WO2007114182A1

WO2007114182A1 - Data input apparatus, method, and program

Info

Publication number: WO2007114182A1
Application number: PCT/JP2007/056692
Authority: WO
Inventors: Kensuke Masugata
Original assignee: Justsystems Corporation
Priority date: 2006-03-31
Filing date: 2007-03-28
Publication date: 2007-10-11
Also published as: JPWO2007114182A1

Abstract

A technique of improving the convenience of data input is provided. An input receiving section (12) receives an input of conversion source data from the user through a user interface (40). A candidate extracting section (16) extracts a candidate for a conversion destination data corresponding to the conversion source data with reference to a dictionary database (30). An order determining section (18) determines the order in which the candidates of the conversion destination data are displayed under a predetermined condition. A candidate display section (20) displays the candidate of the conversion destination data according to the displayed order determined by the order determining section (18) and receives selection of the conversion destination data by the user. An output section (24) outputs the conversion destination data selected by the user through the user interface (40) to an application (50). The dictionary database (30) also holds XML data as the conversion destination data. The output section (24) can output the XML data to the application (50).

Description

Specification

Data input device, method, and program

Technical field

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a data input technique, and more particularly to a data input device, method, and program for converting data that has received user power into other data and inputting the data.

Background art

[0002] XML is attracting attention as a format suitable for sharing data with others via a network, and applications for creating, displaying, and editing XML documents have been developed (for example, (See Patent Document 1). An XML document is created based on a vocabulary (tag set) defined by a document type definition or the like.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-290804

Disclosure of the invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

[0003] However, because it has a high degree of freedom that it is possible to define an arbitrary vocabulary, the development of an appropriate processing system was delayed, which was a factor that hindered the spread of XML. . There is a strong demand for the development of an environment where XML documents can be edited appropriately and simply.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for improving the convenience of data input.

Means for solving the problem

[0005] One embodiment of the present invention relates to a data input device. This data input device refers to an input receiving unit that receives input of conversion source data from a user, and a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and conversion destination data in association with each other. A candidate extraction unit for extracting corresponding conversion destination data candidates, a candidate display unit for displaying the conversion destination data candidates and accepting selection of user power conversion destination data, and outputting the conversion destination data selected by the user The dictionary database includes data marked up in a markup language as candidates for the conversion destination data. It is characterized by that.

[0006] The candidate extraction unit may determine whether or not the data extracted as the candidate of the conversion destination data can be inserted into the output destination with reference to the markup language schema. Good. The candidate display unit obtains a rendering result of the data from the application of the output destination of the conversion destination data when displaying the data marked up in a markup language as the candidate of the conversion destination data, The acquired drawing result may be displayed.

[0007] Another aspect of the present invention relates to a data input method. This data input method refers to a step of accepting input of conversion source data by a user and a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and the conversion destination data in association with each other, and converts the conversion destination corresponding to the conversion source data. A step of extracting data candidates; a step of displaying the candidates for the conversion destination data; a step of receiving selection of user power conversion destination data; and a step of outputting the conversion destination data selected by the user. The dictionary database includes data marked up in a markup language as candidates for the conversion destination data.

[0008] It should be noted that an arbitrary combination of the above-described components and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, and a system are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

The invention's effect

[0009] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique for improving the convenience of data input.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a method of inputting data to an application using the data input device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a method of inputting data to an application by the data input device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data input device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an XML document to be input.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of XML data that is a conversion candidate.

Explanation of symbols [0011] 10 data input device, 12 input reception unit, 14 motion switching unit, 16 candidate extraction unit, 18 order determination unit, 20 candidate display unit, 22 calibration support unit, 24 output unit, 26 history recording unit, 30 dictionary Database, 32 history database, 40 user interface, 50 applications.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

In the embodiment, there is proposed a technique for selecting and switching an appropriate operation according to an output destination in a data input device that converts conversion source data input by a user into conversion destination data and outputs the converted data. For example, when converting a kana to kanji and entering it, the display order of conversion candidates is switched, the dictionary used for conversion is switched, and the data type to be input is changed according to the input position and sentence structure. Display related information and switch data calibration support methods. As a result, the convenience of data entry can be greatly improved.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams for explaining a method of inputting data to an application by the data input device according to the embodiment. In FIGS. 1 and 2, an input form 80 is presented for entering data into a database that stores the patient's treatment history. When the user inputs data to each item of the input form 80, the data input device converts the reading input by the user into kanji and outputs it to the database application.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a conversion candidate is displayed by inputting “Masu”, which is the reading, in order for the user to input the Chinese character “Masui” which is the patient's last name. Kanji characters corresponding to “Masu” include “Anesthesia”, “Drunken”, “Masui”, “Sakurai”, etc., but here we are trying to enter the patient's surname, so it may be used as a surname It is more convenient to display high-kanji candidates with priority. Therefore, when presenting conversion candidates to the user, the data input device sorts the “Masui” and “Sakurai”, which are most likely to be used as surnames, to display the conversion candidates.

[0015] FIG. 2 shows a state in which a conversion candidate is displayed by inputting “Masu”, which is the reading, in order for the user to input the Chinese character “anaesthesia” which is a contraindicated item of the patient. . Since we are going to input medical practice here, the data input device can be used as medical practice. The conversion candidates are displayed by sorting them so that “ability”, “anaesthesia” and “drunkenness” are higher.

[0016] Conventionally, there has been a technique for learning a user's input history, an input character string near the input position, etc., but since the contents input immediately before are reproduced, the input work is performed in a plurality of contexts. In some cases, you may not get useful results. For example, in the case of the above example, when “Anesthetic” is entered as a contraindication item for a patient and “Masui” is entered as the patient's last name, “Anesthetic” is the input character string immediately before as a conversion candidate. "Is displayed at the top. However, as proposed in this embodiment, the type of data to be input is estimated by estimating the type of data to be input depending on the document structure and context, and switching the display order of conversion candidates accordingly. Can be estimated more accurately.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration of the data input device 10 according to the embodiment. The data input device 10 supports data input to the application 50 by the user. In other words, when the user inputs data to the application 50, the data selected by the user is also selected as the conversion target data candidate recalled from the conversion source data entered by the user via the user interface 40. Output for 50.

[0018] The data input device 10 includes an input reception unit 12, an operation switching unit 14, a candidate extraction unit 16, an order determination unit 18, a candidate display unit 20, a calibration support unit 22, an output unit 24, a history recording unit 26, and a dictionary. Includes database 30 and history database 32. In terms of hardware components, these components are the power that can be realized by the CPU, memory, and programs loaded in the memory of any computer. Here, functional blocks that are realized by their cooperation are depicted. . Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or their combination.

The dictionary database 30 stores conversion source data and conversion destination data in association with each other.

For example, the dictionary database 30 used for inputting kanji into the application 50 holds kanji readings as conversion source data and kanji as conversion destination data. The dictionary database 30 may store a zip code as conversion source data, an address as conversion destination data, English words as conversion source data, and Japanese translations of English words as conversion destination data. You may have it. Moreover, as described later, data marked up with a markup language such as XML may be held as conversion destination data.

The input receiving unit 12 receives input of user force conversion source data via the user interface 40. The candidate extraction unit 16 refers to the dictionary database 30 and extracts conversion destination data candidates corresponding to the conversion source data received by the input reception unit 12. When a plurality of conversion destination data candidates are extracted by the candidate extraction unit 16, the order determination unit 18 determines the display order of the plurality of conversion destination data candidates according to a predetermined condition. The candidate display unit 20 displays the candidates for the conversion destination data according to the display order determined by the order determination unit 18, and the user power also accepts the selection of the conversion destination data. The output unit 24 outputs the conversion destination data selected by the user via the user interface 40 to the application 50. Normally, the dictionary database 30 holds data that is easier to input than the conversion destination data as the conversion source data, so the user inputs the conversion destination data to the application 50 by a simpler method. Can do.

The calibration support unit 22 supports calibration of conversion source data received by the input receiving unit 12.

For example, when it is estimated that the user has input wrong conversion source data, the error is pointed out, and the correct U and conversion destination data candidates are extracted from the dictionary database 30.

[0022] The history recording unit 26 records the history of data selected by the user from the candidates for the conversion destination data displayed by the candidate display unit 20 and output by the output unit 24 in the history database 32. Learn the data to enter. This input history is used when the order determination unit 18 determines the display order of candidates.

[0023] The operation switching unit 14 acquires the output destination of the conversion destination data, that is, information on the input target in the application 50, and based on the acquired information, the candidate extraction unit 16, the order determination unit 18, and the candidate display unit 20 Switch the operation of the calibration support unit 22 and so on. For example, the operation switching unit 14 acquires information on the data type of the input position from the application 50, and switches the operation of each component so that appropriate input support can be performed according to the data type. The operation switching unit 14 includes rules and algorithms for determining the data type of the input position based on the information acquired from the application 50.

[0024] The operation switching unit 14 uses the application position or the surrounding document structure or context as an application. The data type of the input position may be determined. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the name of the input item displayed on the application force input form 80, that is, a character string such as “first name” and “last name” is acquired, and the data type of the input position is “ It may be determined that the name is a surname. Also, in the example shown in Fig. 2, “Treatment history DB”, “Contraindications”, and “Item” are obtained and the data type of the input position is determined to be “Noun related to medical practice”. Good.

[0025] When the output destination of the conversion destination data is data marked up by a markup language such as XML, the operation switching unit 14 acquires the element name or attribute name of the input position or the surrounding data. The data type may be determined by referring to the acquired element name or attribute name. Alternatively, the markup language schema and input position may be acquired, and the data type may be determined with reference to the acquired schema and position. For example, it is assumed that the data force input by the input form 80 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is stored in the database as the XML data shown in FIG. At this time, the operation switching unit 14 may acquire “family” that is the element name of the input position and determine that the data type is “last name”.

[0026] As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the operation switching unit 14 determines the display order of a plurality of conversion destination data candidates based on the information related to the output destination of the conversion destination data. Change the conditions used to do this. The operation switching unit 14 switches the conditions and algorithms in the order determination unit 18 so that the display order of the data estimated to match the data type of the input position is increased.

For example, the history recording unit 26 may record the input history in the history database 32 for each data type. In this case, the operation switching unit 14 determines the data type of the input position and notifies it to the order determining unit 18, and the order determining unit 18 receives the input history of the data type notified from the operation switching unit 14 from the history database 32. get. The order determination unit 18 refers to the history acquired from the history database 32, and may increase the display order of the candidates selected immediately before or increase the display order of the selected candidates with high frequency. Good. As a result, when entering “last name”, “Masui” and “Sakurai” that are frequently entered as “last name” are displayed at the top, and when entering “medical practice”, “ “Anesthesia” and “Drunkenness” that are frequently input as “medical practice” are displayed at the top. As another example, the dictionary database 30 may further hold the data type of the conversion destination data. For example, as candidates for kanji corresponding to “Masui”, “anesthetic” may be “treatment” and “Masui” may be “last name” in association with each other. In this case, the operation switching unit 14 determines the data type of the input position and notifies it to the order determination unit 18, and the order determination unit 18 selects the conversion destination data candidate of the data type notified from the operation switching unit 14. Increase the display order. As a result, when entering “last name”, “Masui” and “Sakurai” that should be entered as “last name” are displayed at the top, and when entering “medical practice”, “medical practice” is displayed. “Anesthesia” and “Drunkenness” to be entered are displayed at the top.

[0029] With such a technique, even when input work is performed in a plurality of contexts, appropriate conversion candidates are preferentially displayed according to the context, so that the efficiency of the user's input work is improved. be able to.

[0030] The operation switching unit 14 may set conditions for narrowing down candidates for conversion destination data extracted by the candidate extraction unit 16 based on information regarding the output destination of the conversion destination data. For example, the operation switching unit 14 determines the data type of the input position, and extracts only the conversion destination data that matches the data type as a candidate, or the conversion destination data that matches the data type has priority. The conditions and algorithms of the candidate extraction unit 16 may be switched so that the candidates are extracted as candidates. The candidate extraction unit 16 narrows down candidates for the conversion destination data based on the conditions and algorithm set by the operation switching unit 14. For example, a dictionary data base 30 may be provided for each data type, and conversion destination data candidates may be extracted from the dictionary database 30 corresponding to the data type notified from the operation switching unit 14. As a result, only conversion destination data candidates that match the data type are displayed, so that the data input efficiency of the user can be improved. Moreover, it is possible to suppress erroneous data input that does not match the data type of the input position.

The candidate extraction unit 16 may refer to the history database 32 and switch the dictionary database 30 to be referred to based on the history of the conversion destination data selected by the user. For example, you often select data that omits particles! If there is a feature such as the fact that the wording that is peculiar to spoken language is often selected, the candidate extracting unit 16 extracts candidates from the dictionary database 30 that stores colloquial tone conversion destination data. The operation switching unit 14 The dictionary database 30 may be switched by referring to information such as contained words, document structure information, and the like. The candidate extraction unit 16 may infer candidates for the conversion destination data when the user inputs a part of the conversion source data. In this case, the operation switching unit 14 selects the document structure, context, and data of the input position. Depending on the type and so on, the data indicating the certainty of the conversion destination data is switched, and appropriate candidates can be estimated according to the document structure and context.

The operation switching unit 14 may further display information related to the data type of the output destination on the candidate display unit 20 based on the information related to the output destination of the conversion destination data. For example, when the data type of the input position is an address, the candidate display unit 20 further displays a map when displaying the address candidate as the conversion destination data candidate corresponding to the mail number accepted by the user. The corresponding position may be displayed. In addition, a postal code may be entered by selecting a location from the map. As a result, appropriate input support can be provided according to the data type of the input position, and the convenience of data input can be improved.

[0033] The operation switching unit 14 may switch the operation of the calibration support unit 22 based on information regarding the output destination of the conversion destination data. For example, if the conversion destination data corresponding to the conversion source data input by the user is not registered in the dictionary database 30, it is estimated that the user has input the incorrect data, and the calibration support unit 22 determines that the dictionary database 30 Search for the correct destination data and display it. At this time, the conversion destination data can be estimated more accurately by switching the estimation algorithm according to the data type of the input position.

The operation switching unit 14 may switch the operation of the history recording unit 26 based on information regarding the output destination of the conversion destination data. For example, conversion destination data selected by the user may be recorded for each data type. Information such as the input position and document structure may be recorded in accordance with the history database 32. The history data may be weighted according to the document structure or context of the input position. In this way, the conversion destination data can be estimated more accurately by changing the learning algorithm and the storage location of the learning result according to the document structure, context, and data type of the input position.

[0035] As in the example shown in FIG. 4, the output destination of the conversion destination data, that is, the application 50 Data power of input position in the case of data marked up in a markup language, the data input device 10 may be able to output the marked up data to the application 50. In this case, the dictionary database 30 includes data marked up in the markup language as candidates for conversion destination data.

In the example described above, the patient's last name is stored in the element “family”. Here, an example in which XML data as shown in FIG. 5 is stored as text with ruby will be described. In this case, the dictionary database 30 holds, for example, the XML data shown in FIG. 5 as conversion destination data corresponding to “Saisui”. Store in the dictionary database 30 that this XML data is "last name" data!

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the candidate extraction unit 16 uses the kanji characters such as “Masui”, “Sakurai”, and “anaesthesia” from the dictionary database 30 as the conversion destination data corresponding to “Masui”. In addition, the XML data shown in Fig. 5 is also extracted as a candidate. When the candidate display unit 20 displays the XML data shown in FIG. 5 as a candidate, the XML data may be displayed as text data. The unit 20 may obtain a drawing result of XML data from the application 50 and display the obtained drawing result. Further, the candidate display unit 20 may delegate the drawing of XML data to the application 50, and the application 50 may directly draw the XML data in the area for displaying candidates. In the example of Fig. 1, the text with ruby shown in Fig. 5 is displayed with the kana character "Masui" and the reading kana "Masui" added as ruby. As a result, the XML data can be displayed as conversion candidates in a visually easy-to-understand display mode.

[0038] If the operation switching unit 14 can refer to the schema by acquiring the schema of the markup language from the application 50 or the like, the candidate extraction unit 16 is extracted as a candidate for the conversion destination data. It may be determined whether the markup data matches the schema, that is, whether the markup data can be inserted at the input position. This prevents inappropriate XML data input and keeps the document valid.

[0039] When the output unit 24 outputs XML data to the application 50, the XML data may be output as text data or may be output as DOM object data. It also outputs binary data serialized from DOM object data. May be. The output unit 24 may output XML data using an API such as SAX (Simple API for XML).

[0040] In a general XML data editing application, when inserting XML data, a command for inserting an element is selected from commands such as a menu, and an element value and an attribute value are input. However, as described above, if the data input device 10 has a function of outputting XML data, the user can insert XML data into a document by a simple method in the same manner as inputting text data. Can do. In this way, the data input device 10 simply converts Japanese readings into Kanji characters and inputs them. For example, the conversion source data called phantom is MathML data “ku mi> x </ mi>”. It can be applied to various input work, such as converting to input.

[0041] The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each treatment process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. It is understood.

Industrial applicability

The present invention is applicable to a data input device that converts and inputs data.

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] An input receiving unit that receives input of conversion source data from a user;

A candidate extraction unit that extracts candidates for conversion destination data corresponding to the conversion source data and a candidate for the conversion destination data are displayed with reference to a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and conversion destination data in association with each other. A candidate display unit that accepts selection of user power conversion destination data,

An output unit for outputting the conversion destination data selected by the user,

The dictionary database includes data marked up in a markup language as candidates for the conversion destination data.

[2] The candidate extraction unit refers to the markup language schema to determine whether or not the data extracted as the candidate for the conversion destination data can be inserted into the output destination of the conversion destination data. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein the determination is performed.

[3] When the candidate display unit displays data marked up in a markup language as a candidate for the conversion destination data, the candidate display unit obtains a rendering result of the data from an application to which the conversion destination data is output. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein the acquired drawing result is displayed.

[4] The step of accepting input of conversion source data by the user power,

Extracting a candidate of conversion destination data corresponding to the conversion source data with reference to a dictionary database holding the conversion source data and conversion destination data in association with each other; and displaying the candidates of the conversion destination data Steps,

A step of accepting selection of user power conversion destination data;

Outputting the conversion destination data selected by the user, and

The data input method according to claim 1, wherein the dictionary database includes data marked up in a markup language as candidates for the conversion destination data.

[5] User power A function that accepts input of conversion source data,

A function of referring to a dictionary database that holds the conversion source data and the conversion destination data in association with each other, and extracts conversion destination data candidates corresponding to the conversion source data; A function for displaying candidates for the conversion destination data;

User power A function to accept selection of conversion destination data,

A function for outputting the conversion destination data selected by the user;

Is realized on a computer,