Document search apparatus, document search method, and program product

摘要

According to one embodiment, a document search apparatus includes an acquirer, determiner, searcher, and display. The acquirer acquires data on a handwriting including coordinate data. The determiner determines a shape of the handwriting based on the coordinate data to determine a type of a query. The searcher searches the document according to a search method corresponding to the type of the query. The display that displays the document by a display method corresponding to the type of the query.

主权项

1. A document search apparatus comprising a hardware processor and a memory, the document search apparatus configured to:
acquire data on a handwriting including coordinate data; determine a shape of the handwriting based on the coordinate data to determine a type of a query, the type of the query corresponding to one of direct handwriting, direct handwriting selection, and indirect handwriting selection; search the document according to a search method corresponding to the type of the query; and display the document by a display method corresponding to the type of the query, wherein when the shape is determined to be a line, the hardware processor is configured to determine a direction of the line and a distance between the line and a target handwriting in the document, in addition to the shape of the handwriting based on the coordinate data in time series of handwriting data, and to determine the line to be either a query input or a handwriting that is not a query depending on the direction and the distance.