JPH03260770A - Data base retrieving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily retrieve a data base with input of the visual conditions by storing many graphics and the combinations of colors of the parts of the graphics and retrieving the data base based on the combination of the graphics and colors designated on a menu screen. CONSTITUTION:A processor 10 displays plural graphic means and color means representing the data stored in a data base 13 on a display device 12 via a menu output means 101. A user designates and inputs a selected graphic and the color of each part of the graphic via an input device 11. Thus the selection information is stored in a selection information store means 102, and a selected graphic production means 103 produces a screen where the selected graphic is painted out with a selected color and outputs this screen to the device 12. At the same time, a retrieving means 104 retrieves the base 13 based on the data on the combination of the stored selected graphic and a color. Then the data are outputted to the device 12 via a retrieving data output means 105. Thus it is possible to retrieve the base 13 just by designating the visual retrieving conditions in a simple way.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] A database search method for an information processing device equipped with a display device, an input device, and a database having combinations of shapes and colors representing the characteristics of each data. The purpose of this invention is to provide a database search method that allows a database to be searched by simply specifying search conditions ta.

In an information processing system equipped with a display device, an input device, a database, and a processing device, the database stores a large amount of data and combinations of shapes and colors representing the characteristics of each data, and the processing device stores data in the database on one display device. a menu output means for displaying a plurality of figure menus and a color menu representative of the data; a selection information storage means for storing the figure selected from the input device and the color of each part of the figure; a selected figure creation means for creating a screen filled with a selected color and outputting it to a display device; a search means for searching a database based on a combination of the selected figure and color; and outputting the data obtained by the search to the display device. and a search data output means for outputting the search data.

[Prior Art] In most cases, conventional databases are constructed from single-character data, and it is necessary for a user to input character data in order to retrieve necessary data.

In recent years, graphic databases such as figures and photographs have been created, but search conditions are still specified using character data.

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a database search method in an information processing apparatus equipped with a display device, an input device, and a database having combinations of figures and colors representing the characteristics of each data.

In recent years, databases have been created and used effectively by computers in a variety of businesses. It is desired that such a database can be used in a format that is easy for humans to understand.

[Question B that the invention aims to solve] Figures and one color are visual, and complex shapes and subtle colors are difficult to express in words. 1. For example, when objects such as animals, plants, and structures 9 are characterized by the colors of their parts, expressing them in letters requires a complex combination of letters, so it is necessary to create a database and easily manipulate them. There was a problem that it was not available.

For this reason, in conventional databases, it has been difficult to search for data using visual features such as shapes and their colors.

An object of the present invention is to provide a database search method that allows a database to be searched by simply specifying visual search conditions such as shapes and colors.

[Means to solve the problem] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a processing device, 11 is an input device, 1
2 represents a display device, and 13 represents a database.

Inside the processing device 10, 101 is a menu output means, 102 is a selection information storage means, 103 is a selected figure creation means, 104 is a search means, and 105 is a search data output means.

The present invention stores a large number of figures and the color combinations of each part of the figure in a database, displays a figure filled with the corresponding color on the screen according to the figure and color specified by the user on the menu screen, and displays the figure filled with the corresponding color. Search the database by color combination.

It outputs the corresponding data.

[Function 1] The database 13 stores a large amount of data and combinations of figures and colors representing the characteristics of each data. When the processing device IO is activated, the menu output means 101 first outputs a plurality of graphical menus and color menus representing data in the database and displays them on the display device 12.

On the other hand, when the user specifies and inputs the selected figure and the color of each part of the figure from the input device 11, the selection information is stored in the selection information storage means 102. Then, the 2-selection figure creation means 103 creates a screen in which the selected figure is filled in with the selected color and outputs it to the display device 12. In parallel with this display, the search means 104 searches the database 13 using the data of the selected figure and color combination stored in the selection information storage means 102. When data matching the conditions is obtained from the database 13, the data is outputted to the display device 12 by the search data output means 105 and displayed.

[Embodiment] FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an information processing system in which the present invention is implemented, and FIG. 3 is a search processing flow diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 shows a specific example of a graphic and color menu display, FIG. 5 shows a specific example of a database, and FIG. 6 shows an example of a search result display.

The specific examples shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 are examples in which information related to the bird species R (name) is searched based on the shape of "bird" and the color of each part.

In FIG. 2, 20 is a keyboard, 21 is a mouse, 2
2 is an input/output interface, 23 is a memory, 24 is a CP
U (central processing unit), 25 is an external storage device in which a database is stored, and 26 is a color display.

A keyboard 20 and a mouse 21 are connected to the CPU 24 via an input/output interface 22, and character data is input from the keyboard 20 and position data is input from the mouse 21.

Further, a color display 26 is connected as an output device via the input/output interface 22, and displays arbitrary figures and colors.

FIG. 3 is a search processing flow of an embodiment executed in the configuration of FIG. 2, and the contents of FIG. 3 will be explained below using specific examples shown in FIGS. 4 to 6.

First, when the operation is started, a three-figure menu is displayed (step 30), and then a color menu is displayed (step 31). This menu is stored in a database stored in the external storage device 25, and is sent to the memory 23 via the input/output interface 22 and the CPU 24.
and output to the color display 26.

In the specific example shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of different bird shapes and color menus are displayed on the screen of the color display 26 (on the right side of the screen).

Here, the user clicks the mouse 21. Select a specific shape by operating the keyboard 20 (Step 32) Select the color of each part of the selected shape from the color menu (Step 33)
, the CPU 24 identifies and stores the selected content in the memory, and displays each part of the selected figure filled in with the selected color according to the content (step 3).
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In the example in Figure 4, select the bird shape from the 1 shape menu,
In addition, there was one bird's beak and three breasts.

When the color of the legs, etc. is selected from the color menu, each part of the i-translated bird figure is displayed filled with the selected color.

In Figure 3, this selection operation continues until the selection is completed.
The processes of steps 32 to 34 are repeatedly executed, and when the completion of 1 selection is instructed (by pressing the end key, etc.), the database of the external storage device 25 is searched based on the information on the selected shape and color (step 36). When data matching the conditions is found, the search results are displayed (step 3).
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In the case of the specific example shown in FIG. 5, the database is data 1.
For each data number of data 2..., the name of the bird and the color of each part of the bird, ie, the color of each part of the beak, chest, . . . legs, are stored. After that, it consists of explanatory text corresponding to the harmful bird (text explaining the characteristics of the harmful bird), image data (representing a photograph of the bird), etc. Note that the data shown in the example of FIG. 5 is stored corresponding to the shape of the bird, and the corresponding data in the database is searched by the above-mentioned shape selection (steps 32 and 36).

When searching for such data using the shape and color of each part of the bird selected from the menu shown in FIG. 3 as search conditions (step 36 above), the color display 26
The name, photo, and description of the bird that matches the search conditions are displayed on the screen as shown in the example in Figure 6 (step 37 above).
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[Effect of the invention] According to the present invention, when searching a database.

Search conditions for shapes and colors can be specified visually in terms of shape and color. Therefore, graphic databases such as figures and photographs can be easily searched by visually inputting conditions.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] Display device (12), input device (11), database (
In an information processing system that includes a database (13) and a processing device (10), a large number of data and combinations of shapes and colors representing the characteristics of each data are stored in the database (13), and the processing device (
10) includes a menu output means (101) for displaying a plurality of graphic menus and color menus representative of data in the database on a display device (12), and a graphic and each part of the graphic selected from the input device (11). selection information storage means (102) for storing the selected color; selected figure creation means (103) for creating a screen in which the selected figure is filled with the selected color and outputting it to a display device; Search means (104) for searching a database by a combination of shapes and colors, and search data output means (104) for outputting data obtained by the search to a display device.
05) A database search method comprising: