Document retrieval apparatus, document retrieval system, document retrieval program, and document retrieval method
A document retrieval apparatus includes a processor which receives an input of a keyword, acquires an author's name and a document file from a digital document database which stores document files of text data obtained by performing a character recognition process with respect to document image data of handwritten documents, and names of authors who wrote the handwritten documents, references an associating keyword database which stores information associating the authors' names, keywords, and associating keywords, to acquire an associating keyword of the input keyword, from the received input keyword and the acquired author's name, searches the acquired document file, using the input keyword and the acquired associating keyword, and outputs a search result of the searching.
1. A document retrieval apparatus comprising:
a storage device configured to store a program; and
a processor configured to execute the program, and perform a process including
receiving an input of a keyword;
acquiring an author's name and a document file from a digital document database which stores document files of text data obtained by performing a character recognition process with respect to document image data of handwritten documents, and names of authors who wrote the handwritten documents;
referencing an associating keyword database which stores information associating the authors' names, keywords, and associating keywords, to acquire an associating keyword of the input keyword, from the received input keyword and the acquired author's name;
searching the acquired document file, using the input keyword and the acquired associating keyword; and
outputting a search result of the searching.
2. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor performs the process further including
acquiring and outputting a document file and associated document image data, from a document image database which stores the document image data of the handwritten documents,
wherein the outputting outputs text data including the input keyword or the associating keyword, from the document file, as the search result, and
wherein, when a part of the text data is selected, the acquiring and outputting acquires and outputs document image data associated with a document file including the selected part of the text data.
3. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
information stored in the associating keyword database includes the associating keyword or a keyword regarded as a search keyword of the fuzzy search, the author's name acquired by the acquiring, the keyword received by the receiving, and a selection number,
and the processor performs the process further including
updating the selection number and storing the updated selection number in the associating keyword database, when the part of the text data output as a result of the search using the associating keyword or the fuzzy search is selected from the search result.
4. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
the searching performs a fuzzy search using each of the input keyword and the associating keyword, and
the outputting includes a result of the fuzzy search in the search result.
5. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein
information stored in the associating keyword database includes the associating keyword or a keyword regarded as a search keyword of the fuzzy search, the author's name acquired by the acquiring, the keyword received by the receiving, and a selection number,
and the processor performs the process further including
updating the selection number and storing the updated selection number in the associating keyword database, when the part of the text data output as a result of the search using the associating keyword or the fuzzy search is selected from the search result.
6. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the searching performs a fuzzy search using each of the input keyword and the associating keyword, and
the outputting includes a result of the fuzzy search in the search result.
7. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the processor performs the process further including
causing a prediction model to learn; and
storing the prediction model in the storage device,
wherein the causing causes the prediction model to learn using updated associating information stored by the updating as learning data, and the storage device stores the learned prediction model,
wherein the learned prediction model predicts and outputs the associating keyword when the input keyword and the acquired author's name are input, and
wherein the searching searches the document file acquired by the acquiring, using the input keyword and the predicted associating keyword.
8. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the processor performs the process further including
holding, when the text data is selected from the search result, associating information associating the keyword generated from the input keyword included in the selected text data, the author's name, and the input keywords, wherein
the causing causes the prediction model to learn using an associating information group, formed by the associating information, as the learning data,
the storage device stores the learned prediction model,
after the learned prediction model is stored in the storage device, the learned prediction model predicts and outputs an associating keyword when the input keyword and the acquired author's name are input, and
the searching searches the document file acquired by the acquiring, using the input keyword and the predicted associating keyword.
9. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor performs the process further including
causing a prediction model to learn; and
storing the prediction model in the storage device,
wherein the causing causes the prediction model to learn using the information stored in the associating keyword database as learning data, and the storage device to store the learned prediction model,
wherein the learned prediction model predicts and outputs an associating keyword when the input keyword and the acquired author's name are input, and
wherein the searching searches the document file acquired by the acquiring, using the input keyword and the predicted associating keyword.
10. The document retrieval apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the associating keyword is a character string including an erroneously recognized character as a result of performing the character recognition process with respect to the keyword associated with the associating keyword.
11. A document retrieval system comprising:
a document retrieval apparatus; and
a terminal device,
wherein the document retrieval apparatus includes
a storage device configured to store a program; and
a processor configured to execute the program, and perform a process including
receiving an input of a keyword;
acquiring an author's name and a document file from a digital document database which stores document files of text data obtained by performing a character recognition process with respect to document image data of handwritten documents, and names of authors who wrote the handwritten documents;
referencing an associating keyword database which stores information associating the authors' names, keywords, and associating keywords, to acquire an associating keyword of the input keyword, from the received input keyword and the acquired author's name;
searching the acquired document file, using the input keyword and the acquired associating keyword; and
outputting a search result of the searching.
12. The document retrieval system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the processor of the document retrieval apparatus performs the process further including
acquiring and outputting a document file and associated document image data, from a document image database which stores the document image data of the handwritten documents,
wherein the outputting outputs text data including the input keyword or the associating keyword, from the document file, as the search result, and
wherein, when a part of the text data is selected, the acquiring and outputting acquires and outputs document image data associated with a document file including the selected part of the text data.
13. The document retrieval system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein
information stored in the associating keyword database includes the associating keyword or a keyword regarded as a search keyword of the fuzzy search, the author's name acquired by the acquiring, the keyword received by the receiving, and a selection number,
and the processor performs the process further including
updating the selection number and storing the updated selection number in the associating keyword database, when the part of the text data output as a result of the search using the associating keyword or the fuzzy search is selected from the search result.
14. The document retrieval system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein
the searching performs a fuzzy search using each of the input keyword and the associating keyword, and
the outputting includes a result of the fuzzy search in the search result.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a document retrieval program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a process comprising:
receiving an input of a keyword;
acquiring an author's name and a document file from a digital document database which stores document files of text data obtained by performing a character recognition process with respect to document image data of handwritten documents, and names of authors who wrote the handwritten documents;
referencing an associating keyword database which stores information associating the authors' names, keywords, and associating keywords, to acquire an associating keyword of the input keyword, from the received input keyword and the acquired author's name;
searching the acquired document file, using the input keyword and the acquired associating keyword; and
outputting a search result of the searching.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the document retrieval program which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform a process further comprising:
acquiring and outputting a document file and associated document image data, from a document image database which stores the document image data of the handwritten documents,
wherein the outputting outputs text data including the input keyword or the associating keyword, from the document file, as the search result, and
wherein, when a part of the text data is selected, the acquiring and outputting acquires and outputs document image data associated with a document file including the selected part of the text data.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 15 , wherein
the searching performs a fuzzy search using each of the input keyword and the associating keyword, and
the outputting includes a result of the fuzzy search in the search result.
18. A document retrieval method to be implemented by a computer which performs procedures comprising:
receiving an input of a keyword;
acquiring an author's name and a document file from a digital document database which stores document files of text data obtained by performing a character recognition process with respect to document image data of handwritten documents, and names of authors who wrote the handwritten documents;
referencing an associating keyword database which stores information associating the authors' names, keywords, and associating keywords, to acquire an associating keyword of the input keyword, from the received input keyword and the acquired author's name;
searching the acquired document file, using the input keyword and the acquired associating keyword; and
outputting a search result of the searching.
19. The document retrieval method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the computer performs the procedures further comprising:
acquiring and outputting a document file and associated document image data, from a document image database which stores the document image data of the handwritten documents,
wherein the outputting outputs text data including the input keyword or the associating keyword, from the document file, as the search result, and
wherein, when a part of the text data is selected, the acquiring and outputting acquires and outputs document image data associated with a document file including the selected part of the text data.
20. The document retrieval method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein
the searching performs a fuzzy search using each of the input keyword and the associating keyword, and
the outputting includes a result of the fuzzy search in the search result.