Hitachi, Ltd.

Satoshi Asakawa

Kanji Kato

Atsushi Hatakeyama

Hisamitsu Kawaguchi

Katsumi Tada

Natsuko Mizutani

Hiromichi Fujisawa

Akio Azuma

Naoki Minegishi

Hiroe Ando

A document searching system searches for other documents having a user-specified document cited therein as its referred document to thereby uncover the latest document associated with the user-specified document. In related document searching method, document information is registered in a text storage region, a referred document table and a related document table are created, and referred documents associated with the user-specified document are searched for with use of the created tables.

Document searching method using forward and backward citation tables

A neighboring plural-character occurrence bitmap of a practical capacity capable of eliminating noises by hashing is realized, and a high speed full text search is realized equivalently, by greatly reducing the number of documents to be searched even if a search term constituted by a combination of English characters and words is used. Text data is segmented into words, and n-character strings at every (m+l)-th character positions are extracted from each word. A neighboring plural-character occurrence bitmap is created which stores data representing a presence of each neighboring plural-character string at a certain entry thereof. N-character strings at every (m+l)-th character positions are extracted from a search term and the neighboring plural-character occurrence bitmap is searched by using a search control program. Since the neighboring plural-character occurrence bitmap is searched prior to searching condensed texts, documents not relevant to the search term can be discarded and a high speed full text search can be realized.

Document search method wherein stored documents and search queries

A text search method for structured documents and apparatus wherein structured document database to be searched is created by adding logical structure length information to logical structure discriminating information on the basis of a structured document constituted by a plurality of logical structures and logical structure discriminator information, and in searching the structured document database in accordance with an entered search key constituted by a logical structure and a search character string, the search of a logical structure other than the entered logical structure is skipped based upon the data length information. In the method and apparatus, by using a structured document, structured document database to be searched is created which is constituted by a condensed text for each logical structure constituted by a list of words contained in the logical structure, a character occurrence bitmap for each logical structure constituted by a list of characters contained in the logical structure and an source structured document, and then the structured document database is searched in accordance with an entered search key constituted by a logical structure and a search character string. An source structured document is searched optionally depending upon the entered search key.

Text search method and apparatus for structured documents

High-speed full document retrieval method and system capable of providing result of retrieval within practically acceptable short search time. Upon registration of documents in a document database, condensed texts are created by decomposing each of textual character strings of the documents to be registered into fragmental character strings in dependence on character species and by checking mutual inclusion relations existing among the fragmental character strings. A component character table is created in which characters occurring in each of the condensed texts are registered without duplication. The condensed texts and the component character table are registered in the data base together with the texts of the documents to be registered. Upon retrieval of a document containing a search term designated by a user, a component character table search is first executed to extract those documents which contain all species of characters constituting the search term by consulting the component character table, and subsequently a condensed text search is executed by consulting the condensed texts of the documents. Finally, a text body search is executed for extracting a document which satisfies query condition imposed on the search term by consulting the texts of the documents extracted through the component character table search and the condensed text search.

Document data processing method and apparatus for document retrieval

A document search method and system for searching and retrieving a document containing a specific character string in response to search requests issued by a plurality of search request sources. When a search request is received in the course of execution of a search processing for an earlier prior search request, the former is stored in a queue buffer. When a plurality of search requests have been stored in a queue buffer in this manner, a search processing is performed for the plurality of search requests simultaneously as stored. The results of search processing as performed are then distributively outputted to the relevant search request sources, respectively. Output buffers for storing a set of search results of the search processings performed in the past may be provided in correspondence to the search request sources, respectively, for screening the documents for which the character string search is to be performed.

Document information search method and system

An information search terminal apparatus and information search system for performing information search by using a variety of windows assure high manipulatability for the user by making available information of the results of searches performed in the past and the current system state. The information search terminal and system includes a query statement input window for inputting a search query statement for a search term, a search history display window for displaying the search query statement and the number of documents as hit in the search, a search result list display window for displaying in juxtaposition a plurality of titles of documents as hit in the form of a list, and a document display window for displaying a document containing the search term and resulting from the search

Information search terminal and system

An information retrieval system is adapted to carry out information retrieval by entering an inquiry sentence in natural language, executing semantic analysis of the natural language inquiry sentence by a semantic analysis unit, and producing a retrieval condition from a result of the semantic analysis. The information retrieval system is provided in its semantic analysis unit with an undefined word processing unit which classifies an undefined word in the inquiry sentence in accordance with a process of producing a retrieval condition from the semantic analysis of other words contained in the inquiry sentence, the undefined word being defined as a word unregistered in a dictionary provided therein and incapable of direct semantic analysis, and displays a result of processing for the undefined word classified. The undefined word processing permits operation of information retrieval to be done without discontinuation.

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Satoshi Asakawa