JP6601143B2 - Printing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus that prints search results.

  When browsing an electronic document, there are cases where it is desired to extract and browse only a portion of interest, for example, a portion related to a specific keyword. In general, in an application capable of browsing, creating, and editing an OOXML (Office Open XML) document represented by Microsoft Office (registered trademark), a specific keyword is searched, and the keyword and its peripheral part are listed and displayed. Function exists.

  However, for example, Microsoft Office can display keyword search results on a display, but does not have a function for printing search results as they are. Therefore, when it is desired to obtain the search result as a printed matter, it is necessary to manually extract the displayed portion, copy it to another page or another document, and print it. In an environment without such an application, it is possible to obtain a printout of the document by direct printing, but it has not been possible to obtain a printout of a search result by a specific keyword.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-228561 discloses a technique for performing printing by applying emphasis processing to a predetermined keyword included in an electronic document.

JP 2006-227773 A

  With the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to print a document in which a portion corresponding to a keyword is emphasized. However, in order to know the portion that has been actually emphasized, it is printed out. It was necessary to check the entire document without any difficulty, and it was not possible to easily grasp where the keyword exists in the document.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides a printing apparatus capable of printing out a list of where a specified keyword exists in a document.

  The gist of the present invention for achieving the object lies in the inventions of the following items.

[1] An input unit for inputting manuscript data described in a markup language;
A keyword specification part that receives the keyword specification;
A printing section;
A search unit for detecting a portion that matches the keyword specified by the keyword specifying unit from the document data;
A specifying unit for specifying each position of the matching portion detected by the search unit;
A list generation unit that generates a list in which position information indicating each position specified by the specifying unit is listed;
Have
The printing unit prints out the list ;
The search device may include a non-display object that is not set as a print target in the document data as a search target .

  In the above invention, a keyword can be searched from document data described in a markup language, and a list of position information of each location where a matching portion with the keyword exists can be printed out.

[2] It further has an object designating section for receiving designation of an object to be searched,
The printing apparatus according to [1], wherein the search unit performs the detection on the object specified by the object specifying unit.

  In the above invention, the objects to be searched can be narrowed down.

[3] The printing apparatus according to [2], wherein the object designating unit receives designation as to whether or not to include a non-display object that is not a print target in the document data.

  In the above invention, it is possible to specify whether or not to include a non-display object as a search target.

[4] Any one of [1] to [3], wherein a predetermined range including the matching portion is extracted from the document data as an excerpt, and the excerpt is included in the list in association with the position information. The printing apparatus as described in one.

  In the said invention, the excerpt of the predetermined range containing the part which corresponds to a keyword can be enumerated in a list.

[5] The method according to [4], wherein selection of whether to print a list including the excerpt or to print a list not including the excerpt is received from a user, and the list is printed according to the selection received from the user. The printing apparatus as described.

  In the above invention, it is possible to select whether to print a list including an excerpt or to print a list not including an excerpt.

[6] A processing unit that generates secondary document data obtained by processing the document data so that the matching part is highlighted,
The printing apparatus according to any one of [1] to [5], wherein a printed matter based on the secondary document data is printed by the printing unit.

  In the above invention, it is possible to print a document in which a portion matching the keyword is highlighted.

[7] The printing material based on the secondary document data is printed only when the user selects whether or not to print the printed material based on the secondary document data and receives the selection to print. The printing apparatus according to [6].

[8] The selection of the highlighting method is accepted from the user,
The printing apparatus according to [6] or [7], wherein the processing unit processes the document data so that the matching portion is highlighted by a method selected by a user.

  In the above invention, highlighting methods such as highlighting, underlining, and shading can be selected.

[9] When the non-display object that is not the print target in the document data is included in the search target, the processing unit detects the non-display object and the matching part is The printing apparatus according to any one of [6] to [8], wherein the secondary original data is generated by changing the detected non-display object to be displayed.

  In the above invention, a non-display object including a portion that matches the keyword is converted into a display object and printed.

[10] The printing apparatus according to any one of [6] to [9], wherein the specifying unit specifies each position in a printed matter based on the secondary document data.

  In the above invention, for example, when a non-display object is converted into a display object, the position in the printed matter after conversion is specified.

[11] The printing apparatus according to any one of [6] to [10], wherein the secondary document data can be stored or output to the outside.

[12] The list generation unit generates list data describing the list in a markup language,
The printing apparatus according to any one of [1] to [11], wherein the list data can be stored or output to the outside.

  According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to print out a list of where the specified keyword exists in the document.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the system containing the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the function structure of the printing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result page output in simple mode. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result page output in the standard mode. It is a figure which shows an example of a search / print condition setting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the internal management data at the time of preserve | save the set search and printing conditions inside an apparatus. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of processing performed by the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows a search result production | generation process. It is a flowchart which shows a search result page generation process.

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a use environment of a printing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this example, a printing apparatus 10, a PC (personal computer) 6, an access point 4, and the like are connected to a network 2 such as a LAN (Local Area Network), and a mobile terminal 5 such as a tablet is wirelessly connected through the access point 4. It is connected. The network 2 is not limited to a LAN, but may be an FDDI (Fiber-Distributed Data Interface), a token ring, a wireless LAN, an Internet line, or a public line.

  The PC 6 and the mobile terminal 5 transmit document data described in a markup language to the printing apparatus 10. In addition to printing the received document data, the printing apparatus 10 searches the document data with a specified keyword to detect a portion that matches the keyword, generates a list listing the position information of each detected location, and prints it. It has a function to do.

  Here, the printing apparatus 10 optically reads a document and prints a duplicate image on a recording sheet. The printing apparatus 10 stores image data of the read document as a file or transmits it to an external terminal via the network 2. The MFP is provided with a scan function, a print function for printing a document or image on a recording sheet based on a print job received from the mobile terminal 5 or the like through the network 2, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the printing apparatus 10. The printing apparatus 10 includes a control unit 11 that comprehensively controls the operation of the printing apparatus 10. The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like as main components. A storage unit 12, an image processing unit 13, an image reading unit 14, an operation panel 15, an image forming unit 18, a network communication unit 19 and the like are connected to the control unit 11.

  The CPU of the control unit 11 is based on an OS (Operating System) program, and executes programs such as middleware and application programs.

  The storage unit 12 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a hard disk device, a nonvolatile memory, and the like, and stores various programs and data. The storage unit 12 stores a program for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, a keyword detection program, a list creation program, and the like. The function of the printing apparatus 10 is realized by the CPU of the control unit 11 executing various processes according to these programs.

  The image processing unit 13 performs processes such as image enlargement / reduction and rotation, as well as rasterization processing for converting print data into image data, image data compression / decompression processing, and the like.

  The image reading unit 14 functions to optically read a document and acquire image data. The image reading unit 14 sequentially, for example, a light source that irradiates light on a document, a line image sensor that receives the reflected light and reads the document for one line in the width direction, and sequentially reads the reading position in line units in the length direction of the document. An optical path composed of a moving unit for moving, a lens, a mirror, and the like for guiding reflected light from the document to the line image sensor to form an image, and a conversion unit for converting an analog image signal output from the line image sensor into digital image data And so on. The image reading unit 14 is provided with an automatic document feeder, and can sequentially read out and read a document one by one from a bundle of documents set on a document table.

  The operation panel 15 includes a display unit 16 and an operation unit 17. The display unit 16 is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) and the like, and has a function of displaying various operation screens, setting screens, and the like. The operation unit 17 receives various operations and settings from the user. The operation unit 17 includes various operation switches such as a start button and a touch panel provided on the display surface of the display unit 16. The touch panel detects a coordinate position pressed with a touch pen or a finger. Various settings relating to keyword search and search result printing are received from the user through the operation panel 15. Note that the setting may be received from the portable information processing terminal 5 or the PC 6.

  The image forming unit 18 has a function of forming an image corresponding to print data on a recording sheet. Here, it has a recording paper transport device, a photosensitive drum, a charging device, a laser unit, a developing device, a transfer separation device, a cleaning device, and a fixing device, and forms an image by an electrophotographic process. It is configured as a so-called laser printer. The image forming unit 18 may use other methods.

  The network communication unit 19 functions to communicate with external devices such as the portable information processing terminal 5 and the PC 6 through the network 2. The printing apparatus 10 inputs document data through the network communication unit 19.

  FIG. 3 shows a functional configuration of the printing apparatus 10 related to keyword search and search result printing. The printing apparatus 10 includes functions of an input unit 31, a search / print condition setting unit 32, a keyword specifying unit 33, an object specifying unit 34, a search unit 35, a specifying unit 36, a processing unit 37, a list generating unit 38, and a printing unit 39. Fulfill.

  The input unit 31 inputs document data described in a markup language. The search / print condition setting unit 32 accepts a search condition for detecting a keyword from document data and a print condition for printing a detection result. The search / print condition setting unit 32 includes functions of a keyword specifying unit 33 that receives a keyword specification and an object specification unit 34 that receives a search target object specification.

  The object designating unit 34 can accept designation of individual objects in addition to designation of search objects by object attributes such as “text”, “graphic”, and “all objects including text and graphics”.

  The search unit 35 detects a portion that matches the keyword specified by the keyword specifying unit 33 from the document data. Of the original data, an object specified by the object specifying unit 34 is set as a search target, and a portion matching the keyword specified by the keyword specifying unit 33 is detected from the search target. Here, the search unit 35 copies the object in which the keyword is detected (one sentence or graphic object in which the keyword is detected) and registers it in the search result table.

  The processing unit 37 generates secondary document data obtained by processing the document data so that a portion (a portion matching the keyword) detected by the search unit 35 is highlighted. The highlighting method is underline, shading, etc., and follows the highlighting method designated by the user.

  The specifying unit 36 specifies each position of the part detected by the search unit 35. The position indicates a position in a printed matter printed based on the secondary document data. For each object registered in the search result table, the specifying unit 36 specifies the position and generates position information, and associates the position information with the object and registers the position information in the search result table.

  The list generation unit 38 generates a list (referred to as a search result page) in which position information indicating the positions specified by the specifying unit 36 is listed. Here, the search result page is generated based on the registered contents of the search result table.

  The printing unit 39 corresponds to the image forming unit 18 in FIG. 2 and prints out a printed matter based on the secondary document data and a search result page. The search result page generation method (search result display mode) includes a simple mode and a standard mode.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a search result page generated in the simple mode. The specified keyword is displayed at the top of the search result page in the simple mode, and position information indicating each position where the keyword is detected in the document is listed below the specified keyword. Here, as the position information, various attribute information for specifying the page number and position where the object in which the keyword is detected exists is displayed. In addition, if the object is text, it also displays the paragraph number from the top of the page. For example, the example of FIG. 4 indicates that there is a keyword in the first paragraph on the second page, that the keyword is detected from the title of the bar graph on page 10, the legend, and the like.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a search result page generated in the standard mode. The specified keyword is displayed in the upper part of the search result page in the standard mode, and below that, excerpts including a part where the keyword exists and a predetermined range around it are listed together with position information. In the example of FIG. 5, the same search results as in FIG. 4 are displayed in the standard mode. The search result page shown in FIG. 5 lists a part of the first paragraph of the second page, its position information (Page 2), a bar graph on the 10th page, its position information (Page 10), and the like. The part that matches the specified keyword is highlighted.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a search / print condition setting screen 50 that receives search / print condition settings. The search / print condition setting screen 50 is displayed on the operation panel 15 of the printing apparatus 10. Alternatively, when a search / print condition is set from the mobile terminal 5 or PC 6 connected to the printing apparatus 10 via the network 2, it is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 5 or PC 6.

  For example, screen data such as the search / print condition setting screen 50 is transferred / provided via the network from the printing apparatus 10 to the mobile terminal 5 holding the document, and information indicating the setting contents is received from the mobile terminal 5. A search / print condition setting may be received by transmitting the document to the printing apparatus 10 together with the document.

  The search / print condition setting screen 50 shown in FIG. 6 accepts keyword input in the keyword input field 51. The search / print condition setting screen 50 accepts settings related to emphasis processing, settings related to search targets, mode settings for search results, settings for print targets, and the like.

  For settings related to emphasis processing, make the matching part of the keyword bold or italic font, underline, strikethrough, change the font size and color, fill the background area, and apply special effects. There are additions. The effect is to add a shadow.

  The setting relating to the search target receives the specification of the search target object. When specifying an object, you can select either all in the document, only the chart, or only the text. It also receives a setting as to whether or not an object that is set to be hidden is included in the search target.

  In the search result mode setting, the search result page is set to be printed in the standard mode or the simple mode. In the setting of the print target, a setting is made to print both the emphasized text (printed material based on the secondary document data) and the search result page or only the search result page.

  In addition, on the search / print condition setting screen 50, various settings such as extraction range designation may be accepted.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of internal management data 60 that reflects the setting contents received on the search / print condition setting screen 50 shown in FIG. The internal management data 60 is stored in a nonvolatile memory of the storage unit 12 or the like. For color and fill, RGB color codes are registered.

  In the printing apparatus 10, a plurality of setting contents set on the search / print condition setting screen 50 can be registered with individual names, and any of the stored internal management data 60 can be called up and reused. The search / print condition setting screen 50 reflecting the contents of the internal management data 60 can be displayed, and a part of the setting contents can be changed and used.

  Next, processing performed by the printing apparatus 10 when searching for a keyword and printing a search result page or the like will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the printing apparatus 10 when a keyword is searched and a search result page or the like is printed. It is assumed that settings have been received on the search / print condition setting screen 50 in FIG. 6 before this processing.

  First, a document file (original data) is read (step S101). Next, the setting contents on the search / print condition setting screen 50 are read and stored as internal management data 60 (step S102). It is checked whether or not there is a keyword search setting (step S103). If there is no keyword search setting (step S103; No), the document data is set as print target data and the process proceeds to step S108.

  If there is a keyword search setting (step S103; Yes), search result generation processing is performed (step S104). In the search result generation process, a keyword is searched from document data, and a search result page is generated from the search result. Also, secondary document data in which a portion matching the keyword is highlighted is generated. Details will be described later.

  The print target designated by the user is confirmed (step S105). If the designated print target is “text + search result” (step S105; text + search result), the secondary manuscript data and the search result page are printed. Data is set (step S106), and the process proceeds to step S108. If the designated print target is “search result only” (step S105; search result only), the search result page is set as print target data, and the process proceeds to step S108.

  In step S108, print data is generated by performing image formation processing on the print target data. Thereafter, the print data is printed by the image forming unit 18 (step S109), and this process is terminated.

  Note that the printing apparatus 10 can output or save secondary document data to the outside. In addition, it is possible to generate list data in which the contents of the search result page are described in a markup language, and to output or save the data. Further, the setting relating to the output to the outside and the storage may be received from the search / print condition setting screen 50 or the like.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the search result generation processing of FIG. The search target object set on the search / print condition setting screen 50 is set to the variable “search target” (steps S201 to S203). That is, when “all” is set as the search target (step S201; all), “all” is set as the variable “search target” (step S202), and “chart” is set as the search target. In this case (step S201; chart), "table" is set in the variable "search target" (step S203), and when "text" is set in the search target (step S201; text), the variable "search “Text” is set in “Target” (step S204).

  Thereafter, the following processing is performed for each object of the document data. In the following processing, a search result table is created. Further, secondary document data is generated from the document data. Here, the document data itself is processed into secondary document data.

  One unprocessed object in the document data is set as a target object, and it is determined whether or not the target object is a search target (step S205). If it is not a search target (step S205; No), this object is ignored. The process proceeds to the next object.

  If the object of interest is a search target (step S205; Yes), the non-display flag is reset (step S206), and it is checked whether the object of interest is a non-display object (step S207). No), the process proceeds to step S210.

  If it is a non-display object (step S207; Yes), it is checked whether or not the setting for making the non-display object a search target is made (step S208). If the setting is not made (step S208; No), step S210 is performed. Migrate to If the setting is made to also search for non-display objects (step S208; Yes), a non-display flag is set (step S209), and the process proceeds to step S210.

  In step S210, the text in the object is read. If the object of interest is a chart, the text portion existing in the chart is extracted and read.

  A keyword is searched for in the read text, and if there is no portion matching the keyword (step S211; No), the process proceeds to step S216. If there is a part that matches the keyword (step S211; Yes), it is confirmed whether or not a non-display flag is set (step S212).

  If the non-display flag is not set (step S212; No), the process proceeds to step 214. If the non-display flag is set (step S212; Yes), the object of interest is converted from a non-display object to a display object (attributes are changed with tags) (step S213), and the process proceeds to step S214.

  As a result, in the printed material based on the secondary document data, even if the document data is a non-display object, a non-display object including a portion matching the keyword is converted into a display object and printed.

  In step 214, an emphasis processing tag is added to the text corresponding to the keyword. The type of enhancement processing is designated by the user on the search / print condition setting screen 50. Then, the object of interest is copied and added to the search result table (step 215). It should be noted that each object included in the document data described in the markup language is given an object ID (Identification) as identification information for uniquely identifying the object. The object is additionally registered in the search result table, and the process proceeds to step S216.

  In step S216, it is checked whether the search is completed up to the end of the object of interest. If the search has not been completed up to the end of the target object (step S216; No), the process returns to step S210 to read the next text portion from the target object.

  If the search has been completed up to the end of the object of interest (step S216; Yes), if processing has not been completed for all objects in the document data, the process returns to step S205 to make the next unprocessed object the object of interest. To continue processing. When the processing is completed for all objects in the document data, the process proceeds to step S217.

  In step S217, the secondary document data is analyzed, and the position of the object in the document (printed material printed based on the secondary document data) is specified for each object registered in the search result table. Then, the position is associated with the object and registered in the object search result table. Here, the correspondence between each object in the search result table and the object in the secondary document data is recognized based on the object ID. By analyzing the secondary document data, it is possible to recognize at which position of which page of the printed material based on the secondary document data each object is printed.

  Thereafter, a search result page is generated based on the search result table (step S218), and this process is terminated.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of search result page generation processing (step S218 in FIG. 9). First, the search result table is read (step S301). Next, the search result page data (blank page to be a template) is read (step S302). This data is described in a markup language. Thereafter, the following processing is performed for each object registered in the search result table. Note that the object being processed is the object of interest.

  It is checked whether the search result display mode set on the search / print condition setting screen 50 is the standard mode or the simple mode (step S303). If the mode is the standard mode (step S303; standard), the extracted portion of the object of interest and the position information are added to the search result page data (step S304).

  The range of the excerpt can be changed by the user. For example, when the object is text, it is possible to change the setting of how many characters are extracted before and after the keyword. When extracting a portion that matches a keyword from a chart or the like, the search result page is created by changing the attribute (for example, changing to a text object) even if it looks the same.

  If the simple mode is set (step S303; simple), position information is added to the search result page data. The position information is expressed by the page position and various attribute information (chart, title, etc.). The type of attribute to be displayed and the display priority (display order, etc.) may be changeable in search / print condition settings.

  In this way, search result page data described in a markup language is generated. In the standard mode, search result page data corresponding to the detection result page as shown in FIG. 5 is generated. In the simple mode, search result page data corresponding to the detection result page as shown in FIG. 4 is generated.

  According to the present embodiment, a keyword search is performed on a document configured in a markup language such as OOXML, and a list of position information indicating where in the document a portion matching the keyword exists can be printed out. It is possible to easily grasp the location of the keyword in the document. Also, in the standard mode, an excerpt of the part where the keyword exists is also added to the list, so that it is possible to understand the general contents of the document only by looking at the excerpt part listed in the list.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to that shown in the embodiment, and there are changes and additions within the scope of the present invention. Are also included in the present invention.

  In the embodiment, in consideration of the convenience of the user, the object to be searched is specified by the object type such as “all”, “text only”, “chart only”. It may be possible to specify for each object.

  The search result page shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 of the embodiment is an example, and the layout and the like when enumerating the position information are not limited to this.

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Claims (12)

An input unit for inputting manuscript data described in a markup language;
A keyword specification part that receives the keyword specification;
A printing section;
A search unit for detecting a portion that matches the keyword specified by the keyword specifying unit from the document data;
A specifying unit for specifying each position of the matching portion detected by the search unit;
A list generation unit that generates a list in which position information indicating each position specified by the specifying unit is listed;
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The printing unit prints out the list ;
The search device may include a non-display object that is not set as a print target in the document data as a search target . It further has an object designation part that receives designation of an object to be searched,
The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search unit performs the detection for the object specified by the object specifying unit. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the object designation unit receives designation as to whether or not to include a non-display object that is not set as a print target in the document data. The predetermined range including the matching portion is extracted from the document data as an excerpt, and the excerpt is included in the list in association with the position information. Printing device. 5. The printing according to claim 4, wherein a selection is made from a user whether to print a list including the excerpt or a list not including the excerpt, and the list is printed according to the selection received from the user. apparatus. A processing unit that generates secondary document data obtained by processing the document data so that the matching portion is highlighted;
The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit prints a printed matter based on the secondary document data. The printed matter based on the secondary document data is printed only when the user selects a printout based on the secondary document data and receives a selection to print. Item 7. The printing apparatus according to Item 6. Accepting selection of the highlighting method from the user;
The printing apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the processing unit processes the document data so that the matching portion is highlighted by a method selected by a user. In the case where a non-display object that is not a print target in the document data is included in a search target, the processing unit detects the matching part when the matching part is detected in the non-display object. The printing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the secondary document data is generated by changing the display so that a non-display object is displayed. 10. The printing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the specifying unit specifies each position in a printed material based on the secondary document data. The printing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the secondary document data can be stored or output to the outside. The list generation unit generates list data describing the list in a markup language,
The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the list data can be stored or output to the outside.