JPH01197876A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output aimed information even when part of inputted first language information is erroneous by retrieving the first language information in a storing means when the first language information is inputted and outputting second language information, which is the nearest to the above-mentioned first language information. CONSTITUTION:Even when part of an inputted character string is missing due to erroneous input, etc., not only English words before and after an English word having the largest number of characters to coincide with those in the input information but also particle information and the second information (Japanese equivalents) corresponding to the English words can be outputted by step-operating a converting key 9. Thus, the aimed information can be easily extracted without repeating a troublesome input operation again. For example, when 'comd' is erroneously inputted at a place where 'come' is to be inputted, an address ax of information FW is stored, which has the largest number of the characters to coincide with those in 'comd', and after that, the particles and the Japanese equivalents of the words 'combustion', 'comedian', etc., which are positioned before and after 'comd', can be outputted by pressing the converting key 9.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary, and particularly to an electronic dictionary that inputs first language information and outputs second language information corresponding to the first language information. be.

[Prior Art] Electronic dictionaries, electronic translators, and the like as described above have been known. In this type of device, for example, Japanese words and sentences are input, and a single word sentence translated into a foreign language such as English is displayed and output.

The process of converting into the first language information and the second language information is performed by searching a memory in which the first language and the second language are stored in correspondence with each other for the first language information using a microprocessor. The mainstream method of output is display output using a liquid crystal display or the like, but methods such as audio output are also possible.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In the above-mentioned translators or electronic dictionaries, input of the first language is performed using a keyboard, etc., but it is difficult to input all words or sentences without errors during input. For example, if part of the character string is missing due to an input error, the desired second language information cannot be output. This means that the control unit must first match the input character string. This is to perform control such that the first language information is searched in the memory, and if there is a matching character string, the second language information corresponding to it is output.

If the input character string cannot be found, an error message or the like is output, and the operator has to re-enter the correct character string from the beginning, which is troublesome.

Furthermore, when inputting, the entire character string must be input, and it is impossible to input only part of a word and output the corresponding word.

The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the following problems, the present invention provides the first
In an electronic dictionary that inputs linguistic information and outputs second linguistic information corresponding to the first linguistic information, the electronic dictionary includes means for inputting the first linguistic information, and at least one second linguistic information corresponding to the first linguistic information. storage means storing linguistic information, and when first linguistic information is input from the input means, this first
control means for searching the storage means for the language information of the relevant first language information and outputting one or more second language information stored corresponding to the first language closest to the first language information. The configuration was adopted.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, even if there is an error in a part of the first language information input due to an input error, the second language information will not be outputtable and will be output again. No need to repeat input.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the example shown in the drawings. The device shown below is an electronic dictionary that can be used as a Chinese-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese/Japanese-English dictionary, an English-Japanese dictionary, etc.

Figure w41 shows a top view of an electronic dictionary employing the present invention. A keyboard 2 and a display 3 are provided on the top surface of the device main body 1.The display 3 is a display section 3a for displaying input Japanese in kana and English in alphabet, and translated words and messages. It consists of a main display section 3C for displaying. At the bottom of the main display section 3C, indicators 3b for displaying various functions and operation modes are displayed. The functions and modes indicated by the indicators 3b are indicated by displaying above the indicators.

The keyboard 2 is divided into input keys 4 and function keys. The input key 4 has almost the same key layout as an English typewriter. Function keys include the following various keys. first.

The menu key 7 is a key used to turn on the power of the apparatus and to display a menu screen for various controls after the power is turned on. The conversion key 9 is a so-called seesaw key that can be pressed in both left and right directions, and after executing a certain search during translation, outputs the data stored in the memory in the forward or reverse direction from the current display position. The cursor keys 10.10 are used to move the cursor on the input display section 3a left and right. The cursor key 1O110 is used when correcting or editing input information. Since the image key 5 is used to specify the kana human power mode, when this key is pressed, the input key 4 can be used as the kana human power key.

In the kana manual mode, the middle key of input key 4 is used as the input key. As indicated by the index 6a, for example, the characters in the 7th line are input using the rAJ character key. 3 in 7 lines
To input the second character "u", press the "A" key three times. Similarly, when entering "ki", enter "ki".
Press the "S" key twice. The clear key 11 is used to clear the display on the input display section 3a and the main display section 3C. Further, the key 12 is a key for cutting off the power supply.

The illustrated device can be used as a Chinese-Japanese dictionary or an English-Japanese dictionary. To select the English-Japanese dictionary mode, first press the menu key 7. As a result, a menu as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the main display section 3C. The English-Japanese dictionary mode is located at position 3 in the menu, so by pressing the key 8a corresponding to the number "3" among the input keys 4, the mode becomes English-Japanese dictionary mode, and the display on the main display section 3c is as follows. As shown in FIG. 3, the message changes to prompt the input of an English word.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the control system of the apparatus shown in FIG. In Fig. 4, reference numeral 4 is the input key in Fig. 1;
The character information from is converted into a character code by the encoder 15 and stored in the key manual buffer 16. on the other hand,
The output of the conversion key 9 is converted into a predetermined control code via an encoder 26, and is input to a control section 19 consisting of a microprocessor or the like.

The conversion process from the first language to the second language is performed using input key 4.
The process is started by preparing a predetermined character string in the key manual buffer 16 via , and operating the conversion key. The control section 19 gives a signal to the match determining section 20 via the signal line S1, and causes the matching determining section 20 to determine whether or not a character string that matches the input character string in the key manual buffer 16 is stored in the storage section 17. The match determination unit 20 sequentially accesses the storage unit 17 via the address register 20a and the address decoder 20b according to the character string in the key manual buffer 16, and outputs the character string in the first language to the output control unit 22 one after another. let

The storage unit 17 is composed of a ROM, etc., and stores information in a format as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, symbols al, a2, . . . indicate addresses, and information FW is provided at each of these first addresses.

RW and SW are stored sequentially. FW is the first language information that is an English word, RW is information related to it, in this case, the part of speech information of the English word FW, and SW is the second language information that has a meaning corresponding to the English word FW, which is the Japanese translation. It is.

The match determination unit 20 contains at least the read linguistic information F.
W is sent from the output control unit 22 and sequentially compared with the input information in the key manual buffer 16.

When the information input to the key human power buffer 16 and the stored English word FW match, this English word FW, part of speech information RW
and translated word SW are stored in the information storage section 18 via the output buffer 23, respectively. The storage address at this time is given to the address register 19a via the signal line S2.

Next, the control unit 19 converts the storage unit 1 in response to the operation of the conversion key 9.
Read information FW, RW, SW from 8 1 Display control unit 2
4 to the display unit 3 for display.

The configuration shown above is the same as the conventional example, and if part of the input string is missing due to an input error, the search becomes impossible and the desired information will be output unless the correct input is made again. I can't do it.

However, by performing the processing shown in FIG. 6 by the control unit 19, temporary output information can be determined and the desired information can be obtained.

FIG. 6 shows the processing procedure performed by the control section 19. The procedure shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the ROM 19b connected to the control section 19.

When the English-Japanese dictionary mode is selected as described above.

First, at step T1 in FIG. 6, input by input key 4 is accepted. The input information E is stored in the key manual buffer 16 in step T2.

In step T2, the process waits for the conversion key 9 to be pressed.

When the conversion key 9 is pressed in the right or left direction.

In step T4, a search start signal is given to the match determining section 20 via the signal line S1.

As a result, steps T4 to T6. A determination loop by TIO is started. In step T5, the character string of the English word FW outputted from the storage section 17 and the character string of the input information E in the key word cover 16 are compared character by character. The number N of matching characters is then stored in a predetermined memory location.

In step T6, it is determined whether the input information E and the characters of the output English word FW all match from the beginning. If this step is affirmed.

As in the conventional example, in step T7, the input information, the retrieved part-of-speech information RW, and the translated word SW are displayed and output.

If step T6 is negative, the process moves to step TIO, and all the English words FW and input information E in the storage unit 17 are
Determine whether the comparison has been made.

If step TIO is negative, the process moves to step T16, and the maximum value of the number N of matching characters calculated in step T5 is stored. In this case, the value calculated in the previous step T5 is compared with the number of matching characters stored in a predetermined memory location, and if the calculated value is larger, the value is stored in this memory location, and the first address of the English word FW is remember.

If part of the input character string is missing due to an input error, step T6 is not affirmed, and after comparing the English word FW in the storage unit 17 with the input information E, the process moves to step Tll.

In step Tll, a message as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the main display section 3C. As shown in the figure, this message consists of a sentence indicating that no entry corresponding to the input information is stored, and a sentence indicating that candidates for output information can be retrieved by operating the conversion key 9.

In steps T12 and TI4, it is determined whether either the right or left side of the conversion key 9 has been pressed. If steps T12 and TI4 are negative, step TI
Returning to step T13.15, if any of the above is affirmed, the process moves to step T13.15.

In step T13, the stored information in the storage unit 17 at the address position one level higher than the address with the largest number of character strings matching the input information E determined in step T16 is read out and displayed.

In step T15, the stored information in the storage unit 17 at the address position one level lower than the address with the largest number of character strings matching the input information E determined in step TI'6 is read out and displayed.

In step T8, it is determined whether the next information input is performed using input key 4 or not. If step T8 is affirmative, the process advances to step T2, and if negative, other processing, such as menu display, is performed in step T9.

According to the above configuration, even if a part of the input character string is missing due to an input error, by step operation of the conversion key 9, the English words before and after the English word that matches the input information with the greatest number of characters, and the corresponding part of speech. information and second language information (translation) can be output. Therefore, desired information can be easily retrieved without repeating troublesome input operations.

For example, where you should enter rcomeJ, use rcomd
If you have input J, go to steps T4 to T6.
Information FW with the largest number of matching characters in the loop of T10
address aX is stored, and thereafter step T12. TI4
By pressing the conversion key 9, the rcombust before and after
It is possible to output the parts of speech and translations of words such as fonJ and rcomedianJ.

In addition, in addition to input errors, you may intentionally enter only part of a word, for example, if you want to draw rinterestingJ, but the second half is not spelled properly, or if the operation is troublesome, enter only rinterJ. This has the effect of allowing you to extract the desired information just by doing so.

In the above, the English word in the memory with the largest number of matching characters from the beginning is selected and information about it is output. Since this may occur, the English word to be output may be determined based only on the number of matching characters in the word, regardless of the order.

In addition, in the procedure shown in FIG. 6, only one word before and after the word tentatively selected by operating the conversion key 9 is output, but by pressing the conversion key 9 multiple times,
Information may be sequentially output by moving to higher or lower addresses in stages.

FIG. 8 shows the storage state of the storage section 17 in the case of a Japanese language (Japanese) dictionary. Here, hiragana word YW and kanji information KW are address al.

It is stored in a2... Even in such a case, the same configuration as described above can be implemented.

Furthermore, the configuration of the present invention can be applied to various devices such as electronically configured encyclopedias. In that case.

The input first language information and the output second language information may belong to the same language, and the type and number of information output regarding the first language information may not be limited. Of course.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, in an electronic dictionary that inputs first linguistic information and outputs second linguistic information corresponding to the first linguistic information, means for inputting linguistic information; storage means storing at least one second linguistic information corresponding to the first linguistic information; control means for searching the storage means for the language information of the relevant first language information and outputting one or more second language information stored corresponding to the first language closest to the first language information. Since this configuration is adopted, even if part of the input first language information is incorrect, or if part of the input information is intentionally omitted.

To provide an excellent electronic dictionary capable of outputting desired information by simple operation without making it impossible to output second language information and without repeating troublesome input work.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a top view of an electronic dictionary adopting the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the display state during operation, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the control system of the device in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the storage state of the storage section, and FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a display state during operation, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a memory configuration in another embodiment. l...Device body 2...Keyboard 3...
Display 4...Input key 7...Menu key 9...Conversion key 10...Cursor key 11
...Clear key 15.26...Encoder 16...Key manual buffer 17.18...Storage section 19...Control section 2o...Concordance determination section 22.
...Output #I control section 24...Display control section (-1'i
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) In an electronic dictionary that inputs first linguistic information and outputs second linguistic information corresponding to the first linguistic information, a means for inputting the first linguistic information and at least one corresponding to the first linguistic information are provided. a storage means storing one piece of second language information;
When first language information is input from the input means,
Control means for searching this first language information within the storage means and outputting one or more second language information stored in correspondence with the first language closest to the first language information concerned. An electronic dictionary characterized by being provided with.