JPH1185762A - Search information processing method, search information processing apparatus, and storage medium storing search information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To display searched information and information to be displayed according to a degree of information request of a user at the time when displaying searched information. SOLUTION: A search request of a user is received and necessary information is searched and collected (steps s1 to s3). And
The content of information is divided into individual parts, such as major items, items, headings, summaries, photographs, text, etc. Then, the divided contents are held (step s4). Next, the user's information request level is determined by grasping the user's action status at that time by operating the user's line of sight, the mouse, the keyboard, and the like (step s5). Display information by way or information (Step s
6).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention searches and collects information required by a user, for example, from the Internet.
The present invention relates to a search information processing method, a search information processing apparatus, and a storage medium storing a search information processing program, which are edited and displayed according to a content requested by a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, it has become quite common to search and collect information using the Internet.

[0003] Although the Internet has a huge amount of information, extracting the information desired by the user is extremely troublesome. For example, it is possible to finally reach desired information by carefully performing a task of carefully searching for likely relevant information from a search engine.

In this operation, information required by the user is
This is an active search operation in which the user performs a search by himself, and is generally called a “pull type”.

[0005] On the other hand, there is also a system in which favorite information selected in advance by a user is dripped onto a display of a personal computer like a teletext broadcast of a television. This is what is called a "push type". This is not a variety of information dripping like a normal television program, but the user himself can give detailed instructions on the content of desired information and the desired form, etc. Since it is sufficient to look at the information sent, it can be said that this is an easier information retrieval method than the above “pull type”.

[0006]

Since this "push-type" information search method is a passive information search method, it is not necessary for the user himself to perform troublesome work using a search engine. The available information is limited to news, weather forecasts, stock market conditions, etc.
Since the information is edited on the information source side, there is a disadvantage that the content of the information is extremely limited.

[0007] Therefore, it is extremely difficult to extract information that a general user desires, for example, information such as “a store that is now popular OO” using this “push-type” information search system. . If such an information search is to be performed by a "push-type" information search system, it is necessary to provide many such specialized channels.

[0008] In addition, the method of presenting information in the "push type" information retrieval system is basically dripping, so that information that is not so necessary for the user is always displayed on the display. Something is annoying for users. And when you want to see,
It is not possible to accurately extract only the information you want,
The timing of the user's behavior at that time, it is difficult to respond accurately to the information the user wants,
There are various problems.

Therefore, the present invention determines the degree of information request of a user by grasping the behavior of a user who wants to look at the information collected and retrieved at that time, and responds to the result of the determination. An object of the present invention is to provide information presentation so that only information of interest to a user can be presented efficiently and accurately.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a search information processing method according to the present invention, when displaying searched information on a screen, seeks to view the information. That the user's action status at that time is grasped, the information request level of the user is determined, and the display method of the information to be displayed and the displayed information are changed according to the information request level. Features.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a user's information request level is determined by grasping a current behavioral state of a user who wants to view the information. The process of changing the way of displaying the information to be displayed and the information to be displayed in response to the situation of the user at that time are extracted as a plurality of elements, the degrees of the respective elements are combined, and the display of the information for the combination is performed. The method and information are set in advance, the degrees of a plurality of elements indicating the user's behavior at that time are determined, and the information display method and the information display for the combination of the element degrees are performed. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the display method and information of the information to be displayed with respect to the combination of the degrees of the plurality of elements can be arbitrarily set by each user.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the method according to any one of the first to third aspects, the method of ascertaining the user's behavior at that time comprises detecting a movement of the user's line of sight and based on the detection result. The determination is made using at least one of a method of grasping the user's behavior at that time and a method of grasping the user's behavior at that time based on the operation status of the user's keyboard and mouse.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the method for grasping the user's behavior at that time adds the user's emotion recognition to the element of the user's behavior.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, after the searched information is searched and collected by a user's search request, the information belongs to a certain category based on the search request. Is edited as a group of contents, and the information is divided into multiple parts, from the part that roughly represents information to the part that shows detailed contents, such as large items, small items, headings, summaries, and text. And prepare it.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect of the present invention, the method of displaying information on the combination of the degrees of the plurality of elements and the information to be displayed are divided according to the user's behavior at that time. One of the divided contents or a combination of a plurality of divided contents.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the seventh aspect of the present invention, according to the user's behavior at that time,
When displaying one of the divided contents or a combination of a plurality of divided contents, a mark indicating the importance or attention of the display is added.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the eighth aspect, the mark indicating the importance or attention of the display can be arbitrarily set by each user.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a search information processing apparatus which divides information collected and searched from a part representing an outline of the information into a part representing a detailed content and holds the information. And a user activity status determining means for determining the degree of information request of the user by grasping the activity status of the user who wants to view the information at that time, and the user behavior at that time determined by the user activity status determining means Information request degree setting means for setting the information request degree of the user based on the situation, and display control means for determining the display method of the information to be displayed and the information to be displayed based on the setting contents of the information request degree setting means .

Further, according to the invention of a storage medium storing a search information processing program according to the present invention, the search information processing program searches and collects information according to a search request from a user, Search collected information,
From the part showing the outline of the information to the part showing the detailed contents, it is held, and the action situation of the user who wants to view the information at that time is taken out as a plurality of elements, the degrees of the respective elements are combined, and the combination is performed. The method is characterized in that a predetermined information display method and information are obtained in response to the information, and the obtained information display method and information are displayed.

As described above, according to the present invention, the manner of displaying the information to be displayed and the information to be displayed can be changed in accordance with the information request level of the user who wants to view the information at that time. Thus, for example, if the user is casually looking at information, only rough information such as major items and headings will be displayed in a hanging manner, and if the user wants more detailed information, Is automatically determined, and the display method of the information corresponding to the degree of information request of the user and the display with the corresponding information can be performed.

Further, the degree of information request of the user can be obtained by detecting the movement of the user's line of sight at that time, or grasping the user's behavior at that time based on the user's keyboard and mouse operation. Is obtained by taking out a plurality of elements obtained from and combining the degrees of the respective elements. Therefore, it is possible to objectively determine, for example, how much the user is staring at the screen at that time or how actively the user is trying to access information.

A plurality of elements obtained by grasping the user's behavior at that time are represented as the degrees of the respective elements, and the display method and information of the information on the combination of the degrees of the respective elements are determined in advance. Set it. Specifically, for example, an element is represented as two elements, each element is set on a coordinate axis orthogonal to two-dimensional coordinates, and a method of displaying information corresponding to a coordinate point represented by the degree of each element. And the information is obtained, and the information display method and the information display based on the information are performed. As a result, efficient information display suitable for the information request level of the user at that time can be performed.

[0024] The display method and information corresponding to the coordinate points of each element can be set arbitrarily by each user, so that it is possible to cope with differences in the characteristics of each user. .

[0025]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, when implementing the present invention, a process of extracting information required by the user as one piece of information according to a predetermined algorithm is performed on information on the Internet. For example, as described above, this is a process of extracting information such as “now a popular OO store” for each category. One method of realizing this is that the applicant of the present invention "Information search and collection method and system" filed on a monthly basis (Japanese Patent Application 8-
This can be realized by using the contents described in (Epson Patent Reference Number 56524, Inventor Hitoshi Miyasaka et al.).

This technology defines a category class that expresses each content category based on object-oriented programming. In each category class, information items to be collected for each category are set as properties, and each category class is set as a property. Each property has a method that describes an information acquisition method, information processing method, and the like. Then, after the request input from the user is in a request input format that can be understood by the system, the request input is classified into the category class, and based on the property of the class to which the request input belongs, And collects the information on the information items to be collected based on the contents described in (1), and outputs the collection result as comprehensive information according to a user's request input.

This makes it possible to extract various categories of information from the vast amount of information on the Internet as one set of information. For example, it is possible to efficiently search, collect, and present general information such as “the popular OO store now” as described above.

Various kinds of information retrieved and collected by using such a method can be displayed in a hanging manner on a personal computer or the like. This is the above-described “pull type” information presentation method. Conventionally, information is presented in a normal HT
The information is presented to the user as information such as an ML document, but the user must look at the content displayed on the screen.

However, the user is not always interested in watching all the displayed contents. In other words, the way of looking at information differs depending on the current situation and mental state of the user. For example, in a busy situation, even if information is flowing on the screen, the content of the information cannot be seen in detail. In addition, there are various kinds of information that the user wants to examine in detail if it is information that he / she wants.

Therefore, it is desirable to determine the degree of information request according to the user's busy situation or mental state, and to dynamically present information. The present invention seeks to achieve this. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, a process of searching and collecting information on the Internet according to a predetermined algorithm for information required by the user (for example, information such as "now popular OO store") is performed. An example will be described in which a process of dynamically presenting information by determining the degree of information request according to the user's busy situation or mental state is performed on the information.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a schematic processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention. The schematic processing procedure will be briefly described.

First, a search request from a user is accepted (step s1), and the search request is interpreted (step s1).
2) Search and collect necessary information from the Internet (step s3). As a method of this search and collection, for example, using the method described above (Japanese Patent Application No. 8 -...) (Epson Patent Reference No. 56524, Inventor Hitoshi Miyasaka et al.) Information is collected.
For example, in the case of an information search such as “now popular OO store”, some information as shown in FIG. 2 is extracted as information corresponding to the information search. The information shown in FIG. 2 includes, for example, a major item 11, a minor item 12, a summary 13, a photograph 14, a text (article) 15, and the like.

Then, the contents of the information as shown in FIG.
According to the whole information, as described above, for example, each part, such as a large item, a small item, an abstract, a photograph, and a text, is sequentially described from the part showing the outline of the information to the part showing the detailed contents. Each part is divided, and the divided contents are held (step s4).

After performing such processing, the degree of information request of the user is determined by grasping the user's behavior at that time (step s5), and the display method and information according to the information request degree are determined. Information is displayed based on the amount and content (step s6). Steps s5 and s6 will be described in detail below.

To grasp the user's behavior at a certain point in time, (1) a method of indirectly grasping the behavior of the user, (2) a method of directly grasping the behavior of the user, or the like is used. Do.

As a method (1) for indirectly grasping a user's action request, a camera is used to detect the line of sight of a user in front of a personal computer. Specifically, the eyeball position is extracted from the user's face image, and the line of sight is calculated from the relative position between the camera and the image. Thus, it is possible to determine whether the user's gaze is staring at the screen or transitioning, and an index indicating how much interest the user is looking at the screen at that time. can do. This method is known as a general technique in the computer field.

Since this information is a method that can be realized without contacting the user, the burden and discomfort given to the user are small, and furthermore, it is possible to recognize the facial expression from the face image and determine whether or not the user is in front of a personal computer. You can also judge.

Although there is a method of using spectacles with a sensor, the spectacles need to be always worn, so that the burden on the user is large and not preferable.

As a method (2) for directly grasping the behavior situation, the behavior situation is grasped on the basis of the frequency of use of the user's mouse and keyboard, the length of time of using these, and the like. Furthermore, by attaching an infrared sensor to a mouse or keyboard, it is possible to determine whether the user is actually touching or near the mouse or keyboard. For example, if you hold the mouse and do not move it, the user is likely to be staring at the screen, and if you are actively operating the mouse, you are performing an information access operation. Can make a judgment.

According to the method (1) of indirectly grasping the behavior of the user, it is possible to mainly detect the initial behavior of the user, such as when he or she wants to start or see something. . However, at the time of this initial action, it can be said that the user's interest in information access is still at a relatively low stage. On the other hand, in the method (2) for directly grasping the behavior status, it is possible to detect a concrete behavior such as actually accessing information or browsing. Therefore, at the stage of performing such an action, it can be said that the degree of interest in the information of the user is relatively high.

Therefore, it is possible to accurately judge the user's behavior by using these (1) and (2) alone or by appropriately combining the two, and to express the information request degree of the user at that time. Element can be obtained.

Then, an element representing the degree of information request is represented as two-dimensional coordinates. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the horizontal axis takes a value representing the degree of interest of the user, and the vertical axis takes a value representing the timing of the user's action. The user's degree of interest here indicates, for example, how detailed the user wants the content of the information. The larger the value indicating the degree of interest, the more the user requests detailed information. It can be said that there is. Therefore, it is necessary to present more detailed contents as the numerical value indicating the degree of interest increases.

On the other hand, the timing is a numerical value serving as an index indicating the behavior of the user. For example, the timing indicates the timing at which the user goes to get information, and how long the user can see the information. To indicate
When the user is busy and cannot look at the information, the numerical value is small, and as the user tries to look at the information, the numerical value increases. As described above, when the user is looking at the information carefully, it can be said that the user is requesting detailed information, and in this case, it is necessary to present detailed contents.

It should be noted that two orthogonal coordinate axes 2
The two elements (in this case, the degree of interest and timing) are to perform (1) the process of indirectly grasping the behavior of the user and (2) the process of directly grasping the behavior of the user. Can be obtained by In other words, the respective numerical values on the two orthogonal coordinate axes are determined based on the position of the user's line of sight, the degree of gaze at that time, the frequency of use and usage of the mouse and keyboard, and the like.

Using such two-dimensional coordinates, the information request degree of the user at that time is represented as a position on the two-dimensional coordinates. For example, assuming that the degree of interest of the user at time t1 is x1 and the timing at that time is y1, the information request degree of the user at time t1 is 2
It is represented by the position of p1 on the dimensional coordinates. Next, at time t2, assuming that the user's interest level is x2 and the timing at that time is y2, the user's information request level at time t2 is p2 on the two-dimensional coordinates.
Is represented by the position. Further, at time t3, the degree of interest of the user becomes x3, and the timing at that time becomes y3.
If it is 3, the information request degree of the user at time t3 is represented by the position of p3 on the two-dimensional coordinates. As described above, the information request degree of the user changes each time, and the information request degree is represented on the two-dimensional coordinates according to the change of the time.

On the other hand, the degree of detail of the information to be presented to the user is divided into several stages, and the information contents of each stage are applied to the two-dimensional coordinates.

For example, the degree of detail is divided into nine stages A to I, and these A to I are set as segments on two-dimensional coordinates as shown in FIG. That is, in this case, the segment A is set to a position indicating that both the interest level and the timing of the user are the smallest, and the segment I
In this case, is set to a position indicating that both the degree of interest and the timing of the user are the largest. The other segments B to H are also set at positions as shown in FIG. 4 according to the interest level and the timing of the user.

In each of the segments A to I, a method of presenting information in each of them is defined in advance. For example, in the segment A, a large item is statically displayed as character information (it may be blinked in some cases). Segments B and C are displayed to the extent that items and headings are understood. At this time, if the amount to be displayed is large, static display is performed for a certain period of time, then automatically scrolled, and then static display is performed for a certain period of time. And scrolling may be combined.

Segments DH display relatively large amounts of information, for example, up to a summary. further,
Segment I performs a normal browser display. For example,
In this case, the display is as shown in FIG. 2. In this case, without performing automatic scrolling, the user himself / herself clicks a necessary part at his / her discretion, and performs an operation of reading out details of the clicked part. Be able to see the detailed contents of.

Now, it is assumed that the information request degree of the user is represented by the position p1 on the two-dimensional coordinates. The position of p1 is a position corresponding to the segment A, the degree of user's request for information is low, the user is casually looking at the screen, and there is almost no intention to see the information in detail. In this case, the information displayed to the user includes:
As described above, only large items are statically displayed as character information.

After that, the information request degree of the user is 2
It is assumed that it is represented by the position of p2 on the dimensional coordinates. The position of p2 is a position corresponding to the segment E, the degree of information request of the user is medium, and if there is interesting information, the user looks in detail. In this case, as the information displayed to the user, as described above, only a summary is displayed.

After that, the information request degree of the user is 2
It is assumed that it is represented by the position of p3 on the dimensional coordinates. The position of p3 is a position corresponding to the segment I, the degree of user's request for information is high, and the user is staring at the screen, and is in a state of looking at the information in detail. In this case, the information to be displayed to the user is, as described above, a display as shown in FIG. 2, and the user himself / herself clicks on a necessary part without performing automatic scrolling. , So that you can take a closer look at the detailed content of the information.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention,
For example, by grasping the indirect behavior of the user by gaze detection and the like, and by grasping the behavior of the user directly by the frequency of use of the keyboard, etc., the degree of information request of the user at that time can be represented on two-dimensional coordinates By expressing as a position and setting the information display method and information corresponding to the position can be set, according to the information request degree of the user that changes each time, for example, only large items can be statically or automatically scrolled The display contents and the manner of display are changed, such as displaying the information and displaying the information so that the information can be extracted to the maximum.

That is, according to the present invention, when a user makes a search request based on a keyword or the like, information corresponding to the search request is collected in a state of being sorted by category, and the collected information is used as described above. Then, for example, it is divided into large items, small items, summaries, photographs, texts, etc. After that, the user's information request level at that time is grasped, and the information content and display method according to the information request degree Is set automatically.

Therefore, the present invention can be an information retrieval system in which a user can obtain information by adding a method of presenting passive "push type" information to a "pull type". In addition, the display content and the manner of display can be changed according to the user's information request that changes each time.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus for realizing the embodiment of the present invention described above. An information search unit 21 for searching information from an information source (for example, the Internet) 20 based on a search request. An information dividing unit 22 that divides information searched by the information searching unit 21 from a part indicating the outline of the information to a part indicating the detailed content and holds the information; A user action status determining unit 23 for determining a user's information request level, and an information request level for setting a user's information request level based on the user's action status at that time determined by the user action status determining unit 23. A setting unit 24, an information display control unit 25 that determines a method of displaying information to be displayed and information to be displayed based on the setting contents of the information request degree setting unit 24; An information display unit 26, a camera 27 for sending a user's face image to the user action status determination unit 23, and data indicating a user's keyboard and mouse operation status to the user action status determination unit 23. It is composed of an infrared sensor 28 and the like.

When a search request is input from a user, the information search unit 21 interprets the search request and searches and collects necessary information from the information source 20 in a format that can be understood by the system. As a method for this search and collection, the method described above (Japanese Patent Application No. 8 -...) (Epson Patent Reference No. 56524)
Using the inventor Hitoshi Miyasaka et al.), Information is collected in a state of being organized for each category. For example, say, "
In the case of an information search such as "O store", several pieces of information, each of which is collected into one as shown in FIG. 2, are extracted as corresponding information.

The information dividing section 22 divides the information retrieved by the information retrieving section 21 from a part indicating the outline of the information to a part indicating the detailed contents, and holds the information. , The contents of the information, for example,
1, small item 12, summary 13, photo 14, text (article) 1
5 and hold the divided contents.

As described above, the user behavior status determination unit 23 indirectly grasps the behavior status of the user or directly grasps the behavior status of the user. As a specific example of the means for grasping, using the camera 27, a face image of a user in front of the personal computer is captured, an eyeball position is extracted from the face image, and a line of sight is calculated from a relative position between the camera and the image.

As a means for directly grasping the behavior of the user, the behavior is grasped based on the frequency of use of the mouse and the keyboard of the user, the length of time used, and the like. In this case, an infrared sensor is attached to a mouse, a keyboard, or the like, and it is possible to determine whether the mouse or the keyboard is touching or near. For example, if you hold the mouse and do not move it, the user is likely to be staring at the screen, and if you are actively operating the mouse, you are performing data access operations. Can make a judgment.

The information request setting section 24 sets the degree of information request of the user based on the user's action status at that time determined by the user action status determination section 23. Specifically, FIG. As shown, the degree of detail is divided into nine steps A to I, and each of the steps A to I is set as a segment on the two-dimensional coordinates.

The information display control unit 25 determines the display method of the information to be displayed and the information to be displayed based on the setting contents of the information request degree setting unit 24 according to the information request degree of the user at that time. is there. For example, as described above, it is assumed that the information request degree of the user is represented by the position of p1 on the two-dimensional coordinates. The position of p1 is a position corresponding to the segment A, the degree of user's request for information is low, the user is casually looking at the screen, and there is almost no intention to see the information in detail. In this case, as information to be displayed to the user, display control is performed such that large items are statically displayed as character information.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, but can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, how to set a segment on the coordinates shown in FIG.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the user can customize the increase / decrease of the number of segments and the position of each segment on the coordinates. This is because the behavior and the psychological situation corresponding to the behavior differ depending on the personality of each user, and it is therefore desirable that each user can be customized.

It is also possible to add emotion recognition to one of the factors for grasping the user's behavior. This emotion recognition can be detected by gaze movement, operation status of a mouse or a keyboard, and the like, and by adding this emotion recognition, the user's behavior such as the user's frustration can be grasped in more detail. It is possible to set a detailed information display method or the like according to the information.

When displaying information to the user,
In addition to simply displaying contents such as large items, small items, summaries, and texts, markers that can attract attention even when the user sees from a distance (for example, specially created icons) Can be added. This can also be customized because individual users have formats and images that are easy to see.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which information on the Internet is retrieved from a personal computer. However, portable information processing equipment such as an electronic organizer and small information processing equipment installed in a store or the like may be used. It can be applied to displaying a lot of information that you have. For example, in a system in which a customer can freely view a large number of advertising information held by a small information processing device installed in a store or the like, as in the above-described embodiment, the customer Judge what kind of situation you are looking at.For example, if you are casually looking, scroll only large items, and if you are increasingly interested and want more information Provides information corresponding to it, and when you are looking closely, it displays detailed contents, such as understanding how much information is required of the customer in front of the screen and responding to it It can also be applied to the case of providing such information.

Further, according to the present invention, the information collected by the processing of steps s1 to s4 of the flowchart of FIG. 1 and the collection process in the above-described embodiment can be stored as ordinary application software. As described above, one set of information for each category is stored as a library in response to a user's search request, and the stored data is used when the information is needed later. be able to.

The processing program for performing the above-described series of processing according to the present invention can be stored in a storage medium such as a floppy disk, an optical disk, or a hard disk. The present invention also includes the storage medium.
Further, the processing program may be obtained from a network.

[0070]

As described above, according to the present invention, the manner of displaying the information to be displayed and the information to be displayed are changed according to the information request degree of the user who wants to view the information at that time. For example, if the user is casually looking at information, only rough information such as major items and headings will be displayed in a hanging manner, and if the user wants more detailed information, it will be automatically displayed. It is possible to determine the degree of information request, and to display the information corresponding to the degree of information request and the display of the corresponding information.

The information request degree of the user can be obtained by detecting the movement of the user's line of sight at that point in time, grasping the user's action state at that point in time based on the user's keyboard or mouse operation state, Is obtained by extracting the multiple elements obtained from, and by combining the degrees of each element, how much the user is staring at the screen at that time or how actively access the information Such as whether
It is possible to objectively determine how detailed the user has requested information.

The information display method and information for a plurality of levels of information request of the user are set in advance, the information request at a certain point in time is obtained, and the information display corresponding to the information request is obtained. Since the method and the information are obtained and the information is displayed in the manner of displaying the information and the information, the information can be efficiently displayed in conformity with the information request degree of the user at that time.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a user makes a search request using a keyword or the like, as described above, the information collected in a state where the The information content and display method according to the information are automatically set.
Therefore, the present invention can be an information retrieval system in which the user retrieves information, that is, a “pull type” information retrieval and a passive “push type” information retrieval are added. As a method of presenting information, a display method and information to be displayed are automatically set according to the information request level of the user at that time. Thus, the present invention has both the features of “pull type” and “push type”,
In addition, the "pull type" and the "push type" have effects that cannot be obtained individually.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view for explaining a configuration example of information searched according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a change in the degree of information request at each time of a user on two-dimensional coordinates in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display method and a display amount which are set in advance so as to correspond to respective information request degrees of a user, divided into segments on two-dimensional coordinates.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a device configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Large Item 12 Small Item 13 Summary 14 Photo 15 Text 21 Information Retrieval Unit 22 Information Division Unit 23 User Behavior Status Judgment Unit 24 Information Request Setting Unit 25 Information Display Control Unit 26 Information Display Unit 27 Camera 28 Infrared Sensor

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. When displaying searched information on a screen,
By grasping the behavioral state of the user who wants to view the information at that time, the degree of the information request of the user is determined, and the display method of the information to be displayed and the information to be displayed are changed according to the information request degree. A retrieval information processing method characterized by the following. 2. An information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: grasping an action situation of a user who wants to view the information at the time, determining a user's information request degree, and displaying information to be displayed and information to be displayed according to the request degree. The process of changing the user's behavior at that time is extracted as a plurality of elements, the degree of each element is combined, the display method and information of the information for the combination are set in advance, and the user's current 2. The search information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining a degree of a plurality of elements indicating an action situation in the step (a), and displaying information based on the combination of the degrees of the elements and displaying the information. 3. The search information processing method according to claim 2, wherein the display method and information of the information to be displayed with respect to the combination of the degrees of the plurality of elements can be arbitrarily set by each user. . 4. The method for grasping the behavior of the user at that time includes a method of detecting the movement of the user's line of sight and grasping the behavior of the user at that time based on the detection result. The search information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the determination is performed using at least one of methods for grasping a behavior state of the user at that time based on a mouse operation state. 5. The retrieval information processing method according to claim 4, wherein the method of grasping the behavior status of the user at that time includes adding the user's emotion recognition to the element of the user's behavior status. 6. The searched information is information that has been searched and collected in response to a search request of a user, and is edited as a set of information belonging to a certain category based on the search request. 6. A method according to claim 1, wherein a portion from a portion that roughly represents information to a portion that shows detailed content, such as a large item, a small item, a headline, an abstract, and a body, is prepared by dividing into a plurality. A search information processing method according to any of the claims. 7. A method of displaying information on a combination of the degrees of the plurality of elements and information to be displayed may be any one of the divided contents or a plurality of divided contents depending on a user's behavior at that time. 7. The search information processing method according to claim 6, wherein the content is a combination of the content. 8. When displaying any one of the divided contents or a combination of a plurality of divided contents according to the user's behavior at that time, the importance level and attention level of the display are indicated. The retrieval information processing method according to claim 7, wherein a mark is added. 9. The search information processing method according to claim 8, wherein the mark indicating the importance or attention of the display can be arbitrarily set by each user. 10. An information dividing means for dividing information collected and searched from a part representing the outline of the information to a part representing the detailed contents and holding the information, and grasping the action situation of the user who wants to view the information at that time. Means for determining a user's information request degree, and an information request degree for setting the user's information request degree based on the user's action state at that time determined by the user action state determination means. A search information processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit; and a display control unit that determines a method of displaying information to be displayed and information to be displayed based on the setting content of the information request degree setting unit. 11. A storage medium storing a search information processing program for performing a process of displaying searched and collected information, wherein the search information processing program searches and collects information according to a search request from a user,
The information collected and retrieved is divided and held from a part showing the outline of the information to a part showing the detailed contents, and the behavioral state of the user who wants to view the information at that time is extracted as a plurality of elements, and each element is extracted. The degree of
A storage medium storing a retrieval information processing program characterized by obtaining a preset information display method and information for the combination and displaying the obtained information display method and information.