摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To completely automatically prepare an icon suitably reflected with the attribute of information, to easily identify the attribute of information from the prepared icon and to guarantee the secrecy of attribute of the information expressed as the icon for the third person. SOLUTION: An attribute number corresponding to the contents of the attribute is inputted from an editor 1, a code for password corresponding to the attribute number is generated by a code retrieval control part 3, part items for icon corresponding to the code for password are retrieved from a parts data base 8 for icon by an icon preparation control part 4, and the icon is automatically prepared. On the other hand, the prepared icon is read by a scanner 11, the part items for icon coincident with the icon are retrieved from a parts data base 15 for icon by a pattern discrimination control part 14, and the contents of the attribute corresponding to the part items for icon are retrieved by an attribute retrieval control part 13 and displayed on an editor 9.</p> |