Icon display device and icon display program

Abstract

To enable an OA equipment worker who is assigned a specific role to quickly grasp the attribute of a data file in light of a specific reference corresponding to the role.SOLUTION: The icon displaying device 100 includes (I) a storage section 4 that stores a file 3 containing attribution information 1 and two-dimension visual information 2 to be displayed on the monitoring device 101, (ii) an icon assignment section 8 that assigns, to the file 3, an icon 7 that partially or entirely has a pattern 6 (excluding the two-dimension visual information 2 itself and a pattern obtained by reducing the two-dimension visual information 2) corresponding to a text string 5 contained in the two-dimension visual information 2 in the file 3, and (iii) a display section 9 that displays the icon 7 assigned by the icon assignment section 8.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an icon display device and an icon display program. [Background technology]

[0002] Data files handled on a computer are generally displayed as icons on a monitor screen connected to the computer. For example, icon technologies such as those disclosed in the following Patent Documents 1 to 12 are known. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 6-59855 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 8-115199 [Patent Document 3] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 11-31062 [Patent Document 4] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-202177 [Patent Document 5] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-216068 [Patent Document 6] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-14854 [Patent Document 7] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-108254 [Patent Document 8] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-48574 [Patent Document 9] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-35046 [Patent Document 10] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-106560 [Patent Document 11] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-60385 [Patent Document 12] Patent No. 6069685 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Many of the conventional icon technologies are so-called preview-type technologies that superimpose a miniature image of the two-dimensional visual information contained in the data file onto the icon. If a miniature image of the two-dimensional image contained in the data file is displayed, it is possible to infer to a certain extent the contents of the data file from the appearance of the icon.

[0005] However, since office automation workers deal with hundreds of data files a day, it is difficult to quickly grasp the contents of a data file using only an icon preview function. To make a reliable confirmation, they often have to open the data file and visually check the text, which is a very time-consuming process.

[0006] The present invention was developed based on the fact that workers working with office automation equipment only need to check a limited number of points depending on the role they are assigned, and they only want to quickly grasp the attributes of the data file from the two-dimensional visual information contained in the data file in light of specific criteria that correspond to the worker's role, and do not want to grasp all the information using an icon that includes a reduced image (preview) of the two-dimensional visual information contained in the data file.

[0007] For example, an office automation equipment worker at a customer support center who is in charge of managing deadlines for online customer complaints wants to quickly find complaint document files with three days or less left in their response deadline from their icon, but does not want to understand the contents of the complaint document file itself.Also, for example, an office automation equipment worker who is in charge of sending report document files to customers wants to know at a glance from the icon the customer address written in the report document file so as not to send it to the wrong address, but does not want to understand the contents or overall picture of the report document file.

[0008] The present invention aims to enable an office automation equipment worker assigned a specific role to quickly grasp the attributes of a data file in accordance with specific criteria corresponding to that role. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] The measures taken to solve the above problems are as follows [1] to

[14] . [1] An icon display device comprising: a memory unit for storing a data file having attribute information and two-dimensional visual information to be displayed on a monitor device; an icon assigning unit for assigning to the data file an icon having, in part or in whole, a design corresponding to a character string contained in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file (excluding cases where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is used as a design); and a display unit for displaying the icon assigned by the icon assigning unit.

[0010] [2] The icon assigning unit assigns to the data file an icon having, in part or in whole, a specific pattern corresponding to a specific character string contained in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file. [1] The icon display device described in [1].

[0011] [3] The icon display device according to [2], wherein the icon assigning unit has a specific character string input unit that enables a user to set the specific character string.

[0012] [4] The icon display device according to [2] or [3], wherein the icon providing unit has a specific designation unit that allows the user to select the specific design.

[0013] [5] An icon display device according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein the icon assignment unit is configured to output an icon using a learning model that has been trained to output an icon having a specific pattern corresponding to the two-dimensional visual information in part or all of the two-dimensional visual information of a data file when the two-dimensional visual information is input.

[0014] [6] The icon assigning unit assigns to the data file an icon having a specific design in part or in whole corresponding to the company name contained in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file. The icon display device described in any one of [1] to [5].

[0015] [7] The icon display device according to [6], wherein the icon providing unit provides an icon that has a company logo corresponding to the company name in part or in whole.

[0016] [8] The icon assigning unit has a logo acquisition unit that acquires a company logo corresponding to the company name from the Internet, and assigns an icon that has the acquired logo in part or in whole to the data file. [7] The icon display device described in [7].

[0017] [9] An icon display device according to any one of [1] to [8], wherein the icon assignment unit is configured to output an icon using a learning model that has been trained to output an icon having a specific design corresponding to the company in part or in whole when an alphanumeric string conforming to a predetermined rule corresponding to the company of the company name is input.

[0018]

[10] A program for controlling an icon display device having a memory unit for storing a data file having attribute information and two-dimensional visual information to be displayed on a monitor device, an icon assigning unit for assigning an icon corresponding to the two-dimensional visual information to the data file, and a display unit for displaying the icon assigned by the icon assigning unit, the icon display program having a first step of assigning to the data file an icon having in part or in whole a pattern corresponding to a character string included in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file (excluding cases where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is used as a pattern), and a second step of displaying the assigned icon.

[0019]

[11] The icon display program described in

[10] , wherein the first step is to assign to the data file an icon having, in part or in whole, a specific pattern corresponding to a specific character string contained in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file.

[0020]

[12] The icon display program according to

[11] , which assigns to a data file an icon having a specific design in part or in whole that corresponds to the specific company name, which is the specific character string.

[0021]

[13] The icon display program according to any one of

[10] to

[12] , wherein the icon assignment unit is configured to output an icon using a learning model that has been trained to output an icon having a specific pattern corresponding to the two-dimensional visual information in part or all of the data file when the two-dimensional visual information in part or all of the data file is input.

[0022]

[14] The icon display program according to any one of

[10] to

[13] , wherein the first step is configured to output an icon including both a part or all of a first pattern (excluding a case where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is used as a pattern) corresponding to a first character string included in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file, and a part or all of a second pattern (excluding a case where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is used as a pattern) corresponding to a second character string included in the two-dimensional visual information. [Effects of the Invention]

[0023] According to the present invention, an office automation equipment worker assigned a specific role can quickly grasp the attributes of a data file (attributes in accordance with specific criteria according to the role). [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0024] [Figure 1] 1 shows an icon display device according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] 10 is a flowchart of an icon display program according to the embodiment. [Figure 3] 10 shows another icon display device according to an embodiment. [Figure 4] 10 shows yet another icon display device according to an embodiment. [Figure 5] 1 is an example of a conventionally used icon. [Figure 6] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. [Figure 7] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. [Figure 8] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. [Figure 9] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. [Figure 10] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. [Figure 11] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. [Figure 12] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. [Figure 13] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. [Figure 14] 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0025] The present invention will be described in more detail below based on the following embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and it is of course possible to implement the present invention by making modifications within the scope of the above and below described purposes, and all of these modifications are included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[0026] Fig. 1 shows an icon display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the icon display device 100 includes a storage unit 4 that stores attribute information 1 and a data file 3 having two-dimensional visual information 2 to be displayed on a monitor device 101, an icon assigning unit 8 that assigns to the data file 2 an icon 7 that has, in part or in whole, a design 6 (excluding designs in which part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is a design) corresponding to a character string 5 included in the two-dimensional visual information 2 of the data file 3, and a display unit 9 that displays the icon 7 assigned by the icon assigning unit 8. The reason why designs in which part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is a design are excluded from candidates for the design 6 that can be associated is to exclude icon displays that simply include a preview design.

[0027] 2 is a flowchart of an icon display program according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, first, a preparatory step is carried out in which a data file 3 having attribute information 1 and two-dimensional visual information 2 to be displayed on a monitor is stored in a storage unit 4.

[0028] Next, as the start of the icon display program according to the embodiment of the present invention, a first step is carried out in which an icon 7 having, in part or in whole, a design 6 (excluding cases where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is a design) corresponding to the character string 5 contained in the two-dimensional visual information 2 of the data file 3 is assigned to the data file 3. Further, a second step is carried out in which the assigned icon 7 is displayed on the monitor device 101.

[0029] In an embodiment of the present invention, the attribute information 1 is called the file properties, and is bibliographic attribute information about the file, such as the capacity of the data file 3, the type of application, the directory on the computer, the creator, the creation date, the update date, etc.

[0030] In an embodiment of the present invention, the two-dimensional visual information 2 is information that, unlike the attribute information 1, can be directly viewed and edited by the user by opening the data file 3, and is normally displayed on the monitor device 101 by opening the data file 3.

[0031] The two-dimensional visual information 2 includes character strings 5, of varying lengths. The character strings 5 ​​can be selected, for example, by an office automation equipment worker based on criteria appropriate to the worker's role. For example, if the office automation equipment worker is responsible for shipping data files 3 to customers, the worker is interested in which customer the two-dimensional visual information 2 is addressed to, and can designate a character string stored in a field indicating the destination in the two-dimensional visual information 2 as the specific character string 5. As shown in FIG. 3 , the icon assignment unit 8 preferably includes a specific character string input unit 8a to facilitate user identification of the character string 5. Furthermore, the method of designating the character string 5 is not limited to the user designating a character string stored in a field indicating the destination. Alternatively, the icon assignment unit 8 may be configured to search for a character string corresponding to a company name from within the entire two-dimensional visual information 2 (for example, the user may designate a search by company name) and automatically designate the character string 5.

[0032] The icon assigning unit 8 is configured to output a design 6 corresponding to the character string 5 based on the characteristics of the character string 5, and assign an icon 7 having the design 6 in part or in whole to the data file 3, as shown in FIG. 1. The correspondence between the character string 5 and the design 6 can also be set in advance by the user. For example, if the user sets in advance a corporate logo mark of the company as the design 6 corresponding to the character string 5 indicating the company name, the corporate logo linked to the company name information included in the two-dimensional visual information 2 is generated as the design 6, and an icon 7 having the design 6 in part is output, as shown in FIG. 1.

[0033] As described above, the user may specify the design 6 in advance, but as shown in Figure 4, the icon assignment unit 8 can also connect to the Internet cloud 8b and obtain the company logo of the company from the logo acquisition unit 8c as the design 6 based on the company name contained in the two-dimensional visual information 2.

[0034] The design 6 is generated or selected from not only the company name but also some or all of the information contained in the two-dimensional visual information 2. For example, the two-dimensional visual information 2 may contain part names and part numbers that are ordered only by certain companies, specific technical terms that are actively developed by certain companies, or an alphanumeric string that conforms to a predetermined rule corresponding to the company (for example, an order code string that is characteristic of a certain company). An alphanumeric string is a string of alphabets or numbers that does not contain kanji, hiragana, katakana, or punctuation marks.

[0035] Based on the above information, even if the company name is not included in the two-dimensional visual information 2, it is easy to link the design 6, which is the corporate logo of a specific company, from part or all of the two-dimensional visual information 2. For example, (1) part or all of the two-dimensional visual information 2 in data file 3, and (2) the corporate logo of the destination company in the corresponding data file 3, can be used as training data to create a learning model trained to output the corporate logo of the destination company from part or all of the two-dimensional visual information 2 in (1) data file 3, and the icon assigning unit 8 can be configured to output the icon 7 using the learning model.

[0036] Figure 5 is an example of a conventional icon. The appearance of the icon only indicates the type of application, and does not indicate at all which customer the data file 3 indicated by the icon was created for. Even if two-dimensional visual information 2 were to display an icon with a reduced image (preview) superimposed on it, customer information would not be apparent from that image.

[0037] 6 to 9 show examples of icons output by the icon display device according to the embodiment, including the corporate logos of specific companies listed in the two-dimensional visual information 2 (both the company names and logos are fictitious). The icon shown in FIG. 6 is an icon 7 including the corporate logo (design 6) of "Ichiboshi Shoes Co., Ltd.", the icon shown in FIG. 7 is an icon 7 including the corporate logo (design 6) of "Inazuma Electric Co., Ltd.", the icon shown in FIG. 8 is an icon 7 including the corporate logo (design 6) of "Kameda Chemical Co., Ltd.", and the icon shown in FIG. 9 is an icon 7 including the corporate logo (design 6) of "Yoshihisa Cosmetics Co., Ltd." The icons shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 are not distinguishable for employees whose job duties do not involve checking the recipient company name, but for employees whose job duties require checking the recipient company name, the icons dramatically reduce the time required for the checking task.

[0038] 10 also illustrates an icon output by the icon display device according to the embodiment, which includes the corporate logo of a specific company depicted in the two-dimensional visual information 2. In this example, when the two-dimensional visual information 2 contains a mixture of information about both "Inazuma Electric Co., Ltd.", which is the first character string 5a (not shown), and "Kameda Chemical Co., Ltd.", which is the second character string 5b (not shown), the displayed icon displays both the corporate logo of "Inazuma Electric Co., Ltd.", which is the first designation 6a, and the corporate logo of "Kameda Chemical Co., Ltd.", which is the second designation 6b. An office automation equipment worker who discovers this can instantly recognize that information about different companies is mixed in the two-dimensional visual information 2.

[0039] 11 to 14 show examples of icons output by the icon display device according to the embodiment, including a design indicating the number of days remaining until the deadline for action, which is written in the two-dimensional visual information 2. The icons shown in Figs. 11 to 14 are not very meaningful distinctions for those who are not in charge of deadline management for online complaints from customers, but for office automation equipment workers who are in charge of deadline management, the icons dramatically reduce the time it takes to visually select items that require action.

[0040] As described above, the icon display device and icon display program of the embodiment allow an office automation equipment worker assigned a specific role to quickly grasp the attributes of a data file (attributes based on specific criteria corresponding to that role). [Explanation of symbols]

[0041] 1 Attribute information 2. Two-dimensional visual information 3 Data files 4 Storage section 5. Strings 5a 1st string 5b 2nd string 6 Design 6a First design 6b 2nd design 7 Icons 8 Icon Assignment Section 8a Specific character string input section 8b Internet Cloud 8c Logo Acquisition Department 9 Display section 100 Icon display device 101 Monitoring Device

Claims

1. An icon display device comprising: a memory unit for storing a data file having attribute information and two-dimensional visual information to be displayed on a monitor device; an icon assigning unit for assigning to the data file an icon having, in part or in whole, a pattern corresponding to a character string contained in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file (excluding cases where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is used as a pattern); and a display unit for displaying the icon assigned by the icon assigning unit.

2. 2. The icon display device according to claim 1, wherein the icon assigning unit assigns to the data file an icon having, in part or in whole, a specific design corresponding to a specific character string included in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file.

3. The icon display device according to claim 2 , wherein the icon providing unit has a specific character string input unit that enables a user to set the specific character string.

4. The icon display device according to claim 2 , wherein the icon providing unit has a specific designation unit that enables a user to select the specific design.

5. 2. The icon display device according to claim 1, wherein the icon assigning unit is configured to output an icon using a learning model that has been trained to output an icon having a specific pattern corresponding to the two-dimensional visual information in part or all of the data file when the two-dimensional visual information in part or all of the data file is input.

6. 2. The icon display device according to claim 1, wherein the icon assigning unit assigns to the data file an icon having, in part or in whole, a specific design corresponding to a company name included in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file.

7. The icon display device according to claim 6, wherein the icon providing unit provides an icon having a company logo corresponding to the company name in part or in whole.

8. 8. The icon display device according to claim 7, wherein the icon assigning unit has a logo acquiring unit that acquires a company logo corresponding to the company name from an Internet cloud, and assigns an icon having the acquired logo as part or all of the data file.

9. The icon display device according to claim 6, wherein the icon assignment unit is configured to output an icon using a learning model that has been trained to output an icon having a specific design corresponding to the company in part or in whole when an alphanumeric string conforming to a predetermined rule corresponding to the company of the company name is input.

10. A program for controlling an icon display device including: a storage unit for storing a data file having attribute information and two-dimensional visual information to be displayed on a monitor device; an icon assigning unit for assigning an icon corresponding to the two-dimensional visual information to the data file; and a display unit for displaying the icon assigned by the icon assigning unit, An icon display program having a first step of assigning to a data file an icon having, in part or in whole, a pattern corresponding to a character string contained in two-dimensional visual information of the data file (excluding cases where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is a pattern), and a second step of displaying the assigned icon.

11. 11. The icon display program according to claim 10, wherein the first step assigns to the data file an icon having, in part or in whole, a specific design corresponding to a specific character string included in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file.

12. 12. The icon display program according to claim 11, wherein an icon having a specific design in part or in whole corresponding to the specific company name that is the specific character string is assigned to the data file.

13. The icon display program according to claim 10, wherein the icon assigning unit is configured to output an icon using a learning model that has been trained to output an icon having a specific pattern corresponding to the two-dimensional visual information in part or all of the two-dimensional visual information when part or all of the two-dimensional visual information of a data file is input.

14. 11. The icon display program according to claim 10, wherein the first step is configured to output an icon including both a part or all of a first pattern (excluding cases where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is used as a pattern) corresponding to a first character string included in the two-dimensional visual information of the data file, and a part or all of a second pattern (excluding cases where part or all of the two-dimensional visual information is used as a pattern) corresponding to a second character string included in the two-dimensional visual information.

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