous quantity as the rough position designated by the cursor in the above-mentioned manner, compared with a conventional document processor, this document processor can have sensitivity closer to the sensitivity of a human being, and made convenient to use.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device, and particularly to a document processing device that searches for and displays fixed document data from a huge amount of document data.

[Conventional technology]

When searching for the data of a certain page in a single document that spans several pages or even dozens of pages, and correcting or editing this data, conventionally, the target page number or, if you are not sure, the pages in the vicinity. The number is specified by inputting numerical data from the keyboard, and the document on that page is displayed.

In addition, to make it easier to search for the target page number,
For example, a software called Hypercard displays the information written at the edge of each page of document data in a visible manner, and the searcher searches for the corresponding page based on the displayed part of the information. .

In addition, as related to conventional document processing devices, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 62-140124, 62-214423, and 6
No. 2-229317.

No. 62-212717, etc.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The former of the above conventional techniques requires the operator to memorize the contents of each page of document data to some extent;
When specifying a target page, the page number must be entered from the keyboard each time. but,
When the amount of document data to be searched becomes enormous and exceeds hundreds of pages, it is almost impossible to memorize the contents of each page, and the number of times a page number must be specified to arrive at the relevant page becomes difficult. There is a problem that the number increases and becomes troublesome. Furthermore, it is physically impossible to apply the latter conventional technology to a huge amount of document data spanning hundreds of pages and display information at the edges of each page; It is difficult to specify the relevant page from among the information.

An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use document processing device that can easily search for target document data from a huge amount of document data.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above purpose is to display the amount of document data not as numerical data such as the number of pages or number of characters, but as an analog quantity such as a line segment with a length corresponding to the amount of data. Specify where in the entire document data is located by specifying the required location of the analog amount displayed by 1 with a cursor, etc., and display the document data corresponding to the location specified with the cursor, etc. achieved.

[For production]

For example, if you have read a book with several hundred pages and want to re-read parts you liked, it is almost impossible to specify the page number of the relevant page and open that page. In many cases, based on a vague memory of where the relevant page is in the book, the first thing to do is to find the location, open it, read the text there to refresh your memory, and then move on to the desired page. Repeat the process of approaching.

In the present invention, this search procedure performed by an ordinary person is adopted as a search method in a document processing device. In other words, the entire amount of document data to be searched is regarded as one book or a bundle of documents,
An analog quantity 1, for example, the thickness of a book or document, is displayed so that the entire amount of document data can be visually grasped when searching for a document.

Then, specify where the target page is in the book by moving the cursor in the thickness direction.

The document processing device obtains the address of the page corresponding to the position coordinate in the thickness direction specified by the cursor.

Display the document stored at this address. In this way, the document processing device of the present invention makes it possible to search for documents using vague quantities such as approximate positions specified with a cursor rather than clear numbers such as page numbers. It is closer to the sensibilities of people, making it easier to use.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a document processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This document processing device includes a document processing device main body 1, a coordinate input device 2. Key human powered device 3. External storage device 42 display device 5. The document processing device main body 1, which is composed of a printing device 6, has a central processing unit (C
PU) 7 and memory 8. This memory 8 stores various programs such as an information acquisition program that acquires input data from each input device 2.3, a document processing program, and a page selection processing program to be described later, as well as document data that is being created. The CPU 7 executes various programs stored in the memory 8. In this embodiment, a mouse is used as the coordinate input device 2, and a normal keyboard is used as the key input device 3. Created document data and the like are registered in an external storage device 4 such as a floppy disk. A display device 5 such as a CRT displays input data from the input devices 2 and 3, document data stored in the memory 8, an open page selection screen, a text editing screen, etc. This is to print the written text etc.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a mouse used as the coordinate input device 2. FIG. This mouse 2 has a left button 21 and a right button 2.
2.

FIG. 4 is a storage area configuration diagram of the memory 8.

This memory 8 includes a total page number storage section (variable TP) 81. Selected page number storage section (variable 5P) 82.

A data amount display width storage section (variable BW) 83, a data amount display position storage section (variable BX) 84, a mouse cursor selection position storage section (variable 5X) 85, and a document data storage section (variable BD) 86. 1 document data storage section 8
1 in 6 documents and external storage devices being created! The document loaded from 4 is stored.

Next, the document search procedure in this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6 and the display screen example of FIG. 1.

When you are creating a huge amount of text using the key human-powered device 3, or when you have loaded an already created text from the external storage device 4, and want to search for data on a certain page in one text, When the program shown in FIG. 5 is read from the memory 8 and the document selection in step 1 is executed, the entire search target document (document stored in the document data storage section 86) is stored in the total page number storage section 81 of the memory 8. In the first step 2 in which the number of pages is stored, an open page selection screen is displayed.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an open page selection screen in one embodiment. In this embodiment, when a book by "Toyotomi Hideyoshi" is loaded from the external storage device 4 into the document data storage section 86 of the memory 8 and its contents are being read, the opening page when the document selection in step 1 is executed is A selection screen is shown. A book having a total number of pages of "Toyotomi Hideyoshi" of 387 and a thickness W corresponding to the 387 pages (an analog amount for displaying the total amount of data in this embodiment) is displayed. A mouse cursor 23 indicating the relative positional relationship of the mouse is also displayed on this screen at the same time. Note that the length of the analog amount W that visually displays the data amount is displayed in proportion to the data amount of the search target document data.

It is preferable for the operator to be able to visually grasp the amount of document data to be searched, but it is not necessarily necessary to display it in proportion to the amount of data; for example, documents of 500 pages and 100 pages may be displayed at the same thickness. However, it is preferable to clearly display the amount of data so that it is easy to understand that the amount of data is being displayed.In other words, the amount of data may be shown by a simple line segment, but in this example, , the amount of data is displayed as the thickness of a book so that the amount of data can be easily understood visually by the operator. The mouse cursor 23 is moved slowly in the direction of the thickness of the book in a visually easy-to-understand manner.

After the open page selection screen is displayed, the next step 3, the open page selection process, is performed.The details of this process will be explained with reference to FIG. When entering this open page selection process, first, it is determined whether or not there is key power to specify the open page number from the key power device 3 (step 31), and if there is key power, this input data is acquired (step 31). 32), determine whether this input data is valid (step 33)
If the input number exceeds the total number of pages (387 pages in this case), the input data is deemed invalid and the process returns to step 31. If the input number is greater than or equal to "O" and less than or equal to the total number of pages, it is determined to be valid and the process proceeds to the next step 34, where the input data is set as the value of the variable SP and is entered in the number of open pages entry field on the display screen. In addition to displaying
After completing the processing by this program, step 4 in Figure 5
Proceed to.

If it is determined in step 31 that there is no key strength, that is, if it is determined that the operator does not input numerical values for the intervening pages but designates them with the mouse cursor 23.

Proceed to step 35. If the operator uses mouse 2 to specify the page to open, move mouse 23 to move the mouse cursor 23 within the thickness range of the book shown in Figure 1 until it reaches the desired position. When the left button 21 is pressed, an on signal is output to the CPU 7. When specifying the opening page with the mouse cursor 23 in this way, it is not possible to specify the exact page number of the opening page, but one person cannot specify the exact page number of the opening page. As long as you rely on your memory, it will be vague and inaccurate.

Therefore, as long as one person operates the document processing device, it is in some respects inconvenient to indicate the designation of the document to be searched by a clear numerical value, so this fifth embodiment is used.

Considering that the document processing device is operated by a person, a search method is also used in which the search position can be roughly indicated using the mouse cursor 23. Whether or not the operator has selected this search method is determined by whether or not the left button 21 of the mouse 2 is turned on (step 35).

If it is determined in step 35 that the left button 21 of the mouse 2 remains off, the process returns to step 31. If it is determined in step 35 that the left button 21 of the mouse 2 is turned on, the process advances to the next step 36.

The position coordinates of the mouse cursor 23 when the on signal is issued from the mouse 2 are taken in and stored in the mouse cursor selection position storage section 85 of the memory 8 as a variable Sx. In this embodiment, the position coordinates of the mouse cursor 23 are determined as the distance from the left edge of the screen in FIG.

In the next step 37, it is determined whether the value set for the variable Sx is valid. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the CPU 7 automatically calculates the distance from the left edge of the screen until the book thickness starts to be displayed when the open page selection screen is displayed, stores it in variable BX, and calculates the distance from the left edge of the screen until the book thickness starts to be displayed. The display width is determined and stored in variable BW. Note that when the operator changes the scale of the book size or thickness on the display screen, the stored values of these variables BX and BW are changed accordingly. In step 37, if BX≦SX≦ (BX+BW) holds based on the stored values of these variables BX, BW and the variable Sx, it is determined to be valid and the process proceeds to step 38; otherwise, it is determined to be invalid. Then, the process returns to step 31. That is, if the position of the mouse cursor 23 is within the area indicating the thickness of the book, it is determined to be valid, and if it is in any other area, it is determined to be invalid.

In step 38, the position of the mouse cursor 23 is determined based on the stored values of variables SX, BX, BW, and TP.

Find the number of pages indicated by the mouse cursor 23 by calculating what fraction of the book's thickness it is located using the calculation formula, and multiplying the obtained value number by the total number of pages (value stored in variable TP). , the value is stored in the storage unit 82 as the value of the variable SP, and the value is displayed in the open page entry column on both sides of the open page selection, and this program is terminated, and the process proceeds to step 4 in FIG. Although it is not necessary to display the calculated number of open pages in the open page entry field, displaying this allows the operator to concretely understand the position specified by the cursor 23, and this information can also be used as a reference. There is. In addition, 1. For example, when a required range of analog display amount is enlarged and specified by moving the cursor 23 within this enlarged display range as described later, information on which part of the total data amount is specified is displayed as the enlargement. Depending on the display format (displaying an enlarged display area superimposed on the analog amount display area of the total data amount), there may be omissions, and to compensate for this, the number of open pages is displayed numerically.

In step 4, the CPU 7 selects one of the documents stored in the document data storage section 86 of the memory 8.

(SX-BX)/BW Reads the document stored at the address indicated by the value of the variable SP and displays it on the display section [5].

The operator reads the displayed document, and if it is a suitable document, performs editing processing on the page (step 5).

FIG. 7 shows a display screen showing the location specified by the cursor 23 (page 124 in this figure) in the display example of FIG. 1. In this embodiment, as shown in this figure, a specified page is opened, and the amount of data up to this specified page and the total amount of data from the specified page to the end are displayed as analog amounts wl and w2, respectively. If the opened page is not the corresponding page and you wish to search for a further target page, specify the desired location in these analog quantities wl and w2 with the cursor 23 to open that location. Since the procedure is basically the same as the flowchart in FIG. 6, detailed explanation will be omitted. In this case, when specifying by moving the cursor 23 during the analog amount W1 (the position of the cursor 23 is set to SXI), the data B x shown in FIG. 7 is specified.

The address of the corresponding document data is calculated from BW, TP, (=open page), and the cursor 23 is placed in the analog amount Wz.
When specifying by moving the cursor 23 position SXz
, data BXz, BW, and 'rpz (total number of pages -
Find the address from the number of open pages).

When the total amount of document data to be searched exceeds hundreds or thousands of pages, the analog volume wl is approximately 1.2 cm1 at most.
, w2 indicates a data amount of hundreds or thousands of pages. The cursor 23 moves pixel by pixel, but it is difficult to actually move pixel by pixel, and if the amount of data is huge, moving the cursor 23 a little will move the specified page by dozens of pages. At that point, the 7th
As shown in the figure, by operating a certain key, the cursor 23
An enlarged display window Y is opened to enlarge the part indicated by , and the cursor 23 is moved within this display window Y, thereby making it possible to search by moving the cursor in units of at least several pages. The address calculation in this case is:

Of course, it goes without saying that this is determined by taking into consideration the range of the enlarged area and the magnification.

According to the present embodiment described above, since the search location is specified using the mouse cursor 23, the operator can search based on his/her sensibilities and visual memory, thereby improving the usability of the document processing device.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to operate a document processing device with a human sense, and there is an effect that the usability is improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an open page selection screen according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a document processing device, and FIG. 3 is a mouse that is an example of the coordinate input device shown in FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the memory storage area shown in FIG. 2, FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the search procedure, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the memory storage area shown in FIG. FIG. 1... Document processing device body, 2... Coordinate input device (mouse), 3... Key manual device, 4... External storage device. 5... Display device, 6... Printing device, 7... CI'
U, 8...Memory, 23...Mouse cursor, 81
... Total page number storage section, 82 ... Selected page number storage section, 83 ... Data amount display width storage section, 84 ... Data amount display position storage section, 85 ... Mouse cursor selection position storage section part, 86... document data storage part, w, wl,
w2...Data amount display section (analog amount display), Y...
・Enlarged display window. Representative Patent Attorney Tadashi Akimoto Actual Figure Figure Figure Cause Cause Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage device for storing document data to be searched, means for visually displaying the entire data amount of the document data to be searched as an analog quantity, and specifying a desired position in the displayed analog quantity. means for determining an address in the storage device of document data corresponding to a specified position in the analog quantity among the document data to be searched; and means for reading and displaying the document data stored at the determined address. A document processing device comprising: 2. A storage device that stores document data to be searched, and when designated document data of the document data to be searched is displayed on a screen, the total amount of data from the beginning of the document data to be searched to the designated document data, and the designated document. means for visually displaying the entire data amount from data to the end of the search target document data as an analog amount; means for specifying a desired position in the displayed analog amount; and the analog amount of the search target document data. means for determining an address in the storage device of document data corresponding to a specified position in the storage device;
1. A document processing device comprising: means for reading and displaying document data stored at a determined address. 3. The document processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the analog amount to be displayed is proportional to the amount of data indicated by the analog amount. 4. Claim 1 or 2, further comprising means for enlarging and displaying a required range of the analog quantity including the specified position of the specifying means and causing the specifying means to specify a desired position in the enlarged and displayed analog quantity. document processing device. 5. A document processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which also displays the position in the document data to be searched of the document data corresponding to the specified position in the analog quantity specified by the specifying means as numerical data.