JP2022131550A - Form creation support apparatus, method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a support technique for creating a document form related to application without manual intervention, based on many related books on a facility.SOLUTION: A form creation support apparatus 10 includes: a first selection unit 11 which selects at least one of multiple related books 15 of a facility for which a document form 16 is to be created; a second selection unit 12 which selects one of multiple pieces of format data 18 of the document form 16 with fixed entry fields; an extraction unit 24 which extracts related information 29 related to each of the entry fields 13 from the related books 15 on the basis of an extraction rule 19; an allocation unit 25 which allocates sentences created on the basis of the related information 29 to each of the entry fields 13; and an output unit 26 which outputs the document form 16 with the sentences allocated to the entry fields 13 in a predetermined style.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a technique for assisting creation of a form.

When constructing a plant or facility, it may be required to submit an application for approval to confirm the suitability of this construction. Some of such authorization applications take a standard form with blank information entry fields, and have specifications that allow common facilities to be shared among different facilities.

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Documents related to plants and facilities include not only design documents but also documents related to laws and regulations, required specifications, and the like. These books have complicated sentences and a wide variety of information that is related (linked) to each other.

The authorization application form described above has been created by manually extracting the information related to the target facility from the plurality of documents described above. For this reason, preparation of the authorization application form required considerable labor, and when the book was revised, it was necessary to re-extract the relevant information manually.

The embodiments of the present invention have been made in consideration of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a support technology for creating a form related to an application without manpower based on a large number of related documents related to equipment. do.

In the form creation support device according to the embodiment, a first selection unit for selecting one or more of a plurality of documents related to equipment to be created in a form, and format data of the form in which entry fields are set in a standard manner. an extraction unit for extracting related information related to each of the entry fields from the related books based on an extraction rule; and sentences generated based on the related information to each entry field, and an output part for outputting the form in which the text is allocated to the entry field in a predetermined format.

An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide support technology for creating a form related to an application based on a large number of related documents related to facilities without manpower.

1 is a block diagram showing a form creation support device according to each embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a process of creating a form from related documents in the first embodiment; FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a process of creating a form from a related document (existing form) in the second embodiment; A table illustrating models of expression patterns. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a process of creating a form from a related document (rule document) in the second embodiment; FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a process of creating a form from related documents (design documents) in the second embodiment; 4 is a flow chart for explaining steps of a form creation support method and an algorithm of a form creation support program according to each embodiment;

(First embodiment)
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a form creation support device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the form creation support apparatus 10 has the first selection unit 11 for selecting one or more of the plurality of documents 15 related to the equipment to be created in the form 16, and the entry fields 13 (FIG. 2) are stylized. A second selection unit 12 for selecting one form data 18 of a set form 16 from a plurality of items, and an extraction for extracting related information 29 related to each entry field 13 from related books 15 based on an extraction rule 19. an allocation unit 25 that allocates sentences generated based on related information 29 to each entry column 13; I have.

Here, the related documents 15 correspond to the rule documents 15a describing the rules applied to the equipment, the design documents 15b created for constructing the equipment, and other existing forms 15c created for the equipment. These related books 15 are stored as electronic data in a database DB built on the server of the communication network 28 . The form creation support device 10 can access the database DB via the communication network 28 to search for and acquire the desired related book 15 .

These related documents 15 are used for the quality control of the equipment, and the form 16 created from them serves as a list for confirming the conformity between the design requirements and design results of the equipment. The form creation support device 10 has a function of automatically extracting the necessary parts of these related books 15, and collecting them into a form 16 so that they can be viewed.

Although illustration is omitted, the form creation support apparatus 10 includes a CPU that executes an operating system, application programs, etc., a main storage unit that includes a ROM and a RAM, an auxiliary storage unit that includes a hard disk, etc. It consists of a communication control unit such as a network card, an input unit such as a keyboard and mouse, and an output unit such as a monitor.

Each function of the form creation support apparatus 10 loads predetermined software into the CPU and main storage section, operates the communication control section, the input section, the output section, etc. under the control of the CPU, and operates the main storage section and the main storage section. It is realized by reading and writing data in the auxiliary storage unit. Data necessary for processing (format data 18 of form 16, extraction rule 19) are stored in the main memory or auxiliary memory. In the embodiment, the database of the related books 15 is built on the server on the communication network 28, but it may be built inside the form creation support device 10 in some cases.

The process of creating the form 16 from the related document 15 in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The related books 15 selected by the first selection unit 11 ( FIG. 1 ) are sorted into the setting categories 14 associated with each entry column 13 . The sentences allocated to each of the entry fields 13 by the allocation unit 25 (FIG. 1) are generated based on the related information 29 included in the related books 15 assigned to the associated setting categories 14. .

Returning to FIG. 1, the description continues. The input means 23 serves as an information input interface between the user and the form preparation support apparatus 10 . The input means 23 is composed of a first designating section 21 for designating the equipment for which the form 16 is to be created and a second designating section 22 for designating the form of the form 16 to be produced.

The first selection unit 11 selects the related books 15 of the equipment specified by the first specification unit 21 from the database DB. The related documents 15 related to the equipment for which the form 16 is to be created are linked in advance, or the related documents 15 to be subjected to data processing can be selected by an automatic search function or the like.

The second selection unit 12 selects one form of the form 16 designated by the second designation unit 22 from a plurality of stored form data 18 . Note that this form 16 is constructed as an aggregate of a plurality of electronic forms corresponding to the attributes of the entry fields 13 (FIG. 2). Format data 18 of a plurality of forms 16 having different attributes as a group of entry fields 13 are created and stored in advance.

The extraction unit 24 extracts related information 29 related to each entry field 13 from the related book 15 based on the extraction rule 19 . The extraction rule 19 can be defined by compiling the know-how that the user has accumulated so far, or can be created by performing machine learning on past examples. Alternatively, the extraction rule 19 can be created based on the characteristics of sentences used in the related information 29, the numbering rule of facilities (equipment), and the like.

The allocating unit 25 further regenerates the related information 29 extracted from the related book 15 into sentences suitable for the entry fields 13, and then electronically allocates them to the respective entry fields 13 (electronic form). The generation of sentences in the allocation unit 25 is performed by separating a part from the extracted related information 29 or by changing the expression of sentences.

The output unit 26 outputs the form 16 in which the entry fields 13 (electronic form) to which the sentences are allocated are edited in a predetermined format. The format of the form 16 to be output may be an electronic medium or a paper medium. The form 16 output from the output unit 26 is further corrected manually by the user to become a corrected form 17 .

Further, the form creation support device 10 includes an updating unit 27 that updates the extraction rule 19 based on the corrected form 17 . In this updating unit 27, machine learning is performed so that the corrected form 17 is output as teacher data in response to the input of the selected related document 15 and the form data 18 of the form. As a result, not only is the accuracy of creating the form 16 improved, but also revisions of the related document 15 and form data 18 of the form can be easily handled.

By the way, for example, some of the many related documents 15 may be revised in accordance with the change of some of the many devices existing in the facility. Corresponding to such a revision of the related document 15, it is desired that the document 16 is also revised in synchronism with the corresponding text.

Therefore, the form creation support apparatus 10 includes an acquisition unit 35 that acquires the difference information 37 between the related document 15x before revision and the related document 15y after revision, and an entry that is allocated with the related information 29 affected by this difference information 37. and a detection unit 36 for detecting the column 13 . As a result, it is possible to present the entry fields 13 that need to be revised and prompt the user to take action on the relevant form 16 . Then, the detected text in the entry column 13 is revised, and the form 16 is output again from the output unit 26 . The revision of the text in the entry field 13 may be automatically generated based on the revised related information 29 influenced by the difference information 37, or may be made by the user's own judgment.

As a result, even if many related documents 15 are individually revised, only the affected forms 16 can be revised each time. In other words, there is no need to revise or review the forms 16 that are not affected by the revision of the related document 15 all at once. Furthermore, the revision records of many existing forms 16 can be individually managed.

Furthermore, a verification unit (not shown) may be provided to verify the validity of a form in which all or part of the text in the entry fields 13 is manually created by the user, in light of the extraction rule 19 . In addition, it is possible to provide a function of presenting a sentence correction proposal for the entry column 13 lacking in validity. As described above, the form creation support apparatus 10 has a function of automatically creating all of the forms 16 as well as a function of further refining the manually created forms.

(Second embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6. FIG. Note that the form creation support device 10 according to the second embodiment is shown in the same block diagram as in FIG. 1, and redundant description will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 3, the process of creating the form 16 from the related document (existing form 15c) in the second embodiment will be explained. Note that FIG. 4 is a table illustrating models of expression patterns. The extraction unit 24 of the form creation support apparatus 10 (FIG. 1) according to the second embodiment refers to a technical term dictionary file (not shown) and extracts related information 29 (29a, 29b) from the existing form 15c. . The allocation unit 25 then allocates the related information 29a and 29b to the entry fields 13 of the form 16 in light of the expression pattern model (FIG. 4).

The extracting unit 24 analyzes the relationship between the words registered in the technical term dictionary among the words included in the related book 15 according to the grammatical theory, and extracts the related information 29 . The expression pattern model (FIG. 4) is associated with the entry fields 13 of the form 16 in advance. The allocating unit 25 then allocates the extracted related information 29 to the corresponding entry fields 13 according to the expression pattern model.

Here, as a specific example, attention is paid to the following sentence included in the related document 15. "Class 2 equipment, class 2 support structures, class 3 equipment and class 4 pipes shall use materials having mechanical strength and chemical composition suitable for the pressure, temperature, load and other conditions of use. <sentence 1> Class 1 equipment (excluding Class 1 vessels), Class 1 support structures (excluding those supporting Class 1 pipes and Class 1 valves), Class 2 equipment, Class 3 equipment (engineering Steel pressure-resistant parts, steel linings of concrete reactor containment vessels, etc., and core support structures shall be made of materials that have adequate fracture toughness for their minimum operating temperature. <Second sentence>.Fracture toughness shall be confirmed by dimension, material or fracture toughness test.<Third sentence>”

The following is the result of analysis of the relationship of words registered in the technical terminology dictionary among the words contained in this sentence. Further, based on the expression pattern model (Fig. 4), <1st sentence> is assigned to the first form (not shown) in the entry field 13, and <2nd sentence> and <3rd sentence> are assigned to the second form in the entry field 13. (not shown). Related information 29 is assigned to each entry column 13 of the form 16 in such a manner.

<first sentence>
Main part: [Class 2 equipment, Class 2 support structure, Class 3 equipment, Class 4 pipe]
D (for): [pressure, temperature, load]
wo (～を): [mechanical strength, chemical composition, material]
Predicate: [use]

<Second sentence>
Main part: [Class 1 equipment, Class 1 support structure, Class 2 equipment, Class 3 equipment, steel pressure-resistant part, concrete reactor containment vessel, steel lining, etc., core support structure]
D (against): [minimum operating temperature]
wo: [fracture toughness, material]
Predicate: [use]

<third sentence>
Main part: [fracture toughness]
Rating (by): [dimensions, materials, fracture toughness, test]
Predicate: [Confirm]

Referring to FIG. 5, the process of creating a form 16 from a related document (rule document 15a) in the second embodiment will be described. The extraction unit 24 of the form creation support device 10 (FIG. 1) according to the second embodiment refers to the classification model (not shown) and extracts the related information 29 from at least the rule book 15a (FIG. 1). The allocation unit 25 then allocates the related information 29 to the entry fields 13 of the form 16 in light of the expression pattern model (FIG. 4).

In this classification model (not shown), the "requirement type 31" includes, for example, "definition", "initial declaration", "design condition" ("installation requirement", "function requirement", "evaluation requirement"), "operation requirement ” has multiple classification items. Then, the relevant information 29 corresponding to the "basic design policy 32" corresponding to each classification item is extracted from the rule document 15a (Fig. 1). This extraction is performed by a model using templates and machine learning.

Referring to FIG. 6, the process of creating the form 16 from the related document (design document 15b) in the second embodiment will be described. The extraction unit 24 of the form creation support apparatus 10 (FIG. 1) according to the second embodiment refers to the keyword file (not shown) and extracts the related information 29 from at least the design document 15b (FIG. 1). The allocation unit 25 then allocates the related information 29 to the entry fields 13 of the form 16 in light of the expression pattern model (FIG. 4).

Extraction of the related information 29 by referring to this keyword file (not shown) is performed by searching and narrowing down the items of the item table related to the related construction work and equipment, and the items described in the manual from the database of the engineering approval design results. . Further, the names of manuals and the like are extracted from the database of the engineering approval design results, and the confirmation method is further extracted.

Furthermore, the allocation of the extracted related information 29 includes the items of the specification table of the engineering certification design results, the items to be described in the manual, the names of the manuals of the engineering certification design results, etc., and the specification tables of the equipment design results. The items, items to be described in the instruction manual, the name of the instruction manual for facility design results, etc., and the confirmation method are entered in the entry column 13 of the form 16 .

The steps of the form creation support method and the algorithm of the form creation support program according to each embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 (see FIG. 1 as necessary). First, one or more of a plurality of documents 15 related to the equipment for which the form 16 is to be created is selected (S11). Next, one of the form data 18 of the form 16 in which the entry fields 13 (FIG. 2) are set in a standard form is selected (S12).

Further, related information 29 related to each entry column 13 is extracted from the related book 15 based on the extraction rule 19 (S13). Then, the sentences generated based on the related information 29 are allocated to each entry column 13 (S14). Finally, the form 16 with the texts assigned to the entry fields 13 is output in a predetermined format (S15, END).

According to the form creation support device of at least one embodiment described above, by allocating the related information extracted from the related documents based on the extraction rule to each entry column, manual labor is performed based on a large number of related documents related to facilities. It is possible to create a form related to the application without applying.

While several embodiments of the invention have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, changes, and combinations can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and spirit of the invention, as well as the scope of the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

The form creation support device described above includes a control device that highly integrates a processor such as a dedicated chip, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or CPU (Central Processing Unit), and a ROM ( Storage devices such as Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory), external storage devices such as HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and SSD (Solid State Drive), display devices such as displays, and input such as mouse and keyboard It is provided with a device and a communication I/F, and can be realized with a hardware configuration using a normal computer. In other words, the constituent elements of the form creation support device can also be realized by a computer processor.

Further, the form creation support program is provided by being pre-installed in a ROM or the like. Alternatively, this program is stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as a CD-ROM, CD-R, memory card, DVD, flexible disk (FD) as an installable or executable file. You may make it

Further, the form creation support program according to this embodiment may be stored in a computer connected to a network such as the Internet, and may be provided by being downloaded via the network. The form creation support device can also be configured by connecting and combining separate modules that independently exhibit the respective functions of the constituent elements by connecting them via a network or a dedicated line.

10... Document creation support device, 11... Related book selection unit (first selection unit), 12... Form data selection unit (second selection unit), 13... Entry column, 14... Setting category, 15... Related book, 15a ( 15)...Rule book (related book), 15b(15)...Design document (related book), 15c(15)...Existing form (related book), 15x...Related book before revision, 15y...Related document after revision, 16... Form 17... Correction form 18... Form data 19... Extraction rule 21... Creation object designation part (first designation part) 22... Form designation part (second designation part) 23... Input means 24 Related information extraction unit (extraction unit) 25 Form output unit (allocation unit) 26 Form output unit (output unit) 27 Extraction rule update unit (update unit) 28 Communication network 29 (29a, 29b) ... related information, 35 ... difference information acquisition section (acquisition section), 36 ... entry field detection section (detection section).

Claims (10)

a first selection unit that selects one or more of a plurality of documents related to equipment for which a form is to be created;
a second selection unit that selects one form data of the form in which entry fields are set in a standard form from among a plurality of forms;
an extraction unit for extracting relevant information related to each of the entry fields from the related book based on an extraction rule;
an allocation unit that allocates sentences generated based on the relevant information to each of the entry fields;
and an output unit configured to output the form in which the sentences are allocated to the entry fields in a predetermined format. In the form creation support device according to claim 1,
At least one of the related documents includes a rule document that describes the rules applied to the facility, a design document created to construct the facility, and other existing forms for which the facility is the subject of creation. Corresponding form creation support device. In the form creation support device according to claim 1 or claim 2,
The selected related books are sorted into setting categories associated with each of the entry fields,
The form creation support device, wherein the sentences allocated to each of the entry fields are generated based on the related information included in the related books assigned to the associated set categories. In the form creation support device according to claim 2 or claim 3 quoting claim 2,
Referencing a technical term dictionary file to extract at least the relevant information from the existing form,
A form creation support device that allocates the relevant information to the entry fields of the form in light of an expression pattern model. In the form creation support device according to claim 4,
referencing a classification model to extract the relevant information from at least the regulatory documents;
A form creation support device that allocates the relevant information to the entry fields of the form in light of an expression pattern model. In the form creation support device according to claim 5,
referring to a keyword file to extract the relevant information from at least the design documents;
A form creation support device that allocates the relevant information to the entry fields of the form in light of an expression pattern model. In the form creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A form creation support apparatus comprising an updating unit that updates the extraction rule based on a corrected form obtained by correcting the form output in the predetermined format. In the form creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
an acquisition unit that acquires difference information between the related document before revision and the related document after revision;
A detection unit that detects the entry field to which the related information affected by the difference information is allocated,
The output unit is a form creation support device for outputting the form in which the sentences in the detected entry fields are revised. a step of selecting one or more of a plurality of documents related to equipment for which a form is to be created;
a step of selecting one form data of the form in which entry fields are set in a standard form from among a plurality of form data;
a step of extracting relevant information related to each of the entry fields from the relevant document based on an extraction rule;
a step of allocating sentences generated based on the relevant information to each of the entry fields;
and outputting the form in which the sentences are allocated to the entry fields in a predetermined format. to the computer,
a step of selecting one or more of a plurality of documents related to equipment for which a form is to be created;
a step of selecting one form data of the form in which entry fields are set in a standard form from a plurality of forms;
a step of extracting relevant information related to each of the entry fields from the relevant document based on an extraction rule;
assigning sentences generated based on the relevant information to each of the entry fields;
A form creation support program for executing a step of outputting the form in which the sentences are allocated to the entry fields in a predetermined format.

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