JP7029205B1 - Technical survey support equipment, technical survey support methods, and technical survey support programs - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technical research support device or the like capable of performing a certain level of search or evaluation regardless of the user's experience. SOLUTION: A technical research support device has an input unit that accepts input of one or more search keywords transmitted from a user terminal that can be operated by a user as a search condition, and the search every time the input of the search keyword is received. A technology that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data based on a search execution unit that repeatedly searches for preceding document information including keywords and higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the preceding document information including the search keyword in a higher-level concept. The technical bird's-eye view information includes a generation unit that generates the technical bird's-eye view information and updates the technical bird's-eye view information by repeatedly executing the search of the search execution unit, and an output unit that outputs the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal. Be prepared. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a technical research support device, a technical research support method, and a technical research support program.

In recent years, a system for searching a document having contents close to the conditions from a huge amount of documents has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). Patent Document 1 describes that the weight of each document is calculated from the frequency of appearance of keywords for each segment constituting each part of the document, and the similarity is scored based on the weight based on a predetermined standard. .. According to the system of Patent Document 1, since the similarity is scored for each segment of the document, it is possible to reliably search even if the content close to the condition is described only in a part of the document.
When searching for a patent document as a search target, a logical combination relationship of search keywords (specifically, logical product (AND) or logical sum (OR), etc.) is specified as a search condition, and the search condition is set. A system for extracting a satisfactory prior patent document is provided (for example, Non-Patent Document 1). According to the system described in Non-Patent Document 1, the user can improve the search accuracy by inputting all possible synonyms of the search keyword and specifying the logical sum (OR).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-203961

However, based on the system of Patent Document 1, there may be a case where a document having a low degree of similarity is searched for as a whole, because the content close to the condition is described only in a part of the document. Furthermore, when a document not intended by the user is searched, it becomes necessary to restart the selection of keywords, phrases, sentences, etc. used for the conditions from the beginning. Then, the selection of the search condition is repeated many times until the document having the content close to the condition is searched. This takes a lot of time and is very burdensome for the user.
Further, in the system of Non-Patent Document 1, it takes labor to consider synonyms of search keywords, and tends to depend on the skill level of search and technical knowledge. Therefore, there is a demand for a document information evaluation device capable of performing a certain level of search or evaluation even by a user who has little experience in searching and technical knowledge.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a document information evaluation device, a document information evaluation method, and a document information evaluation program capable of performing a certain level of search or evaluation regardless of the user's experience.

The technical research support device according to an embodiment of the present invention has a document information database that stores a plurality of document data including bibliographic information and preceding document information, and one or more search keywords transmitted from a user terminal that can be operated by the user. Corresponds to the input unit that accepts input as a search condition, the search execution unit that repeatedly searches for the preceding document information including the search keyword each time the input of the search keyword is accepted, and the preceding document information including the search keyword. Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information as a higher-level concept, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is obtained by repeatedly executing the search of the search execution unit. It includes a generation unit for updating and an output unit for outputting the technical overview information to the user terminal.

Further, in the technical research support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the generation unit generates hint information related to the search keyword transmitted from the user terminal.

Further, the technical research support device according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a storage unit for feeding back the history information of the search condition and a learning unit for machine learning the fed back history information, and the output unit. Outputs recommended keywords related to the search keyword as hint information based on the machine-learned history information.

Further, the technical research support device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a synonym database for storing hypernyms, hyponyms, synonyms and synonym dictionaries as synonyms for each search keyword, and the output unit is from the synonym database. , The synonyms are output in association with each search keyword.

Further, in the technical research support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the input unit can receive document information including a plurality of the search keywords, and the search execution unit is based on the document information. , The search for the preceding document information including the document information is repeatedly executed.

Further, in the technical research support device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the generation unit generates a search formula based on the input search keyword.

The technical research support method in one embodiment of the present invention includes a step of storing a plurality of document data including bibliographic information and preceding document information in a document information database in a computer, and one or more transmitted from a user terminal that can be operated by the user. An input step that accepts input of the search keyword as a search condition, a search execution step that repeatedly searches for preceding document information including the search keyword each time the input of the search keyword is accepted, and a preceding that includes the search keyword. Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the document information in a higher-level concept, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is repeatedly executed by the search of the search execution step. The generation step of updating the technical bird's-eye view information and the output step of outputting the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal are executed.

The technical research support program according to the embodiment of the present invention has a function of storing a plurality of document data including bibliographic information and preceding document information in a document information database in a computer, and one or more transmitted from a user terminal that can be operated by the user. An input function that accepts input of the search keyword as a search condition, a search execution function that repeatedly searches for preceding document information including the search keyword each time the input of the search keyword is accepted, and a preceding function that includes the search keyword. Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the document information in a higher-level concept, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is repeatedly executed by the search of the search execution function. A generation function for updating the technical bird's-eye view information and an output function for outputting the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal are realized.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a document information evaluation device or the like capable of performing a certain level of search or evaluation regardless of the user's experience.

It is an example of the functional block diagram of the technical investigation support apparatus and the user terminal in the technical investigation support evaluation system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. This is an example of the hardware configuration of the technical research support device (computer) according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the user terminal which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the technical investigation support apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example which outputs the synonym of the search keyword in the technical investigation support apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention on the display screen of a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example which outputs the search expression generated based on the search keyword in the technical investigation support apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention to the display screen of a user terminal.

Here, as various programs, for example, for the deadline for searching and browsing bibliographic information, domestic and overseas deadline information, etc., management from receiving the application request from the research and development department to the decision of the application. For reception management to manage various information for domestic applications, for domestic deadline management for managing various information related to domestic applications, for foreign deadline management for managing various information related to foreign applications, expenses for managing various expenses and compensation・ Programs for compensation management, contract management, etc. can be mentioned.

That is, the indirect citation relationship is between patent documents belonging to the set period (citation relationship formed by reading the bibliographic information in the document or citation relationship formed by being referred by an examiner or the like). If there is a citation relationship between the cited or cited patent documents that are not formed, these citations may be classified in the same category in terms of indirect citation relationships.

Here, patent information can be broadly divided into bibliographic information and gazettes, and bibliographic information includes the application number, publication number, patent number, filing date, publication date, etc. of each patent application filed in a certain country. In addition to information on the date of registration, applicant, patentee, title of invention, agent, etc., patent family information about the application is included, and the gazette includes the contents of a public gazette, a patent gazette, and the like.

Here, when the user selects not to specify the details of the index, it is determined whether the file format of the data file to be saved is table data or document data, and it is the publication number data file of the related patent in the tabular format. In the case, the data contents of the first column of each row number L1, L2, ..., L5 "Special fair 01-12 * 45" "Special fair 03-45 ** 8" ... "Special fair 09-87 *" An index associated with "**" is generated (step S1 → S2 → S3).

The patent document data stored in this database 2B-3 also includes bibliographic items (application date, application number, applicant, inventor, name, IPC, etc.) that are at least in common with the bibliographic items of the above-mentioned gazette data. Of course, it is included, but bibliographic items that are in the gazette data but not in the original application data (for example, publication number and publication date for unpublished applications) and bibliographic items that are set independently (for example, examination progress and deadline). , Bibliographic items for pension management, etc.), so they do not completely match.
In the above-mentioned patent document data analyzer, among the cells on the patent map of the company's own company displayed, the strength of the relationship indicated by the input market technology map data is "◎", "○" and "△". It may be a form that emphasizes the strength of the relationship between the market and technology by classifying the thickness and color of the text of the comment displayed in the cell corresponding to each combination, or it is irrelevant to the strength of the relationship. It may be displayed in.

As a configuration example of the input user interface formed on the screen of the table calculation software as described above, for example, search information (for example, patent number, application number, etc.) is stored in a predetermined cell on a spreadsheet (worksheet). A website that publishes a predetermined intellectual property information database (for example, the website of the Electronic Library of the Japan Patent Office) by inputting and clicking a link (hyperlink) preset in a predetermined cell. The search information is transmitted in a predetermined format to obtain the search result information corresponding to the search information, or the search information (for example, patent number, application number) is stored in any cell on the spreadsheet (worksheet). Etc.), and by clicking the button provided in advance on the toolbar etc. with the cell in focus, a website that publishes the specified intellectual property information database (for example, Japanese patent) The search information is transmitted in a predetermined format to the website of the Agency Electronic Library), and the search result information corresponding to the search information is obtained.

Specifically, for the figure, for the logged-in user who belongs to the department code of the company (corporate code 0001), each matter of all the departments of the company should be made public (ACL number: 310), and the company (ACL number: 310). For login users who belong to the department code of the company code 0001), only the trademark projects of all the departments of the company should be fully disclosed (ACL number: 320), and the login belonging to the department code of the company (corporate code 0001). For users, make full disclosure (open) of patents, utility models, and designs of all departments of the company (ACL number: 330), and for logged-in users belonging to the company (corporate code 0001), own department. (ACL number: 390) is added and exemplified by making each of the patents, utility models, and designs of the above public disclosure (public).

Specifically, for the logged-in user who plays the role of the IP in charge of the affiliated company (corporate code 2010), each case of all departments belonging to the affiliated company should be fully disclosed (ACL number: 410). ), For the logged-in user of the affiliated company (corporate code 2010), make each matter of all departments belonging to the affiliated company public (ACL number: 415), and at the affiliated company (corporate code 3020). For logged-in users who have an employee code, make all matters belonging to the affiliated company open (ACL number: 420), and for logged-in users of the affiliated company (corporate code 3020), the affiliated company. It is exemplified that all the cases belonging to the above are privately disclosed only to the inventor (ACL number: 425).

Among them, the feedback information receiving submodule provides a user operation entrance to the user interface by displaying an operable button on the user interface of the user terminal, or providing a user operation entrance of the user terminal. It may include providing a user interaction entrance by prompting the user interface for voice input.

The data center network is operably connected to what is referred to here as a Zuri® system, such as the Zuri® system.
Step S16, Step S17: The user terminal determines whether or not operations such as detailed explanation, summarization, and printing have been performed on the screen displayed as shown in the figure and the figure on the external computer (step S16), and these operations are performed. If it is detected, it can be determined that "it is attracting attention from a third party", so the new evaluation index of the corresponding cited patent application in the evaluation result D / B2 is set to k4 (constant)> 1, for example. (New evaluation index C) = (original evaluation index C) × k4 Update to a large value by the formula.

This symbol is set by a user who has previously learned the method of document search by the user terminal in order to customize the search conditions to a desired state. In the "search process", ・ The search condition that a maximum of 5 words including those words may exist between the word of interest "vehicle" and the word "horizontal direction", and the word of interest " It indicates that a search condition that a maximum of five words including those words may exist between "vehicle" and the word "yaw rate" is set.

For example, one sentence (statement) to be text mined in the step, which includes the user-desired attention word set earlier on the search-type input screen (FIG. 9), is "lateral acceleration of the vehicle". A first detecting means for detecting the yaw rate of the vehicle, a second detecting means for detecting the yaw rate of the vehicle, and an attitude control means for controlling the attitude of the vehicle while the vehicle is running based on the lateral acceleration and the yaw rate. , The attitude control means ..... ", the user terminal displays a display screen as shown in the figure as a result of text mining.

In the A data search condition specification screen in the figure, the [Back] button, the notification department designation department that specifies the department that notified the invention, the in-house inventor designation department that designates the in-house inventor, and the IP person in charge are specified. Intellectual property person in charge designation department, IP evaluation designation department that designates IP evaluation, research theme number designation department that specifies research theme numbers, and vehicle models that specify the vehicle model to which the invention is applied (including plans) The model designation unit, the department keyword designation section that specifies the department keyword, the foreign application presence / absence designation section that specifies the presence / absence of a foreign application, the examination request presence / absence designation section that specifies the presence / absence of an examination request, and the examination request date. It is equipped with an examination request date designation unit that specifies the period of the day, a life / death designation section for the right that specifies the life or death of the right, a performance compensation presence / absence designation section that specifies the presence / absence of performance compensation, and a [clear] button.

Here, in the magnetic disk, a display process for displaying and outputting the display screen and the search result (not shown) at the time of the search process shown in the figure on the screen of the display device, and control to the CD-ROM device based on the instruction information. Information retrieval / reading processing that sends a signal or receives information searched / read from the CD-ROM by the CD-ROM device, and search values (search conditions) that are continuously input and adjacent according to the search processing procedure described later. The type judgment process that judges whether the search items (types) are the same or not according to the input order, and the operator "+" of the connection condition according to the difference (relationship) of the search items based on the judgment result, for example, the OR condition. ] Or the AND condition operator "*" is used to concatenate the search values to generate a search expression. A processing program that executes the search expression generation process is recorded and stored.

Here, the search engine (publicly known document database search unit) 21A searches for publication data (bibliographic items) corresponding to the search conditions in response to a search request (search conditions) for publicly known examples DB2A-1, 2A-2. Then, n types of bibliographic items (n is an integer of 2 or more) are obtained as search results (publicly known document search results: hereinafter also referred to as publication search data), and the search engine (application document database search unit) 21B is used. In response to the search request (search condition) for the original application DB2B-3, the original application DB2B-3 is searched for and m types (m is an integer of 2 or more, and m = n or m ≠ n). Is obtained as a search result (application document search result: hereinafter also referred to as original patent management data).

Here, if, for example, "special fair 0?-??????" is input using a wild card as a search keyword to be indexed by operating the input unit, the beginning of the document data file to be saved is entered. The pointer is sequentially moved from the character, and the data corresponding to the keyword "special fair 0?-?????" is searched (steps S9, S10, S11, S12 → S14, S15), and the data corresponding to the keyword is searched. When is searched, for example, in the case of the publication data collection file shown in the figure, the search character string "Special Fairness 03-45" is given to the page line numbers P1L1, P1L9, P2L4, ... Corresponding to each search position. An index associated with ** 8 ”,“ special fair 01-12 * 45 ”,“ special fair 09-87 *** ”… is generated (step S12 → S13).

The input unit is equipped with character / symbol input keys and number keys for inputting arbitrary characters and symbols, and also has a data acquisition function for storing a data file read via a storage medium reader, for example, in the storage unit. , A file save function that saves the data file created in response to the operation of the character / symbol / number keys in the storage unit, a list display function that displays a list of the data files saved in the storage unit, and the list-displayed data. Opening any data file from a file (open) Function keys for activating various functions such as the file open function, cursor keys for moving pointers and cursors on the display screen, data selection, etc. And a mouse etc. are provided.

Here, the patent asset value evaluation device is an operation of selecting a desired product from the target patent-used product list included in the target patent-used product list screen example from the user via the input unit (screen in this figure). When the operation of checking the check box on the left side) is accepted and then the operation of pressing the comparison display button is accepted, the display is switched to the comparison display screen showing the degree of matching between the target patent and the product, and the target patent is displayed. The characteristics of each elemental technology of the selected product are compared with the characteristics of each elemental technology of the selected product and presented to the user.

Here, in the case of a document-format publication data collection file in which the publication number as a heading is described at an arbitrary line position in the page, if it is determined that the data file is in the document format, a search keyword to be used as an index is used. The input request message of is displayed on the display unit as a search function that can use wildcards (step S6 → S9).

The search keyword is input for each element that is a component of the invention.

Here, the substantive data of the patent information recorded in the patent information substantive data recording unit includes a plurality of search keys that characterize the data file for each data file and provide clues to know the contents of the data file, for example. The patent information, which is one of the substantive data of the patent information, includes the types indicating the four legal categories, IPC, FI, F term, application number, publication number, international application number, international publication number, publication number, publication number, registration number. , Priority claim number, related application number, trial number, filing date, publication date, registration date, inventor name, applicant name, each right holder name, invention name, keyword, etc. I'm out.

As a factor that determines the degree of contribution of each member stored in the member information storage means for each member, for example, the royalty paid by each member to the administrator by using the intellectual property right subject to consideration determination. And the number of license contracts that each member has currently or has signed with the administrator, including intellectual property rights other than the intellectual property rights for which consideration is determined, and each member decides the consideration. The total amount of royalty paid to the administrator up to now, including the use of intellectual property rights other than the target intellectual property rights, and the number of intellectual property rights contributed by each member as a contributor can be mentioned.

The reason for creating a set in which one expression is removed from all the expressions created for each hierarchical keyword column in the keyword search expression is that the constraint by the hierarchical keyword string corresponding to the removed expression is removed and a new keyword is created. In the description of the present application, a set that does not sequentially use one of the above equations, K1, K2, K3, and K4 is created, and the logical product of the equations in the set is used. However, the number of the expressions that are not sequentially used does not necessarily have to be one, and may be an appropriate number in the trial search.

S17, The second search for extracting the patent document set for screening from the patent document set is a logical difference set between the patent document set and the A * S name set screened in the previous step. (The name of the patent document set is given to the set and stored in the storage device as a data object of the patent document set), the search item is the keyword of the summary, and the search keyword is the matching / non-conforming document of the summary of the patent document set by keyword. The logical sum of the keywords selected by the searcher and the keywords that partially match the keywords from the range of keywords selected using the matching / non-conforming document ratio in the ratio table (see FIG. 22 as an example) and the search method are perfect matches. Create a search formula (see FIG. 23 for example) as a search, perform a search using the search formula, and assign the name of the B * S summary set to the hit document set (as a data object of the patent document set). The number of documents of the extracted conforming document set (the set is given the name of the summary conforming set and stored in the storage device as a data object of the patent document set) is set to H2.

S19, The third search for extracting the patent document set for screening from the patent document set is a logical difference between the patent document set to be searched and the B * S summary set screened in the previous step. A set (a set is given the name of a patent document set and stored in a storage device as a data object of the patent document set), a search item is a keyword in the range of claims, and a search keyword is a keyword in the range of claims in the patent document set. The logical sum of the keywords selected by the searcher and the keywords that partially match the keywords from the range of keywords selected using the conformity / nonconformity document ratio of the different conformity / nonconformity document ratio table as the evaluation scale, and the search method is exact match search. A search formula is created, a search is performed using the search formula, and a hit document set (the set is given the name of the C * S billing set and stored in the storage device as a data object of the patent document set) is screened. Then, the number of documents of the extracted conforming document set (the set is given the name of the claimed conforming set and stored in the storage device as a data object of the patent document set) is defined as H3.

S21, The fourth search for extracting the patent document set for screening from the patent document set is a logical difference between the patent document set to be searched and the C * S claim set screened in the previous step. A set (the set is given the name of the patent document set and stored in the storage device as a data object of the patent document set), the search item is the keyword of the full text, and the search keyword is the keyword matching of the full text of the patent document set. -The logical sum of the keywords selected by the searcher from the keywords in the range determined by the conformance / non-conformity document ratio of the nonconforming document ratio table and the keywords that partially match the keywords, and the search method is an exact match search. A formula is created, a search is performed using the search formula, and a hit document set (the set is given the name of the full text set of D * S and stored in the storage device as a data object of the patent document set) is screened. Let H4 be the number of documents of the extracted conforming document set (the set is given the name of the full-text conforming set and stored in the storage device as a data object of the patent document set).

Therefore, the search execution unit refers to the text information of the patent document and uses this regularity to include, for example, a noun immediately before the reading point, a noun before the phrase "to,", or ". , ”,“ Consists of ”,“ Consists of ”,“ Including ”,“ Consists of ”,“ Consists of ”, etc. It is possible to extract the higher-level conceptual keywords, which are the constituent requirements of.

Then, when the calculation of the match rate for all the patent documents stored in the patent document storage database is completed (the result of the step is YES), the search execution unit obtains a patent based on the match rate stored in the above-mentioned memory. From all the patent documents stored in the document storage database, documents having a higher match rate than a predetermined value or documents having a predetermined number of documents in order from the one with the highest match rate are extracted and output to the display unit ( Step S9).

In the similar patent specification search execution unit, the search term / related word group extracted by the search term / related word extraction section and the index related to the patent specification stored in the patent specification storage section created from the index creation section ( By sequentially collating with the claims description word and the concept description description word), the search patent specification of a similar claim is output as a similar patent specification.

When creating an upper-lower thesaurus using a computer or the like, for example, "B such as A", "B such as A", and "B" from a corpus which is a large amount of linguistic data collected for use in a language study prepared in advance. An upper-lower thesaurus may be created by extracting a sentence containing the expressions "B such as A" and "B such as A", making the word a subordinate concept word, and associating the word with a superordinate concept word.

Then, the wording of the constituent elements in the extracted claims is replaced with the wording that has been made into a higher or lower conceptualization by referring to the table stored in the storage unit, and the patent specification is searched based on the replaced wording. Thereby, the constituent requirements and the effects of the intermediate concept that are not claimed in the claims may be automatically extracted.

Here, the higher-level conceptual term is a term that expresses a concept that is a collection of similar or similar matters, or a concept that is a generalization of a plurality of matters based on a certain common property, and means a lower-level concept. A term that means a concept with a higher degree of abstraction than the term.

The patent search formula generator has a related term information storage unit that stores one or more related term information having a term and a related term that is a term related to the term, and a keyword reception unit that accepts one or more keywords. And, from the related term information, related terms that are associated with the terms that match the keywords and do not include the character string that matches the keywords are used as keyword candidates used in the patent search formula. A candidate keyword acquisition unit acquired as a candidate keyword, a candidate keyword display unit displaying the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit, and one or more of the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit are used in a patent search formula. A designation instruction receiving unit that accepts a designation instruction that is an instruction to be specified as a search keyword that is a keyword to be used, a patent search formula generation unit that generates a patent search formula including a candidate keyword specified by the designation instruction, and the patent search formula. A patent search formula output unit that outputs, one or more terms included in the technical document information that is information indicating a technical document, and one or more information that is a code indicating the classification of patents for the technical document information. The patent classification code information has a term storage unit stored in association with each technical document information and a candidate keyword designated by the designated instruction as a search key, and a term matching the search key from the term storage unit. The patent classification code information search unit that searches for the patent classification code information associated with the patent classification code information, and the patent classification code information that selects the patent classification code information using the number of occurrences from the patent classification code information searched by the patent classification code information search unit. The patent search formula generation unit may include a code information selection unit and generate a patent search formula further including the patent classification code information selected by the patent classification code information selection unit.

The patent search formula generator has a related term information storage unit that stores one or more related term information having a term and a related term that is a term related to the term, and a keyword reception unit that accepts one or more keywords. And, from the related term information, related terms that are associated with the terms that match the keywords and do not include the character string that matches the keywords are used as keyword candidates used in the patent search formula. A candidate keyword acquisition unit acquired as a candidate keyword, a candidate keyword display unit displaying the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit, and one or more of the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit are used in a patent search formula. A designation instruction receiving unit that accepts a designation instruction that is an instruction to be specified as a search keyword that is a keyword to be used, a patent search formula generation unit that generates a patent search formula including a candidate keyword specified by the designation instruction, and the patent search formula. A patent search formula output unit that outputs, one or more terms included in the technical document information that is information indicating a technical document, and one or more information that is a code indicating the classification of patents for the technical document information. The patent classification code information has a term storage unit stored in association with each technical document information and a candidate keyword designated by the designated instruction as a search key, and a term matching the search key from the term storage unit. The patent classification code information search unit that searches for the patent classification code information associated with the patent classification code information, and the patent classification code information that selects the patent classification code information using the number of occurrences from the patent classification code information searched by the patent classification code information search unit. The patent search formula generation unit may include a code information selection unit and generate a patent search formula further including the patent classification code information selected by the patent classification code information selection unit.

The patent search formula generator has a related term information storage unit that stores one or more related term information having a term and a related term that is a term related to the term, and a keyword reception unit that accepts one or more keywords. And, from the related term information, related terms that are associated with the terms that match the keywords and do not include the character string that matches the keywords are used as keyword candidates used in the patent search formula. A candidate keyword acquisition unit acquired as a candidate keyword, a candidate keyword display unit displaying the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit, and one or more of the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit are used in a patent search formula. A designation instruction receiving unit that accepts a designation instruction that is an instruction to be specified as a search keyword that is a keyword to be used, a patent search formula generation unit that generates a patent search formula including a candidate keyword specified by the designation instruction, and the patent search formula. A patent search formula output unit that outputs, one or more terms included in the technical document information that is information indicating a technical document, and one or more information that is a code indicating the classification of patents for the technical document information. The patent classification code information has a term storage unit stored in association with each technical document information and a candidate keyword designated by the designated instruction as a search key, and a term matching the search key from the term storage unit. The patent classification code information search unit that searches for the patent classification code information associated with the patent classification code information, and the patent classification code information that selects the patent classification code information using the number of occurrences from the patent classification code information searched by the patent classification code information search unit. The patent search formula generation unit may include a code information selection unit and generate a patent search formula further including the patent classification code information selected by the patent classification code information selection unit.

That is, the client device in the present embodiment has two or more fixed phrase information storage units that store fixed phrase information, an invention information storage unit that stores invention information, and invention information stored by the invention information storage unit. Fixed phrase information that searches for the fixed phrase information associated with the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction section from the fixed phrase information stored in the keyword extraction unit that extracts keywords from and the fixed phrase information storage unit of two or more. Usage explanatory text information that compares the fixed phrase information that is the result of searching from two or more fixed phrase information storage units by the search unit and the fixed phrase information search unit, and determines which explanatory text information is used as the search result. Judgment unit, application document information creation unit that creates application document information including explanatory text information that the usage explanation information judgment unit determines to be used as search results, and application document information created by the application document information creation department. It may be realized as a client device provided with an application document information output unit for outputting.

That is, the client device in the present embodiment has two or more fixed phrase information storage units that store fixed phrase information, an invention information storage unit that stores invention information, and invention information stored by the invention information storage unit. Fixed phrase information that searches for the fixed phrase information associated with the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction section from the fixed phrase information stored in the keyword extraction unit that extracts keywords from and the fixed phrase information storage unit of two or more. Usage explanatory text information that compares the fixed phrase information that is the result of searching from two or more fixed phrase information storage units by the search unit and the fixed phrase information search unit, and determines which explanatory text information is used as the search result. Judgment unit, application document information creation unit that creates application document information including explanatory text information that the usage explanation information judgment unit determines to be used as search results, and application document information created by the application document information creation department. It may be realized as a client device provided with an application document information output unit for outputting.

Further, in this specific example, the template information extraction unit first extracts four types of information such as cliché information, style file information, realization means information, and term information, and then the template information processing unit extracts the four types of information. The storage method judgment unit determines the storage method for the four types of information, then the judgment result output unit and the storage method judgment unit determine the four types of information. The information indicating the storage method determined for the information is output to the outside, then the storage method information receiving unit receives the information indicating the storage method for the four types of information, and finally, the template information storage unit receives the information indicating the storage method. Although an example of accumulating the four types of information according to the information indicating the storage method received by the storage method information receiving unit is shown, the information processing apparatus may perform the above processing for each information.

The hint information is divided into categories, and for example, when the keyword "material" is clicked, the details of the material are displayed.

Selection using the similarity of the feature vector Choosing using the similarity of the feature vector means that the similarity between the patented feature vector to be judged and the representative vector of the related patent feature vector class is less than or equal to the threshold value. , The patent feature vector to be judged may be selected by judging that it is a related patent, and the degree of similarity between the patent feature vector to be judged and the representative vector of the class of the related patent feature vector is an unrelated patent. If the similarity is smaller than the similarity of the representative vector of the feature vector class, the patent feature vector to be judged may be judged to be a related patent and selected. The patent feature vector to be judged and the related patent feature vector When the similarity with the representative vector of the class of is less than or equal to the threshold value and is smaller than the similarity of the representative vector of the class of the unrelated patent feature vector, it is determined that the patent feature vector to be judged is a related patent. You may select it.

Claim 1: "A knowledge extraction method characterized by having ..." Claim 2: "In the knowledge extraction method according to claim 1 ..." Claim 3: "Knowledge extraction method according to claim 2." In .... "Claim 4:" Knowledge extracting device characterized by being provided with ... "Claim 5:" In the knowledge extracting device according to claim 4, ... "Claim 6:" Claim 4 In the described knowledge extraction device ... "Claim 7:" In the knowledge extraction device according to claim 4 ... "Claim 8:" In the knowledge extraction device according to claim 4 ... "Claim 9: The claim search unit of the "knowledge extraction program characterized by having ..." detects that the claims, claims and claims are independent claims based on the description of each claim.

Further, the present invention may be applied as an invention of the method. In such a case, in the patent specification analysis display method for extracting and displaying the information described in the patent specification, the present invention may be applied. An automatic extraction step that automatically extracts all or part of the invention concept described in the patent specification from the description of the patent specification, including those not claimed in the scope of the patent claim. The hierarchical relationship of the invention concept extracted in the automatic extraction step and the magnitude of the action and effect thereof are displayed from the description of the extracted patent specification in the identification step and the hierarchical relationship of the invention concept identified in the identification step. At the same time, it is characterized by having a display step that reflects the magnitude of the action and effect in the invention concept to be displayed.
(Appendix 4) A device for searching for one or more types of patent gazettes issued for one case, and for each patent gazette, the case identification information for identifying the case and its contents are stored in association with each other. The case identification information and the contents are stored in the first storage unit, the second storage unit that stores the search conditions set by the user in association with the destination information of the user, and the first storage unit. A third storage unit that stores the evaluation information indicating the content of the evaluation of the case and the case identification information in association with each of the cases that have already been evaluated, the contents of the new patent gazette. In the case of additionally recording the patent gazette in the first storage unit, a search unit for searching for patent gazettes matching the search conditions set by the user, and the contents of the patent gazette detected by the search unit are stored in the patent gazettes. The patent detected by the search unit when the terminal device receives a response to the transmission by the result notification unit and the result notification unit that transmit the information necessary for display to the destination indicated by the destination information of the user. Among the cases of the publication, regarding the case where the evaluation information is recorded in the third storage unit, the first reading unit for reading the evaluation information from the third storage unit and the patent publication detected by the search unit. And, if the patent gazette is the patent gazette of the case in which the evaluation information is read by the first reading unit, the terminal device further displays information for displaying the evaluation contents indicated by the evaluation information. A patent gazette search device comprising a result display unit for transmitting to.

(Appendix 5) A device for searching for one or more types of patent gazettes issued for one case, and for each patent gazette, the case identification information for identifying the case and its contents are stored in association with each other. The first storage unit to be stored, the second storage unit to store the search conditions set by the user and the destination information of the user in association with each other, and the progress information regarding the progress of the actions performed for each matter. A search set by the user from among the fourth storage unit that stores the case identification information in association with each other and the case where the contents of the new patent gazette are additionally recorded in the first storage unit. A search unit that searches for patent gazettes that match the conditions, a result notification unit that sends information necessary for displaying the contents of the patent gazette detected by the search unit to the destination indicated by the destination information of the user, and the result. When the response to the transmission by the notification unit is received from the terminal device, the second reading unit and the searching unit read the progress information of the patent gazette matter detected by the searching unit from the fourth storage unit. A patent characterized by comprising a result display unit for transmitting information for displaying the detected contents of the patent gazette and the progress of the action indicated by the progress information read by the second reading unit to the terminal device. Publication search device.

That is, the client device in the present embodiment has two or more fixed phrase information storage units that store fixed phrase information, an invention information storage unit that stores invention information, and invention information stored by the invention information storage unit. Fixed phrase information that searches for the fixed phrase information associated with the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction section from the fixed phrase information stored in the keyword extraction unit that extracts keywords from and the two or more fixed phrase information storage units. Usage explanatory text information that compares the fixed phrase information that is the result of searching from two or more fixed phrase information storage units by the search unit and the fixed phrase information search unit, and determines which explanatory text information is used as the search result. Judgment unit, application document information creation unit that creates application document information including explanatory text information that the usage explanation information judgment unit determines to be used as search results, and application document information created by the application document information creation department. It may be realized as a client device provided with an application document information output unit for outputting.
In the applicant history information table created in this way, for example, a unique key is set for the applicant name, and a front pointer and a back pointer are set using the unique key.

The bibliographic information database includes applicant history information that stores the applicant's history information, and the applicant history information includes information such as, for example, an applicant history information table that stores the applicant's history information as a table. ..

The "interface operation history information acquisition means" is configured to acquire the interface operation history information stored in the "interface operation history information storage unit".

(Variation Example 1) In the above-mentioned inventive step prediction processing unit, one machine learning unit classifies n invention movement vectors V31 to V3n, but the inventive step in the patent requirement suitability prediction processing unit shown in the figure. Like the prediction processing unit, it may have a plurality of machine learning units 2331 to 233n corresponding to the invention movement vectors V31 to V3n, and each of them may classify the invention movement vectors V31 to V3n.

(Variation Example 1) In the above-mentioned inventive step prediction processing unit, one machine learning unit classifies n invention movement vectors V31 to V3n, but the inventive step in the patent requirement suitability prediction processing unit shown in the figure. Like the prediction processing unit, it may have a plurality of machine learning units 2331 to 233n corresponding to the invention movement vectors V31 to V3n, and each of them may classify the invention movement vectors V31 to V3n.

(Modification 1) In the above-mentioned inventive step prediction processing unit, one machine learning unit classifies n abstract movement vectors V31 to V3n, but the inventive step in the patent requirement suitability prediction processing unit shown in the figure. Like the prediction processing unit, it may have a plurality of machine learning units 2331 to 233n corresponding to the abstract movement vectors V31 to V3n, and each of them may classify the abstract movement vectors V31 to V3n.

Further, in the present embodiment, the calculation result by the first and second relevance calculation units is displayed on the display unit of the client device, and the feature learning unit is the first when the first relevance degree is selected by the user. While learning the characteristics of the patent information related to the user based on the patent information in which the relevance of 1 satisfies the predetermined condition, when the second relevance is selected by the user, the second relevance satisfies the predetermined condition. The above features are learned based on the satisfied patent information.

Further, in the present embodiment, the calculation result by the first and second relevance calculation units is displayed on the display unit of the client device, and the feature learning unit is the first when the first relevance degree is selected by the user. While learning the characteristics of the patent information related to the user based on the patent information in which the relevance of 1 satisfies the predetermined condition, when the second relevance is selected by the user, the second relevance satisfies the predetermined condition. The above features are learned based on the satisfied patent information.

(Variation Example 1) In the above-mentioned inventive step prediction processing unit, one machine learning unit classifies n invention movement vectors V31 to V3n, but the inventive step in the patent requirement suitability prediction processing unit shown in the figure. Like the prediction processing unit, it may have a plurality of machine learning units 2331 to 233n corresponding to the invention movement vectors V3 to V3n, and each of them may classify the invention movement vectors V31 to V3n.

Then, when viewed from the hyponym "floppy (registered trademark) disk", the hypernym "information recording medium" becomes a hypernym of the hypernym "magnetic recording medium" and becomes a hypernym of two or more stages. The correspondence between the "information recording medium" and the hyponym "floppy (registered trademark) disk" may be deleted from the hypernym thesaurus.

Further, the extracted technical words may be all words other than the functional words, but in practice, among the non-functional words extracted from the text data in the range of a large number of patent claims, the higher-ranked words with a high frequency of appearance. A predetermined number of words (for example, higher-level words) may be extracted as technical words.
As described above, synonym dictionaries, hypernym dictionaries, and the like are dictionaries that are also referred to when searching documents.
Then, when viewed from the hyponym "floppy (registered trademark) disk", the hypernym "information recording medium" becomes a hypernym of the hypernym "magnetic recording medium" and becomes a hypernym of two or more stages. The correspondence between the "information recording medium" and the hyponym "floppy (registered trademark) disk" may be deleted from the hypernym thesaurus.

The hypernym is, for example, a term of a superordinate concept, and the subordinate word is, for example, a term of a subordinate concept.
The hypernym is, for example, a term of a superordinate concept, and the subordinate word is, for example, a term of a subordinate concept.
In the embodiment of this application, the IPC group is taken up and explained as a field unit, but one theme field of the F-term constituting a single technical field is regarded as one field unit, and a synonym dictionary and a field-specific index term are used. You may create a dictionary or a field-specific associative dictionary.

Furthermore, for each keyword set, a synonym dictionary is used to eliminate fluctuations in the notation of keywords to calculate the similarity, and weighting based on the importance of the keywords is performed to calculate the similarity. Existing accuracy-enhancing techniques for similar searches may be applied.
Here, for example, for the keyword "computer", the synonym is "electronic computer, information processing device, personal computer", the broad sense is "information equipment, office equipment", and the narrow sense is "workstation,". Wearable computer, mobile computer ".

Here, "simple search" is, for example, inputting keywords, specifying whether to include synonyms, specifying data to be extracted, receiving search results, and inputting the country (language) of the search target database as necessary. Or, assuming a search screen as shown in the figure that only specifies, and other than the keyword and the method of receiving search results (email address, etc.) as needed, it is specified as standard even if the user does not specify or select it. Is desirable.

The related keyword information search unit may acquire related keyword information from information including a character string such as one or more Web pages or technical document information, as in the related keyword information search unit described above. The keyword information retrieval unit may store the upper and lower system and synonym dictionary in a storage medium or the like (not shown in advance), and may acquire related keyword information by using this system or synonym dictionary.

If you select "Specify number" in addition to "Synonyms", "Synonyms" or "Both" in "Thesaurus", the blank displayed to the right of the number designation will be displayed. Enter the number of image data to be created for synonyms of the search character string, etc. via the input unit.

The related keyword information search unit may acquire related keyword information from information including a character string such as one or more Web pages or technical document information, as in the related keyword information search unit described above. The keyword information retrieval unit may store the upper and lower system and synonym dictionary in a storage medium or the like (not shown in advance), and may acquire related keyword information by using this system or synonym dictionary.

The keyword candidates shown here are not limited to mere synonyms of the technical terms in the invention to be investigated, but are generally used because they are presented with words that are considered to be useful when searching for documents disclosing related technologies. It is more appropriate to search patent documents than to refer to a thesaurus).

Further, the similar information retrieval means may refer to a synonym dictionary and perform a search by synonyms.

When inputting a plurality of search keywords, the plurality of search keywords may be appropriately separated by a symbol such as a blank (space) or a comma, which is a so-called "delimiter", in the input area. ..

For example, in the invention information in the figure, the component names "mathematical information input unit", "mathematical information storage unit", "mathematical formula calculation unit", "calculation result output unit", and "calculation result" extracted by the above-mentioned keyword keyword extraction unit. Behind the "storage part", the delimiter phrase information "to", "o", "to,", "o,", "to <line feed>", "to, <line feed>", which are the above-mentioned component extraction information. The sentence to which the character string with the above is added is the end of the sentence is "a mathematical expression information input unit that accepts the input of mathematical expression information that is information about the mathematical expression", "a mathematical expression information storage unit that stores information about the mathematical expression", and ". "A mathematical formula calculation unit that performs a calculation based on information about the mathematical formula," "a calculation result output unit that outputs the result calculated by the mathematical formula calculation unit," and "a calculation that stores the result calculated by the mathematical formula calculation unit." Since the result storage unit is ", the application document information creation unit deletes the corresponding component name and delimiter phrase information from these sentences, and the component definition information" information about the formula "corresponding to the" formula information input unit ". "Accept input of mathematical formula information" is extracted, and the component definition information "Store information about the mathematical formula" corresponding to "Formula information storage unit" is extracted, and the component definition corresponding to "Formula calculation unit" is extracted. Extract the information "calculate based on the information about the formula", extract the component definition information "output the result calculated by the formula calculation unit" corresponding to the "calculation result output unit", and store the "calculation result storage". The component definition information "stores the result calculated by the mathematical formula calculation unit" corresponding to the "unit" is extracted.

For example, in the invention information in the figure, the component names "mathematical information input unit", "mathematical information storage unit", "mathematical formula calculation unit", "calculation result output unit", and "calculation result" extracted by the above-mentioned keyword keyword extraction unit. Behind the "storage part", the delimiter phrase information "to", "o", "to,", "o,", "to <line feed>", "to, <line feed>", which are the above-mentioned component extraction information. The sentence to which the character string with the above is added is the end of the sentence is "a mathematical expression information input unit that accepts the input of mathematical expression information that is information about the mathematical expression", "a mathematical expression information storage unit that stores information about the mathematical expression", and ". "A mathematical formula calculation unit that performs a calculation based on information about the mathematical formula," "a calculation result output unit that outputs the result calculated by the mathematical formula calculation unit," and "a calculation that stores the result calculated by the mathematical formula calculation unit." Since the result storage unit is ", the application document information creation unit deletes the corresponding component name and delimiter phrase information from these sentences, and the component definition information" information about the formula "corresponding to the" formula information input unit ". "Accept input of mathematical formula information" is extracted, and the component definition information "Store information about the mathematical formula" corresponding to "Formula information storage unit" is extracted, and the component definition corresponding to "Formula calculation unit" is extracted. Extract the information "calculate based on the information about the formula", extract the component definition information "output the result calculated by the formula calculation unit" corresponding to the "calculation result output unit", and store the "calculation result storage". The component definition information "stores the result calculated by the mathematical formula calculation unit" corresponding to the "unit" is extracted.

That is, the client device in the present embodiment has two or more fixed phrase information storage units that store fixed phrase information, an invention information storage unit that stores invention information, and invention information stored by the invention information storage unit. Fixed phrase information that searches for the fixed phrase information associated with the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction section from the fixed phrase information stored in the keyword extraction unit that extracts keywords from and the fixed phrase information storage unit of two or more. Usage explanatory text information that compares the fixed phrase information that is the result of searching from two or more fixed phrase information storage units by the search unit and the fixed phrase information search unit, and determines which explanatory text information is used as the search result. Judgment unit, application document information creation unit that creates application document information including explanatory text information that the usage explanation information judgment unit determines to be used as search results, and application document information created by the application document information creation department. It may be realized as a client device provided with an application document information output unit for outputting.

Click radio is a tuner that can select various broadcasting stations (not shown) and FM / AM broadcasting and data broadcasting (here, both FM / AM broadcasting and data broadcasting) that are broadcast from the broadcasting station selected by the tuner. A data broadcast receiving unit having a data broadcast receiving function composed of an antenna (not shown) or the like that receives (although it is assumed that they are transmitted using digital signals, but they may be analog signals). After being connected to the data broadcast receiver and decoding the digital signal of the music program received by the data broadcast receiver and converting it into an analog signal, listen to the music playing from the music program via earphones, speakers, etc. (not shown). It is connected to a data broadcasting decoder, a data broadcasting receiving unit, and a data broadcasting decoder having a function of reproducing an analog music signal (hereinafter, referred to as a music signal or simply music) so that it can be received by the data broadcasting receiving unit. It is provided with a control unit for storing a digital song code (hereinafter referred to as a song code) corresponding to the song included in the data broadcast signal in the IC card.

That is, the recording medium accessible to the computer is classified as two or more classification identifiers for each one or more patent documents searched based on the search formula in association with the search formula information indicating the search formula. By assigning at least one classification identifier in the identifier set, a classifier storage unit for storing a classifier as a result of learning the classification result manually classified is provided, and a computer is subject to the classification. A search unit for acquiring one or more patent documents from one or more newly published patent documents by using the search formula information and the classifier after the patent document has been published. A classification unit that determines at least one of the two or more classification identifiers for each one or more patent documents acquired by the search unit, and one or more classification units acquired by the search unit. It is a program for functioning as a classification identifier output unit that outputs a classification identifier determined by the classification unit in association with a patent document.

Furthermore, the creator of the invention proposal recognizes that his invention is an invention related to a business method, and thinks that it is necessary to grasp the examination criteria for such inventions. A search for "Part VII", in which "a software-related invention may be claimed as an" invention of a product "specified by those functions when it can be represented by a plurality of functions performed by the invention. "Can be done", "A computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, or a" computer-readable recording medium on which data having a structure is recorded "where the processing content performed by the computer is specified by the structure of the recorded data" Specific criteria such as "can be described in a claim as an" invention of a product "" and a program for making a computer function as a means, a means B, a means, ... The description such as "Recorded computer-readable recording medium" was recorded as guidance information on the hard disk of the personal computer, which is an external data file.

The patent search formula generator has a related term information storage unit that stores one or more related term information having a term and a related term that is a term related to the term, and a keyword reception unit that accepts one or more keywords. And, from the related term information, related terms that are associated with the terms that match the keywords and do not include the character string that matches the keywords are used as keyword candidates used in the patent search formula. A candidate keyword acquisition unit acquired as a candidate keyword, a candidate keyword display unit displaying the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit, and one or more of the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit are used in a patent search formula. A designation instruction receiving unit that accepts a designation instruction that is an instruction to be specified as a search keyword that is a keyword to be used, a patent search formula generation unit that generates a patent search formula including a candidate keyword specified by the designation instruction, and the patent search formula. A patent search formula output unit that outputs, one or more terms included in the technical document information that is information indicating a technical document, and one or more information that is a code indicating the classification of patents for the technical document information. The patent classification code information has a term storage unit stored in association with each technical document information and a candidate keyword designated by the designated instruction as a search key, and a term matching the search key from the term storage unit. The patent classification code information search unit that searches for the patent classification code information associated with the patent classification code information, and the patent classification code information that selects the patent classification code information using the number of occurrences from the patent classification code information searched by the patent classification code information search unit. The patent search formula generation unit may include a code information selection unit and generate a patent search formula further including the patent classification code information selected by the patent classification code information selection unit.

The patent search formula generator has a related term information storage unit that stores one or more related term information having a term and a related term that is a term related to the term, and a keyword reception unit that accepts one or more keywords. And, from the related term information, related terms that are associated with the terms that match the keywords and do not include the character string that matches the keywords are used as keyword candidates used in the patent search formula. A candidate keyword acquisition unit acquired as a candidate keyword, a candidate keyword display unit displaying the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit, and one or more of the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit are used in a patent search formula. A designation instruction receiving unit that accepts a designation instruction that is an instruction to be specified as a search keyword that is a keyword to be used, a patent search formula generation unit that generates a patent search formula including a candidate keyword specified by the designation instruction, and the patent search formula. A patent search formula output unit that outputs, one or more terms included in the technical document information that is information indicating a technical document, and one or more information that is a code indicating the classification of patents for the technical document information. The patent classification code information has a term storage unit stored in association with each technical document information and a candidate keyword designated by the designated instruction as a search key, and a term matching the search key from the term storage unit. The patent classification code information search unit that searches for the patent classification code information associated with the patent classification code information, and the patent classification code information that selects the patent classification code information using the number of occurrences from the patent classification code information searched by the patent classification code information search unit. The patent search formula generation unit may include a code information selection unit and generate a patent search formula further including the patent classification code information selected by the patent classification code information selection unit.

The patent search formula generator has a related term information storage unit that stores one or more related term information having a term and a related term that is a term related to the term, and a keyword reception unit that accepts one or more keywords. And, from the related term information, related terms that are associated with the terms that match the keywords and do not include the character string that matches the keywords are used as keyword candidates used in the patent search formula. A candidate keyword acquisition unit acquired as a candidate keyword, a candidate keyword display unit displaying the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit, and one or more of the candidate keywords acquired by the candidate keyword acquisition unit are used in a patent search formula. A designation instruction receiving unit that accepts a designation instruction that is an instruction to be specified as a search keyword that is a keyword to be used, a patent search formula generation unit that generates a patent search formula including a candidate keyword specified by the designation instruction, and the patent search formula. A patent search formula output unit that outputs, one or more terms included in the technical document information that is information indicating a technical document, and one or more information that is a code indicating the classification of patents for the technical document information. The patent classification code information has a term storage unit stored in association with each technical document information and a candidate keyword designated by the designated instruction as a search key, and a term matching the search key from the term storage unit. The patent classification code information search unit that searches for the patent classification code information associated with the patent classification code information, and the patent classification code information that selects the patent classification code information using the number of occurrences from the patent classification code information searched by the patent classification code information search unit. The patent search formula generation unit may include a code information selection unit and generate a patent search formula further including the patent classification code information selected by the patent classification code information selection unit.

A part of the contents described in the embodiment is described below.
[Appendix 1]
A document information database that stores multiple document data containing bibliographic information and preceding document information,
An input unit that accepts input as a search condition for one or more search keywords sent from a user terminal that can be operated by the user.
A search execution unit that repeatedly searches for preceding document information including the search keyword each time the input of the search keyword is accepted.
Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the preceding document information including the search keyword, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is obtained by the search execution unit. A generator that updates technical bird's-eye view information by repeatedly executing searches,
It is provided with an output unit that outputs the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal.
Technical research support device.
[Appendix 2]
The generator is
Generate hint information related to the search keyword transmitted from the user terminal.
The technical investigation support device according to claim 1.
[Appendix 3]
A storage unit that feeds back the history information of the search conditions, and
Further equipped with a learning unit for machine learning of the fed-back history information,
The output unit is
Based on the machine-learned history information, recommended keywords related to the search keyword are output as hint information.
The technical investigation support device according to claim 1 or 2.
[Appendix 4]
It has a synonym database that stores hypernyms, hyponyms, synonyms, and synonym dictionaries for each search keyword.
The output unit is
The synonyms are output from the synonym database in association with each search keyword.
The technical investigation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the technical investigation support device is characterized by the above.
[Appendix 5]
The input unit is
It is possible to accept document information containing a plurality of the above search keywords,
The search execution unit is
Based on the document information, the search for the preceding document information including the document information is repeatedly executed.
The technical investigation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the technical investigation support device is characterized by the above.
[Appendix 6]
The generator is
Generate a search formula based on the entered search keyword,
The technical investigation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that.
[Appendix 7]
On the computer
A step to store multiple document data including bibliographic information and preceding document information in the document information database,
An input step that accepts input as a search condition for one or more search keywords sent from a user terminal that can be operated by the user.
Each time the input of the search keyword is accepted, the search execution step of repeatedly executing the search of the preceding document information including the search keyword, and the search execution step.
Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the preceding document information including the search keyword, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is used in the search execution step. A generation step that updates the technical overview information by repeatedly executing the search,
An output step of outputting the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal is executed.
Technical survey support method.
[Appendix 8]
On the computer
A function to store multiple document data including bibliographic information and preceding document information in the document information database,
An input function that accepts input as a search condition for one or more search keywords sent from a user terminal that can be operated by the user.
A search execution function that repeatedly searches for preceding document information including the search keyword each time the input of the search keyword is accepted, and a search execution function.
Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the preceding document information including the search keyword, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is the search execution function. A generation function that updates technical bird's-eye view information by repeatedly executing searches, and
An output function that outputs the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal is realized.
Technical research support program.

100 Technical research support device 101 Processor 102 Memory 103 Storage 110 Acquisition unit 120 Search formula execution unit 130 Generation unit 140 Output unit 150 Communication control unit 160 Storage control unit 161 Synonyms database 170 Extraction unit 200 User terminal 210 Communication control unit 220 Display control unit 230 Input control unit 231 Input unit NW network 400 Document information database 500 Technical research support system 510 Technical bird's-eye view information 520 Preceding document information 520 Bibliographic information

Claims (8)

A document information database that stores multiple document data containing bibliographic information and preceding document information,
An input unit that accepts input as a search condition for one or more search keywords sent from a user terminal that can be operated by the user.
A search execution unit that repeatedly searches for preceding document information including the search keyword each time the input of the search keyword is accepted.
Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the preceding document information including the search keyword, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is obtained by the search execution unit. A generator that updates technical bird's-eye view information by repeatedly executing searches,
It is provided with an output unit that outputs the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal .
By making a word a word of a lower concept and associating a word with a word of a higher concept, it is possible to create a higher and lower thesaurus and delete it from the upper and lower thesaurus.
Technical research support device. The generator is
Generate hint information related to the search keyword transmitted from the user terminal.
The technical investigation support device according to claim 1. A storage unit that feeds back the history information of the search conditions, and
Further equipped with a learning unit for machine learning of the fed-back history information,
The output unit is
Based on the machine-learned history information, recommended keywords related to the search keyword are output as hint information.
The technical investigation support device according to claim 1 or 2. It has a synonym database that stores hypernyms, hyponyms, synonyms, and synonym dictionaries for each search keyword.
The output unit is
The synonyms are output from the synonym database in association with each search keyword.
The technical investigation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the technical investigation support device is characterized by the above. The input unit is
It is possible to accept document information containing a plurality of the above search keywords,
The search execution unit is
Based on the document information, the search for the preceding document information including the document information is repeatedly executed.
The technical investigation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the technical investigation support device is characterized by the above. The generator is
Generate a search formula based on the entered search keyword,
The technical investigation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that. On the computer
A step to store multiple document data including bibliographic information and preceding document information in the document information database,
An input step that accepts input as a search condition for one or more search keywords sent from a user terminal that can be operated by the user.
Each time the input of the search keyword is accepted, the search execution step of repeatedly executing the search of the preceding document information including the search keyword, and the search execution step.
Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the preceding document information including the search keyword, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is used in the search execution step. A generation step that updates the technical overview information by repeatedly executing the search,
An output step for outputting the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal, and
A step to create a superordinate and subordinate thesaurus by making a word a subordinate concept word and associating a word with a superordinate concept word, and to delete it from the superordinate and subordinate thesaurus.
To execute,
Technical survey support method. On the computer
A function to store multiple document data including bibliographic information and preceding document information in the document information database,
An input function that accepts input as a search condition for one or more search keywords sent from a user terminal that can be operated by the user.
A search execution function that repeatedly searches for preceding document information including the search keyword each time the input of the search keyword is accepted, and a search execution function.
Based on the higher-level conceptualized information that indicates the bibliographic information corresponding to the preceding document information including the search keyword, the technical bird's-eye view information that gives a bird's-eye view of each of the document data is generated, and the technical bird's-eye view information is the search execution function. A generation function that updates technical bird's-eye view information by repeatedly executing searches, and
An output function that outputs the technical bird's-eye view information to the user terminal .
By making a word a word of a lower concept and associating a word with a word of a higher concept, it is possible to create a higher and lower thesaurus and delete it from the upper and lower thesaurus .
Technical research support program.

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