Retrieval Device for Retrieving Data Specific Information Used for Identifying Data of a Data Group

• US 20150033186A1
• Filed: 07/18/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: ENDO, Wataru, MATSUKI, Yoshitaka, KAWAKAMI, Satoshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,678,661 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A retrieval device includes: a touch panel that displays a list that arranges a data specific information piece, a retrieval character reception section that receives one or more characters of the data specific information piece for identifying data of a data group via an handwritten input to the list on the touch panel, an information retrieval section that retrieves the data specific information piece with the one or more retrieval characters, and a retrieval result display section that displays a retrieval result of the information retrieval section on the touch panel.

Claims

1. A retrieval device comprising:

a touch panel that displays a list, wherein a data specific information piece is arranged in the list;

a retrieval character reception section that receives one or more retrieval characters of the data specific information piece for identifying data of a data group, wherein the retrieval character reception section receives the one or more retrieval characters via an handwritten input to the list on the touch panel;

an information retrieval section that retrieves the data specific information piece with the one or more retrieval characters; and

a retrieval result display section that displays a retrieval result of the information retrieval section on the touch panel.

2. The retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein

the information retrieval section retrieves the data specific information piece each time a single character of the one or more retrieval characters is received by the retrieval character reception section, and wherein

the retrieval result display section displays the retrieval result on the touch panel each time the information retrieval section retrieves the data specific information piece.

3. The retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein

the data specific information piece is represented by a hierarchical structure including a plurality of attribute information pieces, and wherein

the retrieval character reception section receives the one or more retrieval characters of each of a plurality of hierarchical levels with a hierarchical level changing character for changing the hierarchical level.

4. The retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein

the data specific information piece is represented by a hierarchical structure including a plurality of attribute information pieces, and wherein

the retrieval character reception section:

receives one or more characters via a plurality of handwritten input locations to the touch panel indicating the one or more retrieval characters of a hierarchical level, and

receives, with the one or more retrieval characters input via one of the plurality of handwritten input locations that corresponds to a plurality of hierarchical levels, the one or more retrieval characters for each of the plurality of hierarchical levels.

5. The retrieval device according to claim 4, wherein the retrieval character reception section:

associates each of three or more areas arranged in a certain direction of a screen on the touch panel with a corresponding one of the plurality of hierarchical levels where an order of the three or more areas arranged in the certain direction is corresponds to an order of a hierarchical relationship between the plurality of hierarchical levels, and

receives the one or more characters input to the touch panel indicating the one or more retrieval characters of the hierarchical level corresponding to one of the three or more areas including the handwritten input location of the one or more characters.

6. The retrieval device according to claim 5,

wherein

the certain direction is a vertical direction, and

the retrieval character reception section associates the three or more areas with the plurality of hierarchical levels in a state, wherein the order of the three or more areas arranged in the vertical direction is corresponds to a hierarchical relationship between the plurality of hierarchical levels corresponding to the areas.

7. The retrieval device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a scroll operation reception section that receives a scroll operation for a retrieval result list displayed by the retrieval result display section on the touch panel, wherein

the information retrieval section retrieves a data retrieval information piece with the one or more retrieval characters and generates the retrieval result list in which the data specific information piece is arranged based on a degree of communality with the one or more retrieval characters,

the retrieval result display section displays the retrieval result list on the touch panel, and

the scroll operation reception section sets a scroll range received by a scroll operation to differ among a plurality of areas arranged in a direction that intersects with a scroll direction of the retrieval result list on the touch panel.

8. The retrieval device according to claim 7,

wherein

the scroll range is set for each of the areas based on the degree of communality of the data specific information piece in the retrieval result list with the one or more retrieval characters.

9. The retrieval device according to claim 8,

wherein

the scroll range of at least one of the plurality of areas is a range of the data specific information piece in which characters of a number are greater than or equal to a certain number, wherein the certain number is one or more and is less than a number of characters of the one or more retrieval characters.

10. The retrieval device according to claim 7,

wherein

the plurality of areas include three or more areas, and

an order of sizes of respective scroll ranges for the areas correspond to the order of the three or more areas arranged in the direction that intersects with the scroll direction of the retrieval result list.

11. A retrieval method comprising:

receiving, via a retrieval character reception section, one or more retrieval characters for a data specific information piece for identifying data of a data group;

retrieving, via an information retrieval section, the data specific information piece with the one or more retrieval characters; and

displaying, via a retrieval result display section, a retrieval result of the information retrieval section on a touch panel,

wherein receiving the one or more retrieval characters includes receiving the one or more retrieval characters via an handwritten input to a list on the touch panel, wherein the data specific information piece is arranged in the list and displayed on the touch panel.

12. The retrieval method according to claim 11,

wherein

the data specific information piece is represented by a hierarchical structure including a plurality of attribute information pieces, wherein

receiving the one or more retrieval characters via the retrieval character reception section includes:

receiving one or more characters via an handwritten input location of the touch panel that indicates the one or more retrieval characters of a hierarchical level, and

receiving, via the one or more retrieval characters input to a corresponding one of a plurality of handwritten input locations that corresponds to a plurality of hierarchical levels, the one or more retrieval characters of each of the plurality of hierarchical levels.

13. The retrieval method according to claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, via a scroll operation reception section, a scroll operation for a retrieval result list displayed by the retrieval result display section on the touch panel,

wherein

retrieving the data specific information piece via the information retrieval section includes retrieving the data specific information piece with the one or more retrieval characters and generating a retrieval result list in which the data specific information piece is arranged based on a degree of communality with the one or more retrieval characters, wherein

displaying the retrieval result via the retrieval result display section includes displaying the retrieval result list on the touch panel, and wherein

receiving the scroll operation via the scroll operation reception section includes setting a scroll range received by the scroll operation to differ among a plurality areas arranged in a direction that intersects with a scroll direction of the retrieval result list on the touch panel.

14. A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium that stores a retrieval program executable by a computer, the retrieval program comprising:

a first program code that causes the computer to receive one or more retrieval characters for a data specific information piece for identifying data of a data group, wherein the computer receives the one or more retrieval characters via an handwritten input to a list on a touch panel;

a second program code that causes the computer to retrieve the data specific information piece with the one or more retrieval characters; and

a third program code that causes the computer to display a retrieval result obtained by the second program code on the touch panel, wherein the data specific information piece is arranged and displayed on the touch panel.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium according to claim 14,

wherein

the data specific information piece is represented by a hierarchical structure including a plurality of attribute information pieces,

the first program code causes the computer to:

receive one or more characters via an handwritten input location of the touch panel that indicates the one or more retrieval characters of a hierarchical level, and

the first program code causes the computer to

receive, with the one or more retrieval characters input to a corresponding one of a plurality of handwritten input locations that corresponds to a plurality of hierarchical levels, the one or more retrieval characters for each of the plurality of hierarchical levels.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium according to claim 14, further comprising:

a fourth program code that causes the computer to receive a scroll operation for the retrieval result list displayed by the third program code on the touch panel,

wherein

the second program code causes the computer to;

retrieve a data specific information piece with the one or more retrieval characters received via the first program code, and

generate the retrieval result list in which the data specific information piece is arranged based on a degree of communality with the one or more retrieval characters,

the third program code causes the computer to display the retrieval result list generated on the touch panel via the second program code, and

the fourth program code causes the computer to set a scroll range for each of a plurality of areas arranged in a direction that intersects with a scroll direction of the retrieval result list on the touch panel, wherein the scroll range received by the scroll operation differs from the plurality of areas.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium according to claim 16,

wherein

the scroll range is set for each of the plurality of areas based on the degree of communality of the data specific information piece in the retrieval result list with the one or more retrieval characters.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium according to claim 17,

wherein

the scroll range of at least one of the plurality of areas is a range of the data specific information piece in which characters of a number are greater than or equal to a certain number, wherein the certain number is one or more and is less than a number of characters of the one or more retrieval characters.

19. The non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium according to claim 16, wherein

the plurality of areas include three or more areas, and

an order of sizes of respective scroll ranges for the areas correspond to the order of the three or more areas arranged in the direction that intersects with the scroll direction of the retrieval result list.

20. The non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium according to claim 15, wherein

the second program code causes the computer to retrieve the data specific information piece for each character of the one or more retrieval characters, and wherein

the third program code causes the computer to display the retrieval result on the touch panel each time the data specific information piece is retrieved.