JP5814497B2 - Map / handwritten information input / utilization system, method and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a map / handwritten information input / utilization system , method, and the like for inputting, searching, and outputting information associated with a specific position on a map or a specific area of a map, and the like. Regarding the program.

Conventionally, creating maps for building construction, railway laying, road construction, creating land cover classification maps, creating hazard maps that illustrate areas where natural disasters such as fires, floods, and earthquakes are likely to occur For example, handwriting on a local map, information input at an office, and utilization of the information are performed.
Specifically, a map of the target area is printed in advance, information collectors hand-write the correct information on the map, digitize the information by some means, and input it to a computer. It is being used.

Also, in marketing, information collectors visit the site to collect information on the traffic flow analysis of people and cars in the vicinity of the store that is scheduled to open a store, traffic conditions, etc., and use that information by writing it on a map. Something like that has been done.
In the business activities of a company, customer information obtained by a salesperson visiting a customer is recorded as a daily sales report. And until it reaches the purchase contract of goods, it is usual that a sales employee visits a customer several times.
Therefore, not only information on the customer's product preferences, but also information useful to the sales staff at the next visit (hereinafter referred to as customer visit reference information) is recorded in the daily business report. ing.

The customer visit reference information is, for example, that the meeting with the customer is not at the customer's residence but at the XX coffee shop near the customer's residence, the meeting at Room 503 of the apartment, the entrance to the apartment is on the south side of the site And so on.
These pieces of information should be recorded in association with location information (geospatial information), but business daily reports that sales staff fill out are usually written in text format, so these information are associated with geospatial coordinates. Another means of recording is needed.
In this way, the task of inputting information on a map, adding information, changing information, and browsing is required for various tasks. There is a problem that the means to do well is not provided.

Therefore, for example, in a system that handles map information using a portable electronic device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), the map is displayed on a liquid crystal panel with a touch sensor of the device, and the map is tapped with a pen. Thus, a means for inputting information on a map is provided.
JP 2006-202023 A JP 2004-138823 A

However, there is a problem that the screen of the PDA is small and it is difficult to input map information efficiently. Although a service for displaying a map of the current location or destination is provided, such as a navigation system for people and cars in a mobile phone, it is difficult to input information because the screen is small like a PDA. There is one problem.
On the other hand, because the screen of a laptop is large, it has excellent visibility in a wide-area map, but there are problems with portability in terms of weight, size, etc., and it is not suitable for inputting local information locally. There are two problems.

As a means for inputting user position information, a GPS (Global Positioning System) that mainly receives radio waves from a satellite and displays the current position is used.
Patent Document 1 discloses a system that efficiently performs ordering work using a digital pen and GPS of a portable terminal. This is to obtain the user's location information from the GPS of the mobile terminal device possessed by the user who wants to place an order, search for the customer's location near the order place from the order place database, and determine the delivery destination It is.

  However, location information cannot be input in places where GPS satellite radio waves do not reach accurately due to the influence of surrounding features, such as buildings, and underground where radio waves do not reach in the first place. In addition, since the portable terminal (device) is designed for the purpose of inputting an existing location, the location information must be input unless the information collector goes to the location where the location information is to be input. There is a third problem that cannot be done. In addition, there is a fourth problem that means for inputting a line segment or region instead of a point is not provided.

On the other hand, in the method using a portable paper map, information input means becomes a problem.
That is, when handwritten information written on a map printed on paper is imported to a computer, for example, using a mouse or a keyboard while comparing the printed map with the map displayed on the computer display. It is necessary to specify the latitude and longitude of the written information and input it to the computer.
As a means to solve such problems, a map printed on paper and a writing tool are used to fill in the map, and map information is created from the latitude and longitude information of the entry contents and entry location. A system is disclosed in which map information is input by converting the position of the map into latitude and longitude (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

However, in the prior art as represented by Patent Document 2, only the means for inputting the information handwritten on the map to the computer, the information utilization means for reusing or updating the handwritten information. Is not disclosed.
For example, when handwritten information written on a printed map is superimposed and printed on a map printed at a scale different from the original map for reuse, it is printed at a location different from the location where the handwritten information was actually written. There is a problem that it ends up. This problem is designated as Problem 1.

When this system is shared by a plurality of users, handwritten information may be written at the same coordinates on the map or nearby coordinates. When such handwritten information is printed on a map, the handwritten information is printed on top of each other, which makes it difficult to visually recognize each handwritten information.
Similarly, even if one user writes a plurality of handwritten information, the same problem may occur. That is, handwritten information may be written at the same coordinates on the map or neighboring coordinates. When such handwritten information is printed on a map, the handwritten information is printed on top of each other, which makes it difficult to visually recognize each handwritten information.
Furthermore, there is a problem that handwritten information is printed on a map overlapping road names, building names, etc., and is difficult to see. The problem that these handwritten information overlaps with other information and is difficult to visually recognize is referred to as Problem 2.

In addition, even when the importance of the written information is different, all the information is uniformly superimposed on the map, and there is a problem that it is difficult to grasp which information is important. This problem is designated as Problem 3.
Furthermore, although the written information is expected to change with time, there is a problem that it is not updated only by adding handwritten information. This problem is designated as Problem 4.
In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a map / handwritten information input / utilization system, a method, and a program thereof capable of efficiently inputting information associated with a geospace and browsing desired information. .

In order to achieve the above object, the map / handwritten information input / utilization system according to the first aspect of the present invention is a map / handwritten information input for utilizing handwritten information written on the map paper on which the map information is described. -A utilization system, a handwritten information acquisition means for acquiring handwritten information written on the map paper, the acquired handwritten information, customer identification information indicating which customer-written handwritten information is entered, The map position information storage means stores at least one of the map and the handwritten information, the information recording means for associating the handwritten information with the position information on the paper in association with the map and storing the information in the map position information storage means. A search means for searching from the map position information storage means with the information held, a map searched with the information held by the map position information storage means, and at least one of handwritten information. And display means for displaying on the device, the information of the map position information storage means includes a writer ID indicating the writer who entered the handwritten information and time information indicating the time when the handwritten information was written, Refers to the customer information management database in which the order accuracy is stored by quantifying and ranking the rate at which orders from customers can be obtained for each customer identification information, obtaining customer identification information with high order accuracy, Handwritten information corresponding to the identification information is retrieved from the map position information storage means, and the display means displays the identification information indicating the handwritten information on the map displayed on the display device without displaying the handwritten information, Handwritten information indicated by the identification information is displayed outside the map, and the map / handwritten information input / utilization system is further based on the customer identification information, the writer ID, or the time information. Selecting means for selecting handwritten information on a screen; printing means for printing the selected handwritten information on a map by a printing device; and additional writing means for adding to handwritten information by a user operation using an icon on the screen; In addition to the existing handwritten information, the added handwritten information is superimposed on the map and displayed on the display device or printed on the printing device, and the handwritten information acquiring means acquires the handwritten information and then relates to the map input means not inputting the user identification information is, the customer identification information input in relation to the map, and update means for deleting map position information storage unit by a user operation using the icon on the screen, the Prepare.

The map / handwritten information input / utilization method according to the second aspect of the present invention is a map / handwritten information input / utilization method for utilizing handwritten information written on the map paper on which the map information is described, The computer acquires handwritten information written on the map paper, and after receiving the handwritten information, accepts and receives input of customer identification information indicating which customer related handwritten information is entered in relation to the map The handwritten information, the received customer identification information, and the positional information on the paper of the handwritten information are associated with the map and stored in the map position information storage means, and at least of the map and the handwritten information Any one of the map and the handwritten information retrieved from the map position information storage means using the information held by the map position information storage means The information which the map position information storage means controls to display at least one includes the writer ID indicating the writer who entered the handwritten information and the time information indicating the time when the handwritten information was written. In addition, refer to the customer information management database that stores the accuracy of orders received by quantifying and ranking the rate at which orders from customers can be obtained for each customer identification information, and obtaining and acquiring customer identification information with high order accuracy The handwritten information corresponding to the customer identification information is retrieved from the map position information storage means, the identification information indicating the handwritten information is displayed on the map displayed on the display device without displaying the handwritten information, and the map The handwritten information indicated by the identification information is displayed outside of the field, and the handwritten information is selected on the screen based on the customer identification information, the writer ID, or the time information. Handwritten information is printed on a map by a printing device, and is added to the handwritten information by a user operation using an icon on the screen. In addition to the existing handwritten information, the added handwritten information is superimposed on the map and displayed. The customer identification information displayed or printed by the printing device is deleted from the map position information storage means by a user operation using an icon on the screen.

The program according to the third aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute the map / handwritten information input / utilization method according to the second aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a map / handwritten information input / utilization system, method, and program thereof that enable efficient input of information associated with a geospatial space and browsing of desired information.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a map / handwritten information management system S according to an embodiment of the present invention.
<< Overview of Map / Handwritten Information Management System S >>
The map / handwritten information management system S of the embodiment includes a printed map management DB (database) 116 for managing the scale of a printed map, a handwritten information DB 115 for managing coordinates of information handwritten on the map, and updating of handwritten information. Extraction means (DB update / extraction means 113, handwritten information update means 125) and handwritten information selection means 117 for performing weighting, selection, etc. of handwritten information are provided.

Thereby, the handwriting information is superimposed on the correct position of the map with different scales using the map / handwriting superimposing means 123, or the handwritten information does not overlap with each other or the handwritten information and the feature are not visible. In addition, only necessary handwritten information is superimposed on the map so that the handwritten information can be easily viewed.
Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently input handwritten information on the map and use it.
Hereinafter, the map / handwritten information management system S will be described in detail.

<Overall configuration of map / handwritten information management system S>
The map / handwriting information management system S shown in FIG. 1 is used when a user handwrites on a map, and the digital pen 103 for inputting written handwritten information to a computer, updating / extracting the map / handwriting information, etc. The server 100 storing the map / handwritten information management means 101, the input / output means 102 used when displaying / printing / searching the map / handwritten information, and the input / output means 102, A server 100 and a network 104 for transmitting and receiving data between the digital pen 103 are provided.
The network 104 is a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (WideN Area Network), the Internet, or the like, and is not particularly limited.
Here, the handwritten information is characters, figures, symbols, correction lines, etc. written on a paper such as a map using a writing instrument (digital pen 103 or the like).

<Digital pen 103>
A digital pen 103 shown in FIG. 1 has a ball-point pen core for writing characters and figures on paper, a writing means 133 such as a CCD camera for photographing handwritten information written and electronically storing it in the pen, and handwritten information. Encoding means 132 for encoding; communication means 131 for transmitting the encoded handwritten information to the outside of the digital pen 103; time acquisition means 135 such as a crystal oscillator for acquiring the time of the written information; And a memory 134 for storing a pen ID 134i for identifying the pen owner.
Here, a serial number is stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) of the memory 134 of the digital pen 103.

When the pen ID 134i is attached to the digital pen 103, the digital pen 103 is connected to the input / output unit 102 with a USB cable, wirelessly described later, and the like. By inputting a desired ID on the screen displayed on the display of the display device 121, the pen ID 134 i can be associated with the manufacturing number and stored in the memory 134 of the digital pen 103. Each digital pen 103 can be uniquely identified by the pen ID 134i associated with the manufacturing number.
Here, the writer ID 312 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later with the pen ID 134i, is used to specify who has written it.
The digital pen 103 can be realized by using, for example, a digital pen device and digital pen paper technology manufactured by Anoto (registered trademark).
Specifically, a predetermined dot pattern is attached on the paper surface of the digital pen paper, and the CCD camera (writing means 133) of the digital pen 103 shoots this dot pattern, so that any portion on the paper surface is captured. It is possible to acquire position information indicating whether the pen tip is positioned, that is, trajectory information (stroke information 315) in which the position information is continuous.

This digital pen 103 detects the writing pressure applied to the ball-point pen core when writing on paper and turns it on. The writing means 133 such as a CCD camera shoots a handwritten trajectory. Is encoded, the writing time is acquired from the time acquisition means 135 such as a crystal oscillator, and the encoded handwritten information and the written time information are stored in the memory 134.
Note that the written time information is the writing start time (ON time) when the pen tip of the digital pen 103 comes into contact with the paper and starts writing with the writing pressure, and writing that the writing pressure from the pen tip is relaxed and writing is turned off. This is the end time, and is stored at the entry time 314 of the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3) to be described later.

The digital pen 103 is connected to the input / output unit 102 using a USB cable, and the encoded handwritten information and the written time information are sent to the input / output unit 102.
Alternatively, encoded digital handwritten information and written time information are input / output from the digital pen 103 using, for example, Blue Tooth (registered trademark: short-range wireless communication standard) which is a short-range communication means. The data is transmitted to the means 102 and the processing described later is performed.
Here, what the digital pen 103 transmits via the network 104 or the like is a pen ID 134i, stroke information 315 (position information continuously arranged), time information, and the like.

When writing on the map with the digital pen 103, the digital pen 103 itself does not know which map (which scale map, which map to be printed later (see FIG. 4)) is written, Position information based on the dot pattern attached to the map paper and trajectory information in which the position information is listed are transmitted to the server 100.
Therefore, the server 100 stores in advance information on the correspondence between the dot pattern attached to the sheet and the map (print map ID), and from the position information (dot pattern) transmitted from the digital pen 103, The digital pen 103 determines which print map ID (see FIG. 4) is written on the map.

In this embodiment, the digital pen 103 is used as an input unit for handwritten information. However, the present invention is not limited to a combination of a digital pen device and digital pen paper, and is written on paper. Of course, other means may be used as long as the handwritten information can be input to the computer.
For example, when writing with a digital pen with a built-in device that emits ultrasonic waves, the distance to the digital pen's ultrasonic wave with the sensor, that is, the distance to the digital pen's position, is measured using the principle of triangulation, and the locus of the pen is determined. It can also be realized by using an optical character recognition (OCR) technique or the like that obtains, handwritten information or the like written with a normal writing instrument by a scanner.

<Input / output means 102>
The input / output means 102 shown in FIG. 1 is a personal computer, a workstation, or the like, a central processing unit (CPU), a main storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). An auxiliary storage device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a display device 121 such as a liquid crystal display, and an output device of a printing device 122 such as a printer.
In the map / handwriting information management system S, the display device 121 as an output device displays a map, handwritten information, or both on a display by a user input operation to the input device, while the printing device 122 displays a map or handwriting. Print information and both on paper and print out.

In the auxiliary storage device, in addition to the OS (Operating System), a map / handwriting superimposing means 123 for superimposing handwritten information on the map based on the coordinates, and what kind of handwritten information and map are printed. Search means 124 for searching for desired information when the user inputs or selects, handwritten information update means 125 for updating handwritten information by the user, these map / handwriting superimposing means 123, An output unit 120 that receives processing results of the search unit 124, the handwritten information update unit 125, etc., and outputs a file such as a screen for display and printing on the display device 121 and the printing device 122 is, for example, C language, JAVA A source program is described in (registered trademark) or the like, and stored in the form of a machine language target program. This source program constitutes a part of the system program of the map / handwritten information management system S.
Then, the central processing unit loads a target program in which the map / handwriting superimposing unit 123, the searching unit 124, the handwritten information updating unit 125, the output unit 120, and the like are described into the main storage device and executes them on the OS. The map / handwriting superimposing means 123, the searching means 124, the handwritten information updating means 125, the output means 120, etc. are embodied.

<Server 100>
A server 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a central processing unit (CPU), a main storage device such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), and an auxiliary storage device such as an HDD. Yes.
The map / handwritten information management means 101 stored in the server 100 is handwritten information latitude / longitude conversion means for converting the coordinates on the paper of the handwritten information written on the map into a coordinate system expressed by the latitude and longitude of the earth. 111, a place name latitude / longitude converting means 112 for converting the location of the place name on the map into the latitude and longitude of the earth, a handwritten information selecting means 117 for selecting the necessary stored handwritten information, a road, a railway, a river, A map content DB (database) 114 that stores buildings and their names in association with the latitude and longitude of the earth, a handwritten information DB 115 that stores handwritten information input by the digital pen 103, and a paper print Print map management DB 116 for managing map issuance history, and writing (write, rewrite) and reading to these DBs 114, 115, 116 The database updating / extracting means 113 performs sampling, deletion, and the like.

  The handwritten information latitude / longitude conversion means 111, the place name latitude / longitude conversion means 112, the handwritten information selection means 117, and the DB update / extraction means 113 are, for example, in the map / handwriting information management system S in C language, JAVA (registered trademark) or the like. It is assembled as a system program and stored in auxiliary language in the form of machine language. The program is embodied by being loaded into the main storage device and executed by the CPU.

Note that a program description language such as C language or JAVA (registered trademark) is an example, and other program description languages may be used.
The map content DB 114, the handwritten information DB 115, and the print map management DB 116 are stored in the auxiliary storage device as, for example, an RDB (Relational DataBase) and managed by a DBMS (DataBase Management System).
Details of the map content DB 114, the handwritten information DB 115, and the print map management DB 116 will be described below.

<Map content DB 114>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the data structure of the map content DB 114.
The map content DB 114 stores the original map content DB main body 201, the line segment area DB 202 for storing information related to the line segment areas such as the coastline and road edges, and the information related to features such as intersections and condominiums. The feature DB 203 is configured.
The map content DB main body 201 includes an element ID 211 for identifying elements constituting the map content, an element type 212 indicating what kind of each component is, and line segment areas DB 202 to 202 that store element entities. The data field includes a pointer 213 to an element for storing a pointer to the feature DB 203 and an existing period 214 for storing a period in which these elements existed.

Here, the elements in the map content DB 114 are the types that can be expressed by line segments or areas such as coastlines, city areas, and road edges, and the types of features and names of features such as intersections and buildings. It represents the kind that can be expressed by.
A line segment / area DB 202 (see FIG. 2) manages types that can be expressed by line segments or areas, and a feature DB 203 (see FIG. 2) manages things related to features.
The line segment / region DB 202 includes a line segment / region ID 221 for identifying the line segment / region, a line segment / region type 222 indicating the type of the line segment / region, and the coordinates of the line segment / region, that is, the latitude on the earth. It has a data field of latitude and longitude 223 representing longitude.
Here, the types of line segments and areas in the line segment / area type 222 include, for example, line segments and area shapes such as coastlines, river boundaries, city areas, road edges, road centerlines, buildings and site boundaries. Represents the type of geography.

It has been described that the latitude / longitude 223 of the line segment / region DB 202 is expressed as a combination of latitude and longitude on the earth, but the first coordinates are expressed by latitude and longitude, and the following coordinates are from the previous point. It may be expressed by a set of relative distance and angle.
The feature DB 203 (see FIG. 2) related to the feature includes a feature ID 231 that identifies the feature, a feature type 232 that represents the type of the feature, a feature name 233 that represents the name of the feature, a map The latitude / longitude 234 indicating the position of the name of the feature on the top and the feature name 233 on the paper printed out from the display device 121 (see FIG. 1) or the printing means 121 (see FIG. 1) of the display. It has a data field with a direction 235 indicating the direction of the character string when displayed.

Here, the feature type 232 represents the type of a feature such as an intersection, a building, or a site, and the feature name 233 represents a name given to these features. For example, as shown in FIG. It is in front of the police station, Izumi Mansion, etc., and corresponds to a name string printed on a normal map.
In the present embodiment, the method shown in FIG. 2 is exemplified as the configuration of the map content DB 114. However, as long as the line segment, the region, and the feature name are managed in association with the coordinates, the method shown in FIG. The configuration shown in FIG.

<Handwritten information DB 115>
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a data structure of the handwritten information DB 115.
The handwritten information DB 115 shown in FIG. 3 includes a handwritten information ID 311 for identifying handwritten information, a writer ID 312 indicating an entrant who has written the handwritten information, a customer ID 313 indicating which customer-related information has been entered in sales activities, The entry time 314, which is the time when the handwriting is entered, the coordinates on the paper of the locus of the entered characters, etc., the stroke information 315 indicating the latitude and longitude, and the print map ID 316 indicating the ID of the paper on which the map is printed And a data field.

When new handwritten information written on paper such as a map by the user is transmitted from the digital pen 103 to the server 100 via the input / output means 102, the network 104, or the like, the handwritten information DB 115 stores the DB. Records are added by the update / extraction means 113.
In addition, based on the handwritten ID 311, the writer ID 312, the customer ID 313, the entry time 314, the stroke information 315, and the print map ID 316, information can be searched or information can be corrected.
Here, as described above, the entry time 314 includes the writing start time (on time) when the digital pen 103 contacts the paper and starts writing with writing pressure, and the writing end time (off time) when writing is relaxed and writing is completed. ) And are recorded.

<Print map management DB 116>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the data structure of the print map management DB 116 (see FIG. 1).
The print map management DB 116 shown in FIG. 4 includes a print map ID 411 that indicates the ID of the paper on which the map is printed by the printing device 122 (see FIG. 1), a printer ID 412 that is the ID of the person who printed the map, There are data fields of a print date and time 413 indicating the date and time when the map is printed, a print map size 414 indicating the size of the printed map, and a print map coordinate 415 indicating the coordinates (longitude and latitude) of the four corners of the printed map area. Configured.

<Map 501 with handwritten information superimposed>
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a map 501 on which handwritten information is superimposed.
On the map 501 shown in FIG. 5, a railway line 502, a railway route name 503, a road 504, a road name 505, and the like are displayed.
In addition, necessary handwritten information 507 is handwritten near the customer visit location 506 in the sales activities of the sales staff.
In this case, handwritten information is written on an actual map (501) printed on paper, and a virtual map (501) in which such information is handled electronically and displayed on a computer display. A map 501 shown in FIG. 5 is used in both cases.

<Map display / print processing>
Next, based on the above-described means, the map 501 (see FIG. 5) is displayed on the display of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1), the map 501 is printed by the printing device 122 (see FIG. 1), A process of importing the handwritten information written on the map 501 into the server 100 (see FIG. 1) of the computer will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a map display / print processing flow for displaying or printing a map.

First, in S101 of FIG. 6, a place name is input to a map to be printed, for example, a map 501 (see FIG. 5).
The place name input means / method includes a method of inputting text with the keyboard of the input / output means 102 (see FIG. 1) which is a computer, or a place name candidate displayed on the screen of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1). There are a method of having the user select, a method of inputting with the digital pen 103 and reading with an OCR (Optical Character Reader). The input place names are the data items of the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3) of the server 100 by the handwritten information updating means 125 of the input / output means 102 (see FIG. 1), the DB updating / extracting means 113 of the server 100, etc. To be recorded.

Subsequently, in S102 of FIG. 6, the size of the paper on which the map is printed is also designated. For example, a screen is displayed on the display device 121 (refer to FIG. 1), and the size is selected from the size options displayed on the screen, or the size of the paper on which the map is printed is input as text.
The size of the input paper is temporarily stored in the work area of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1), or is stored in the print map management DB 116 of the server 100 by the DB update / extraction unit 113 of the server 100. Recorded in the data field of the print map size 414.
Subsequently, in S103 of FIG. 6, the location of the place name input in S101 of FIG. 6 is converted into latitude and longitude by the place name latitude / longitude conversion means 112 of the server 100. This conversion can be realized by referring to a database in which a place name and latitude / longitude similar to those used in car navigation are associated.

Subsequently, in S104 of FIG. 6, the search unit 124 of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1) refers to the latitude / longitude 223 and the latitude / longitude 234 of the map content DB 114 (see FIG. 2) to determine in advance. The map content is extracted from the scale of the map and the paper size input in S102 of FIG.
Here, an example in which the scale of the map is determined in advance has been described, but a screen in which the scale is displayed to the user on the display device 121 (see FIG. 1) at the same time as inputting the paper size in S602 of FIG. You may make it input in.
The place name is associated with the latitude / longitude, the element ID 211 of the map content DB 114 (see FIG. 2) is further associated with the latitude / longitude, the element ID 211 is obtained from the inputted place name, and the map content DB 114 (FIG. 2) is obtained. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which map content that falls within the area of the map to be displayed or printed is extracted.

Subsequently, in S105 of FIG. 6, the search unit 124 of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1) refers to the handwritten information near the place name designated in S101 of FIG. 6 with reference to the stroke information 315 of the handwritten information DB 115. ,Extract.
That is, the latitude / longitude of the four corners of the map printed in S108 of FIG. 6 is calculated by the search means 124, and the latitude / longitude of the stroke information 315 of each stroke information 315 (see FIG. 3) in the handwritten information DB 115 is calculated. Extracts only stroke information 315 within the latitude and longitude range of the four corners. The map content and handwritten information extracted in this way are transmitted to the input / output means 102 via the network 104. When handwritten information (stroke information 315) does not exist within the map range, only the extracted map content is transmitted to the input / output means 102.

Subsequently, in S106 of FIG. 6, the map / handwriting superimposing unit 123 of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1) generates an image in which the handwritten information is superimposed on the map.
Subsequently, in S107 of FIG. 6, the map 501 on which the handwritten information is superimposed is displayed on the screen of the display device 121 of the input / output means 102 of the computer as shown in FIG. The user can visually confirm the map 501 displayed on the screen of the display device 121.

In S108 of FIG. 6, the print button displayed on the screen of the display device 121 of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1) is clicked and pressed with a mouse or the like, and the displayed map 501 is displayed by the output unit 120. Printing is performed by the printing device 122.
At the time of printing, for example, a map is printed by the printing device 122 on paper on which a dot pattern is printed, such as Anoto digital pen paper. In this way, a small dot pattern is formed on the background of the printed map so that the trace of the pen written with the digital pen 103 can be traced after the map is printed.

<Handwritten information storage processing>
Next, the handwritten information storage process will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a handwritten information storage processing flow for storing the entered handwritten information in the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3).
First, in S201 of FIG. 7, characters, figures, and the like are written on the map printed by the printing device 122 on paper with a dot pattern in the background, with the digital pen 103 of a writing instrument.
In S202 of FIG. 7, the trajectory of the entered character or figure is encoded as a set of predetermined coordinates by the encoding means 132 (see FIG. 1) of the digital pen 103 and stored in the memory 134.

The encoded data (trajectory information) is input / output means by the user connecting the digital pen 103 to the input / output means 102 (see FIG. 1) with a USB cable in S203 of FIG. 102 and transmitted to the map / handwritten information management means 101 of the server 100 via the network 104. The transmitted information is additionally recorded in the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3) by the DB update / extraction means 113.
That is, the DB update / extraction means 113 creates a record having a new handwritten ID 311 (see FIG. 3), and stores the trajectory information transmitted to the stroke information 315 (see FIG. 3) of the handwritten information DB 115.

  The entry time information acquired by referring to the pen ID 134 i (= entrant ID 312) and the time acquisition unit 135 stored in the memory 134 of the digital pen 103 at the same time as the above-described character and figure trajectory data is also the same. Then, it is transmitted to the map / handwritten information management means 101 via the input / output means 102 and the network 104 shown in FIG. The transmitted information such as the writer ID 312 (= pen ID 134i) and entry time information of the writer is sent to the writer ID 312 and entry time 314 in the new handwritten ID 311 record created by the DB update / extraction means 113, respectively. Stored.

Here, for the customer ID 313 of the record of the new handwritten ID 311 created (see FIG. 3), for example, in the case of sales activity support, the ID of the visiting customer is input. This customer ID may be configured to be input with a keyboard when the map is printed by the printing device 122 of the input / output means 102, or when handwritten information written on the map 501 (see FIG. 5) is transmitted. In addition, it may be configured to be designated by the input / output means 102.
When the customer ID is input when the map is printed, a new handwritten ID 311 record is created by the DB update / extraction means 113 (see FIG. 1) when the customer ID is input. Become.

Further, the print map ID 316 (see FIG. 3) of the newly created record of the handwritten ID 311 is obtained from the print map management DB 116 (see FIG. 4) by the DB update / extraction means 113 from the dot pattern of the printed map paper. The value of the print map ID 411 is copied.
As described above, this can be realized by using the digital pen 103 and the digital pen paper. That is, when printing a map (the state without the handwritten information 507 of the map 501 in FIG. 5), by associating each paper ID (print map ID) with a dot pattern, writing with the digital pen 103 at the same time as which paper You can know what you filled out.
7, the handwritten information latitude / longitude conversion unit 111 of the server 100 converts the location of the handwritten information into latitude / longitude.

  This is because the handwritten information latitude / longitude conversion unit 111 first converts the coordinates of the handwritten information obtained by the writing unit 133 and the encoding unit 132 of the digital pen 103 (see FIG. 1) into the print map management DB 116 ( With reference to the print map size 414 of FIG. 4), it is converted into a series of relative coordinates from the edge of the paper. Next, it can be realized by referring to the print map coordinates 415 of the print map management DB 116 (see FIG. 4) and converting it to a latitude and longitude series on the earth.

  That is, in the print map management DB 116 shown in FIG. 4, the print map ID 411, the print map size 414, and the print map coordinates 415 are associated with each other, and the handwritten information latitude / longitude conversion unit 111 converts the handwritten information into the print map size 414. The trajectory information from the digital pen 103 is converted into latitude / longitude using the correspondence between the print map coordinates 415 and the print map coordinates 415 to obtain stroke information 315 expressed in latitude / longitude.

  Incidentally, the record whose print map ID 411 of the print map management DB 116 shown in FIG. 4 is “1” has a paper size 414 of A4 (210 mm × 297 mm), and the upper left corner of the paper from the print map coordinates 415 in the counterclockwise direction. Are coordinates (x11, y11), coordinates at the lower left of the paper are (x12, y12), coordinates at the lower right of the paper are (x13, y13), and coordinates at the upper right of the paper are (x14, y14).

Finally, in S205 of FIG. 7, the handwritten information obtained in this way is stored in the stroke information 315 of the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3) by the DB update / extraction means 113.
In this way, handwritten information written on the printed map can be efficiently input to the server 100 of the computer.

<Handwritten information reprinting process on different scale map to solve Problem 1>
When reusing a map in which handwritten information is written, when printing at a different scale, there is a possibility that handwritten information is printed at an incorrect position on the map because the scale is different as in Problem 1 described above. .
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example in which handwritten information 807 is printed at an incorrect position when handwritten information 807 is printed on a map 801 having a different scale from the map in which the handwritten information is written.
As shown in FIG. 8, when a map 801 is printed at a reduced scale, roads 804, railways 802, and buildings 806 are printed relatively small, but handwritten information 807 is written on the original map. Since the handwritten information 807 is printed in the wrong place, the map 801 with the handwritten information 807 having no utility value is created.
Therefore, a processing flow for solving this problem 1 will be described.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of processing for reprinting handwritten information on a different scale map for printing handwritten information again on a map having a different scale from the map in which the handwritten information is written.
6 is a map display / print processing flow for displaying / printing the map shown in FIG. 6 in the flow of reprinting the handwritten information on the different scale map for printing the handwritten information again on a map of a different scale from the map in which the handwritten information is written. The difference is that the scale is calculated in S306 of FIG.
Since the rest is the same as the map display / print processing flow shown in FIG. 6, the following description will focus on differences from the map display / print processing flow shown in FIG.

  After the extraction of the map content in S304 of FIG. 9 and the extraction of the handwritten information in S305 of FIG. 9, the map / handwriting superimposing unit 123 of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1) performs the map in S306 of FIG. Is compared with the size of the paper on which the designated map is printed (specified in S302 of FIG. 9), and from this comparison, the position where the handwritten information is superimposed is corrected according to the scale of the map. That is, compare the scale of the original map with the scale of the newly printed map, and multiply the coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the handwritten information by the ratio of the scale of the newly printed map to the scale of the original map. Handwritten information can be superimposed on the.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a map 1001 in which the superimposition position of the handwritten information 1007 is adjusted and superimposed on maps with different scales.
As shown in FIG. 10, handwritten information 1007 is superimposed and displayed at a correct position on a map 1001 having a different scale.
Alternatively, only the handwritten ID 311 or the customer ID 313 of the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3) is displayed on the map without displaying the handwritten information, and the handwritten information, that is, the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3) is displayed outside the map. ) Stroke information 315 is displayed in combination with handwritten ID 311 or customer ID 313. Thereby, the handwritten information on the map is less likely to overlap, and the handwritten information can be easily viewed.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 11, codes A and B indicating handwritten information are shown on a map 1801 having different scales, and handwritten information 1705 indicated by codes A and B outside the map, that is, the handwritten information DB 115 ( It is also possible to display stroke information 315 (see FIG. 3) to make it easier to visually recognize handwritten information.

11 shows codes A and B indicating handwritten information on a map 1801 having different scales, and handwritten information 1705 indicated by the codes A and B outside the map 1801, that is, the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3). ) Is a diagram showing an example in which stroke information 315 is displayed.

<Handwritten information position adjustment processing to solve Problem 2>
Next, a means for solving the above-described problem 2, that is, when a plurality of handwritten information exists on a map, the handwritten information is overlapped with each other and is difficult to visually recognize will be described.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a map 1101 in which handwritten information 1107 and 1108 overlap each other.
As shown in FIG. 12, the handwritten information 1107 and the handwritten information 1108 are displayed so as to overlap each other and are difficult for the user to visually recognize.

A handwritten information position adjustment processing flow for solving this problem 2 will be described below.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a handwriting information position adjustment processing flow for adjusting the position of handwritten information.
6 is different from the map display / print processing flow for displaying / printing the map shown in FIG. 6 in part from S406 in FIG. 13 to S409 in FIG. The description will focus on the differences from the map display / print processing flow shown.
6 is different from the map display / print processing flow of FIG. 6 in that a map on which handwritten information is superimposed is created by the map / handwriting superimposing unit 123 of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1) in S407 of FIG. 13, after the generated map is displayed on the display of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1) by the output unit 120, a process for adjusting the position of the handwritten information is added in S <b> 409 of FIG. 13. ing.

That is, the handwritten information of the superimposed display window 1805 (see FIG. 14) displayed on the display of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1) by the output unit 120 is displayed by the user using the comment selection icon 1807 (see FIG. 14), the mouse, or the like. The position of the handwritten information selected by the user using the comment move button 1812, the mouse, etc. is selected by the map / handwriting superimposing unit 123 of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1). It can be moved to any position on the above.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen 1801 of the map / handwritten information management system S displayed on the display of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1).

In a screen 1801 shown in FIG. 14, reference numeral 1805 denotes a map and comment superimposed display window.
In FIG. 14, 1807 is a comment selection icon, 1808 is a comment deletion icon that is pressed when a comment that is no longer needed is selected and deleted with the comment selection icon 1807, and 1809 is a comment that is pressed when a comment is added. An icon, 1810 is a line addition icon that is pressed when a line segment is added to the superimposed display window 1805, 1811 is a rectangle additional icon that is pressed when a rectangle is added to the superimposed display window 1805, and 1812 is a superimposed display window 1805. Comment move button to be pressed when moving a comment in the text, 1814 is a display window for writing date and time of handwritten information, 1815 is a writer display window for handwritten information, and 1813 is a map enlargement / reduction adjustment in the superimposed display window 1805 Icon.

  Alternatively, instead of the processing described above, the order of S407 in FIG. 13 and S409 in FIG. 13 are interchanged, and in S407 in FIG. 13, the map / handwriting superimposing unit 123 of the input / output unit 102 (see FIG. 1) replaces the order. Then, referring to the stroke information 315 of the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3), the handwritten information is not overlapped with each other, and in S409 of FIG. 13 replaced, the output unit 120 displays the display device 121 (see FIG. 1). A map on which handwritten information is superimposed may be displayed on the display. As a specific implementation method, the map / handwriting superimposing means 123 (see FIG. 1) obtains the minimum latitude, maximum latitude, minimum longitude, and maximum longitude from the stroke information 315 (see FIG. 3) for each handwritten information. The circumscribed rectangular coordinates of the stroke information 315 are calculated. And handwritten information is moved up and down, right and left so that those circumscribed rectangles may not overlap.

  In combination with the above solution of Problem 1, in step S406 in FIG. 13, the map / handwriting superimposing unit 123 (see FIG. 1) prints the map scale and the size of the paper on which the designated map is printed (FIG. 13). The position where handwritten information is superimposed is corrected according to the scale of the map. That is, the scale may be calculated by multiplying the coordinates of the handwritten information by the ratio of the scale of the newly printed map to the scale of the original map so that the handwritten information can be superimposed at the correct position.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a map in which the position of handwritten information is adjusted and superimposed by the handwritten information position adjustment process illustrated in FIG. 13.
In the map 1301 shown in FIG. 15, the handwritten information 1307 and the handwritten information 1308 are arranged at positions where they do not overlap with each other, so that the handwritten information can be viewed well.
The handwritten information position adjustment process shown in FIG. 13 adjusts the position of the handwritten information to improve the visibility of the handwritten information, but by adjusting the position of the handwritten information and the map information in the same way. The visibility of handwritten information and map information can also be improved.

  That is, the handwritten information latitude / longitude conversion unit 111 (see FIG. 1) calculates the minimum latitude, the maximum latitude, the minimum longitude, and the maximum longitude from the stroke information 315 (see FIG. 3) for each handwritten information. The circumscribed rectangle coordinates of are calculated. Next, in the same way, the circumscribed rectangular coordinates of the latitude / longitude 223 (see FIG. 2) of the line segment / area (map information) are calculated by the place name latitude / longitude conversion means 112 (see FIG. 1).

The map / handwriting superimposing means 123 (see FIG. 1) moves the handwritten information so that the circumscribed rectangles of the stroke information 315 and the line segment / area 223 do not overlap each other.
Alternatively, the minimum latitude, maximum latitude, minimum longitude, and maximum longitude of the feature name are calculated from the latitude / longitude 234 (see FIG. 2) of the feature name (map information) by the place name latitude / longitude conversion means 112 (see FIG. 1). The circumscribed rectangular coordinates of the feature name are calculated. Then, the handwriting information is moved by the map / handwriting superimposing means 123 (see FIG. 1) so that the circumscribed rectangle of the handwritten information and the circumscribed rectangle of the feature name do not overlap with each other, thereby improving the visibility of the handwritten information. You can also

Further, the map / handwriting superimposing means 123 (see FIG. 1) adjusts the direction 235 (see FIG. 2) of the feature name (map information) so that the handwritten information and the feature name do not overlap each other. You can also.
Further, the size of the characters of the feature names (map information) can be adjusted by the map / handwriting superimposing means 123 (see FIG. 1) so that the handwritten information and the feature names do not overlap each other. Good.

<Handwritten information / map superposition processing to solve Problem 3>
Next, a description will be given of a means for solving the problem 3, that is, the problem that even if the importance of written information is different, all the information is uniformly superimposed on the map and it is difficult to grasp which information is important.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a selected handwritten information / map superimposing process flow in which handwritten information is selected and superimposed on a map.
The handwritten information / map superposition processing flow shown in FIG. 16 is almost the same as the map display / print processing shown in FIG.

A major difference from the map display / printing process shown in FIG. 6 is that after the map content is extracted in S504 of FIG. 16, handwritten information to be printed is selected in S505 of FIG.
In S505 of FIG. 16, for example, when the technique of the present embodiment is applied to a sales activity support system, a customer management DB (FIG. 16) holds information such as customer order accuracy by the handwritten information selection means 117 (see FIG. 1). 17), a customer ID 1502 having a high order receiving accuracy is obtained from the order receiving accuracy 1507 (see FIG. 17), and handwritten information to be printed is selected.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a data structure of the customer information management DB 1501.

The customer information management DB 1501 shown in FIG. 17 includes a customer ID 1502 for identifying a customer, a customer address 1503 indicating the customer's address, a customer telephone number 1504 of the customer, an interview date 1505 for storing the interview date with the customer, the customer The interviewer ID 1506 for storing the ID of the salesperson who interviewed, and the order accuracy 1507 obtained by quantifying and ranking the proportion of orders likely to be received from customers.
Subsequently, in S506 of FIG. 16, the DB update / extraction means 113 (see FIG. 1)
With the searched customer ID 1502, the stroke information 315 is extracted with reference to the customer ID 313 of the handwritten information DB 115 (see FIG. 3), and only the handwritten information related to the customer whose order has a high accuracy is automatically selected and extracted. be able to.

Only the selected and extracted handwritten information is transmitted to the printing / display unit 102 via the network 104 (see FIG. 1), and displayed on the display screen of the display device 121 by the output unit 120 (see FIG. 16). In step S509), the output unit 120 performs printing on the printing apparatus 122 (see FIG. 1) (step S510 in FIG. 16).
Thereby, the handwritten information to be displayed is weighted to automatically determine whether to display or not, and the visibility of the handwritten information can be improved.
For example, in the above procedure, it is determined whether to display or hide the handwritten information using the order accuracy 1507 of the customer information management DB 1501 (see FIG. 17).

<Handwritten information update processing to solve Problem 4>
Next, a description will be given of the handwritten information update process of means for solving the problem 4, that is, the written information is expected to change with time, but the handwritten information is not updated.
The same means can be used to select handwritten information to be temporarily superimposed on the map because the number of handwritten information superimposed on the map is too large.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a handwritten information update processing flow for updating handwritten information.
Below, it demonstrates centering on the difference with the map display and printing processing flow which prints the map shown in FIG.
A major difference from the map display / print processing flow shown in FIG. 6 is that in S609 of FIG. 18 after S608 of FIG. 18 in which the map on which the handwritten information is superimposed is displayed on the display of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1). It is the point which updates handwritten information.

In S609 of FIG. 18, the user selects handwritten information displayed on the display of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1) by the output unit 120 with the comment selection icon 1807 (see FIG. 14), a mouse, or the like, and the comment deletion icon 1808 is selected. (See FIG. 14), a delete button or the like is pressed, unnecessary handwritten information is deleted by handwritten information updating means 125 (see FIG. 1), and only necessary handwritten information is again displayed by display means 121 by output means 120. It is displayed on the display (see FIG. 1).
Further, if the user continues to determine that the handwritten information is not necessary in the future, the user can delete the information on a deletion selection screen (not shown) displayed on the display of the display device 121, for example, by pressing the confirmation button 1816. The result input by the handwritten information update unit 125 is transmitted to the map / handwritten information management unit 101 via the network 104 (see FIG. 1), and the handwritten information DB 115 ( (See FIG. 3). In this way, the record in the handwritten information DB 301 is deleted.

Accordingly, the handwritten information can be prevented from being displayed on the display of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1) by the output unit 120 from the next time.
Even when handwritten information is registered by mistake, the handwritten information can be corrected by correcting the record in the handwritten information DB 301 (see FIG. 3) in the same procedure.
Further, after viewing the map on which the handwritten information is superimposed in S608 of FIG. 18 on the display of the display device 121 (see FIG. 1), a comment addition icon 1809, a line addition icon 1810, a rectangular addition icon 1811, and the like shown in FIG. It is also possible to create a map by adding information with the mouse or keyboard of the input / output means 102.
When the added information is to be reused later, the handwritten information update unit 125 (see FIG. 1) is used as an information input unit via a mouse or a keyboard. This can be realized by adding a new record to the handwritten information DB 301 (see FIG. 3).

<< Summary >>
In the map / handwriting information management system S, means for acquiring handwritten information on paper (input / output means 102, network 104, map / handwriting information) by a digital pen system (103) writable on the paper on which the map is described. Management means 101, etc.), handwritten information latitude / longitude converting means 111 for converting handwritten information into latitude / longitude, place name / latitude / longitude converting means 112 for converting place names into latitude / longitude, and handwritten information selecting means 117 for selecting handwritten information; Map content DB 114, handwritten information DB 115, print map management DB 116, DB update / extracting means 113 for updating those DBs (database), map / handwriting superimposing means 123 for superimposing handwritten information and map information, The handwritten information is superimposed on the map displayed on the display device 121 or printed on the printing device 122. By and output means 120 that the user is or easily enter information related to the geographic information, and search, to allow or update.

<< Action and effect >>
According to the above configuration, when a map printed on paper and handwritten information written on the map are read, and the read information is stored and used in association with the map, the map is changed from the written contents to the map. Map information data including the upper position coordinates can be generated.
Therefore, there is no need to check a map on a narrow screen such as a PDA or a mobile phone, or to input information anew using a keyboard or mouse of a personal computer.
In addition, it is possible to convert the position coordinates on the map into latitude and longitude data and display and print the information related to the geospatial coordinates superimposed on the map. Even when information on the same area is collected, the information on the area can be viewed at a time.
Similarly, as for the map information obtained as a result of collecting information at a plurality of dates and times, it is possible to refer to information on the area at a time.
Therefore, the first to fourth problems and the problems 1 to 4 can be solved, and it is possible to efficiently input information related to the geospace and to browse desired information.

In the above embodiment, the case where the information of the digital pen 103 is sent to the server 100 via the input / output unit 102 and the network 104 has been described, but the information of the digital pen 103 is directly sent via the network 104. It is good also as a structure (it shows with the dashed-two dotted line in FIG. 1) transmitted to the server 100. FIG.
In the above embodiment, the case where the server 100 and the input / output means 102 such as a personal computer and a workstation are used has been described as an example. However, these are configured by a single computer such as a personal computer and a workstation. Is also possible.

In the embodiment, the case where circumscribed rectangular coordinates are used is exemplified as a method for preventing the superimposition of handwritten information, the superimposition of handwritten information and map information, etc. However, if circumscribed coordinates are used, circumscribed circular coordinates are used. Of course, circumscribed elliptical coordinates, circumscribed polygonal coordinates and the like may be used, and the present invention is not limited to circumscribed rectangular coordinates.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although various structures were demonstrated, it is also possible to combine these structures suitably.

It is a block diagram which shows the map and the handwritten information management system of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data structure of map content DB of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data structure of handwritten information DB of embodiment. It is the figure which showed the structural example of the data structure of print map management DB of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the map on which the handwritten information of embodiment was superimposed. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the map display and print processing flow which displays or prints the map of embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the handwritten information storage process flow which stores the handwritten information which the embodiment filled in in handwritten information DB. It is a figure which shows the example in which handwritten information is printed in the incorrect position when handwritten information is printed on the map of a different scale from the map which wrote handwritten information. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the handwritten information reprint processing flow on the different scale map which prints handwritten information again on the map of a different scale from the map in which the handwritten information of embodiment was written. It is a figure which shows an example of the map which adjusted and superimposed the superimposition position of handwritten information on the map from which the reduced scale of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example which shows the code | symbol which shows handwritten information on the map from which the reduced scale of embodiment shows the handwritten information which a code | symbol shows outside the map. It is a figure which shows an example of the map with which handwritten information overlapped and overlapped. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the handwritten information position adjustment process flow which adjusts the position of the handwritten information of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the map and the handwritten information management system displayed on the display of the display means of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the map which adjusted and superimposed the position of handwritten information by the handwritten information position adjustment process of embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the selection handwritten information and map superimposition processing flow which selects the handwritten information of embodiment and superimposes on a map. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data structure of customer information management DB of embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the handwritten information update process flow which updates the handwritten information of embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

100 servers (computers)
101 Map / handwritten information management means (handwritten information acquisition means)
102 Input / output means (input means, additional recording means, handwritten information acquisition means, computer)
103 Digital pen (handwritten information acquisition means)
104 network (handwritten information acquisition means)
111 Handwritten information latitude / longitude conversion means (second adjustment display means)
112 Place name latitude longitude conversion means (second adjustment display means)
113 DB update / extraction means (information recording means, search means, update means)
115 Handwritten information DB (map position information storage means)
117 Handwritten information selection means (selection means)
120 output means (display means, printing means)
121 Display device 122 Printing device 123 Map / handwriting superimposing means (comparison means, adjustment means, first adjustment display means, second adjustment display means)
124 search means 125 handwritten update means (update means)
131 Communication means (handwritten information acquisition means)
132 Encoding means (handwritten information acquisition means)
133 Writing means (handwriting information acquisition means)
134 Pen ID (attribute)
135 time acquisition means 233 feature name (map information),
311 Handwritten ID
312 Entry ID (attribute)
313 Customer ID (attribute)
315 Stroke information (handwritten information, position information)
316 Print map ID (attribute)
411 Print map ID (attribute)
501 Map with handwritten information 502 Rail lines (map information)
503 Railway Line Name (Map Information)
504 Road (map information)
505 Road name (map information)
506 Customer visit (map information)
507 Handwritten information 801 Map with handwritten information superimposed on different scale maps 802 Railway routes (map information)
803 Railway route name (map information)
804 road (map information)
805 Road name (map information)
806 Customer visit (map information)
807 Handwritten information 1001 Map with handwritten information superimposed on map scale 1002 Railway route (map information)
1003 Railway name (map information)
1004 Road (map information)
1005 Road name (map information)
1006 Customer visit (map information)
1007 Handwritten information 1101 A map on which a plurality of handwritten information are superimposed and displayed 1102 Railway route (map information)
1103 Name of railway line (map information)
1104 Road (map information)
1105 Road name (map information)
1106 Customer visit (map information)
1107 Handwritten information 1108 Handwritten information 1301 Map superimposed with adjusted position of handwritten information 1302 Railway route (map information)
1303 Name of railway line (map information)
1304 Road (map information)
1305 Road name (map information)
1306 Customer visits (map information)
1307 Handwritten information 1308 Handwritten information 1501 Customer information management DB
1502 Customer ID (attribute)
1506 Interviewer ID (attribute)
1507 Order accuracy (attribute)
1701 Map S Map / Handwritten Information Utilization System

Claims (7)

A map / handwritten information input / utilization system for utilizing handwritten information written on the map paper on which map information is described,
Handwritten information acquisition means for acquiring handwritten information written on the map paper;
Map position information associated with the map by associating the acquired handwritten information, customer identification information indicating which customer has written the handwritten information, and position information of the handwritten information on the paper. Information recording means for storing in the storage means;
A search unit that searches the map position information storage unit for at least one of the map and the handwritten information using information held by the map position information storage unit;
Display means for displaying on the display device at least one of the map and the handwritten information retrieved by the information of the map position information storage means;
The information possessed by the map position information storage means includes a writer ID indicating the writer who entered the handwritten information, and time information indicating the time when the handwritten information was written,
The search means includes
Referring to a customer information management database in which the accuracy of orders received from the customers is quantified and ranked for each customer identification information and stored, the customer identification information having a high order accuracy is obtained, Search the handwritten information corresponding to the acquired customer identification information from the map position information storage means,
The display means includes
On the map displayed on the display device, the identification information indicating the handwritten information is displayed without displaying the handwritten information, and the handwritten information indicated by the identification information is displayed outside the map.
The map / handwritten information input / utilization system further includes:
A selection means for selecting the handwritten information on a screen based on the customer identification information, the writer ID, or the time information;
Printing means for printing the selected handwritten information on a map by a printing device;
Appending means for adding information to the handwritten information by a user operation using an icon on the screen;
In addition to the existing handwritten information, the output means for superimposing the added handwritten information on a map and displaying it on the display device or printing with a printing device;
After obtaining the handwritten information by the handwritten information obtaining means, an input means for inputting the customer identification information in relation to the map;
An update unit that deletes the customer identification information input in association with the map from the map position information storage unit by a user operation using an icon on the screen.・ Utilization system. In the map / handwritten information input / utilization system according to claim 1,
The map / handwritten information input / utilization system, wherein the handwritten information acquisition means includes a system of a digital pen and digital pen paper that converts the handwritten information into electronic information. In the map / handwritten information input / utilization system according to claim 1 or claim 2,
Comparison means for comparing the scale of the map in which the handwritten information has been written in the past with the scale of the map to be reprinted;
Adjusting the display position of the handwritten information or the display size of the handwritten information according to the difference in scale between the two maps so that the handwritten information on the map can be easily viewed. Map / handwritten information input / utilization system. In the map / handwritten information input / utilization system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
First adjustment display means for controlling the handwritten information so as not to overlap each other so that the handwritten information on the map can be easily viewed when printing a plurality of past handwritten information on the same map. A map / handwritten information input / utilization system characterized by In the map / handwritten information input / utilization system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A second adjustment display means for controlling to display the handwritten information so as not to overlap the map information so that the handwritten information on the map can be easily viewed when the handwritten information is printed on the map; Map / handwritten information input / utilization system characterized by the provision. A map / handwritten information input / utilization method for utilizing handwritten information written on the map paper on which the map information is described,
Computer
Get handwritten information written on the map paper,
After acquiring the handwritten information, in association with the map, accepting input of customer identification information indicating which customer has written the handwritten information;
Storing the acquired handwritten information, the received customer identification information, and the positional information of the handwritten information on the paper in association with the map in the map position information storage means;
At least one of the map and the handwritten information is searched from the map position information storage unit with information that the map position information storage unit has,
Control to display at least one of the map and the handwritten information searched with information held by the map position information storage means;
The information possessed by the map position information storage means includes a writer ID indicating the writer who entered the handwritten information, and time information indicating the time when the handwritten information was written,
The computer further includes:
Referring to a customer information management database in which the accuracy of orders received from the customers is quantified and ranked for each customer identification information and stored, the customer identification information having a high order accuracy is obtained, Search the handwritten information corresponding to the acquired customer identification information from the map position information storage means,
On the map displayed on the display device, the identification information indicating the handwritten information is displayed without displaying the handwritten information, and the handwritten information indicated by the identification information is displayed outside the map.
Based on the customer identification information, the writer ID, or the time information, select the handwritten information on the screen,
Printing the selected handwritten information on a map with a printing device;
Add to the handwritten information by user operation using the icon on the screen,
In addition to the existing handwritten information, the added handwritten information is superimposed on a map and displayed on the display device or printed with a printing device,
The map / handwritten information input / utilization method, wherein the received customer identification information is deleted from the map position information storage means by a user operation using an icon on the screen. A program for causing a computer to execute the map / handwritten information input / utilization method according to claim 6 .

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