JPH02153473A - electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Use] The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary, and particularly to an electronic dictionary that retrieves and outputs second language information corresponding to input first language information.

[Prior Art] An electronic dictionary, for example, an electronic dictionary having an English-Japanese dictionary, is designed to output, when an English word is input, a Japanese word corresponding to the input English word. If you enter an English sentence, it will output a Japanese sentence.

Conventional electronic dictionaries, for example, electronic dictionaries with an English-Japanese dictionary, when an English word, etc. is input, search the input English word, etc. from the memory that stores the English-Japanese dictionary, and retrieve the searched English word. It was designed to read out certain Japanese words, etc. corresponding to the above, and output the Japanese words, etc. that were loosely selected. The mainstream method for outputting Japanese words, etc. is to display them on a display device, such as a liquid crystal display.
Other methods include outputting by voice and outputting to a printer.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] The simplest English-Japanese dictionary has a one-to-one ratio of English words to Japanese words.
However, ordinary English-Japanese dictionaries match one English word to multiple Japanese words. However, even if one English word corresponds to multiple Japanese words, when translating an English sentence, for example, it may not be possible to find the appropriate Japanese word from such a dictionary. .

One way to solve this problem is to store as many Japanese words, sentence examples, etc. as possible for each English word, sentence example, etc. in a memory. In this case, the memory capacity becomes enormous, which increases the cost, and since many Japanese words, sentences, etc. are displayed, the display area of the display device becomes large.
There was a new problem in that the cost of the display device, drive device, etc. increased.

In addition, displaying such a large number of Japanese words, sentences, etc., has created a new problem in that the operator's task of searching for words, sentences, etc. becomes complicated.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to provide an electronic dictionary that can display linguistic information required by the operator without increasing the capacity of memory that stores current dictionaries and the display area of the display device. is to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a dictionary storage means that stores a dictionary consisting of first language information and second language information that corresponds to the first language information. an input means for inputting language information; a language/degree information storage means for storing third language information input by the input means in association with the first language information; and a first language information input by the input means. a search means for searching second language information and third language information corresponding to the language information from the dictionary storage means and the language information storage means, respectively; and inputting the retrieved second language information and third language information by the input means. and display means for displaying the first information.

Further, the present invention provides a dictionary storage means for storing a dictionary consisting of first language information and second language information made to correspond to the first language information, an input means for inputting the language information, and a a linguistic information storage means for storing third language information input in association with the first language information, and a second language information and a third language information corresponding to the first language information inputted by the input means, respectively, in the dictionary. a search means for searching from the storage means and the language information storage means;
a display means for displaying the linguistic information, the third language information, and the first information input by the input means, and
Features [Function] The present invention is characterized by comprising an erasing means for erasing the third language information stored in the language information storage means. information and the third language information, respectively, are stored in the dictionary storage means by means of a dictionary storage means storing a dictionary consisting of first language information and second language information made to correspond to the first language information, and an input means. a linguistic information storage means for storing third language information input in association with the first language information, the search means searches the second language information;
The language information, the third language information, and the first information inputted by the input means are displayed by the display means.

Further, in the present invention, the second language information and the third language information corresponding to the first language information inputted by the input means are respectively the first language information and the second language information corresponding to the first language information. dictionary storage means storing a dictionary consisting of information;
Linguistic information storage means stores third language information input in association with the first language information stored in the dictionary storage means by the input means, and is searched by the search means to retrieve the retrieved second language information and the third language information. The linguistic information and the first information inputted by the input means are displayed by the display means, and the third language information stored in the linguistic information storage means is erased by the erasing means.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the invention. This is an example of an English-Japanese dictionary. In the figure, 8 is a ROM, which is composed of a system control section 8a, a dictionary data section 8b, and a comparison control section 8c. The system control unit 8a includes a CPU 9,
A control program for controlling the keyboard 2, RAM 11, and display drive device 12 is stored therein. The dictionary data section 8b stores a search index and, as a dictionary storage means, stores a dictionary consisting of first language information and second language information corresponding to the first language information.

FIG. 4 shows an example of region division of the dictionary data section 8b. Address an+a nil..., ay1+,...
The character codes are stored in the order of English words as headwords, part-of-speech information, Japanese translation, and memo information, sandwiching the part-of-speech code, translation code, and memo code as delimiter codes and identification codes. The comparison control section 8C is the dictionary data section 8b.
The third information related to the first language information retrieved from RA
This is to judge whether or not it exists in M11. 2 is a keyboard, as shown in FIG. 2, it is composed of a character input key 4 and a function key 5;
This is for inputting language information. Reference numeral 11 denotes a RAM, which is composed of a work area lla, a user dictionary area llb, and a display synthesis area llc.

Work area lla is an area for work and stacking. The user dictionary area llb serves as a language information storage means for storing third language information input using the keyboard 2 in association with the first language information stored in the dictionary data section 8b. FIG. 5 shows an example of region division of the user dictionary area llb.

Address information in the dictionary data section 8b, a code indicating the type of information, and a character code as information are stored in this order. The display synthesis area llc is for synthesizing the second information retrieved from the dictionary data section 8b and the third language information retrieved from the user dictionary area, based on the input first language information, upon display. be. 9 is CPU,
As a search means, second language information and third language information corresponding to the first language information input using the keyboard 2 are stored in the dictionary data section 8b and the user dictionary area Ilb, respectively.
This is what you search for. Reference numeral 12 denotes a display drive device as a display means, which displays the retrieved second language information and third language information on the display 3. As shown in Fig. 2, the display 3 is composed of an area 3a and an area 3b, where the input English word is displayed in the area 3a, and the searched Japanese word, its part of speech, example sentences, etc. are displayed in the area 3b. is displayed. The displayed characters are composed of 5 x 7 dots, which are the minimum dot configuration to display the letters of the alphabet. For Kanji characters, etc., the number of constituent dots may be changed.

In FIG. 2, 2.3 indicates the same part as in FIG. 1. Character key 4 is alphabet key and symbol key 7
They are arranged in a ×5 matrix. It is not limited to the illustrated key arrangement.

The function keys 5 are an on key 5a, an off key 5b,
It is composed of a cursor key 5c, a conversion key 6, and a key group 7.

The on key 5a is used to turn on the power. off key 5
b is for cutting off the power supply. The cursor key 56 is used to move the cursor, and the direction of movement is the direction of the arrow attached to the key. The conversion key 6 is used to instruct the process of converting input English words into Japanese.

The key group 7 is a heading key 7a, a translation key 7b, and a memo key 7.
c, and a registration key 7d. The heading key 7a is used to switch to a mode for inputting a new English word as a heading. The translation key 7b is used to switch to a mode for adding a new translation during Japanese translation or deleting a preset translation. Memo key 7c
switches to a mode in which example sentences and comments are added separately from translated words. The registration key 7d is used to add and delete new information and to cancel the state of switching to each mode.

Next, the control procedure will be explained.

(1) Control procedure when adding new information, for example, "r~ninal" to a translated word When the translated word key 7b is pressed, the mode switches to the translated word correction mode, and the alphabet keys 4 "~1, rn", "ri",
When ``rn'', ``a'', ``r'', and ``u'' are pressed, ``~
``n1naru'' is converted into Roman letters and kana, and the converted r ~ ninaru'' is displayed in the area 3a of the display 3. Then, when the registration key 7d is pressed, "~Ninal"
is stored in the user dictionary area llb of the RAM 11 as additional translation information.

(2) Control procedure when outputting a Japanese translation corresponding to an input English word FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control procedure stored in the system control section 8a.

In step SL, the process waits until the alphabet key 4 is operated and an English word is input, and when the English word is input, it is determined in step S2 whether or not the conversion key 6 is operated. As a result of the judgment, if the conversion key 6 is operated, the process moves to step 3, and in step 3, the start address A of the dictionary/book data 8b to be searched is determined based on the first character of the input English word. Then, the words are sequentially output from address A. Then, in step S4, it is compared with the input word to determine whether they match. As a result of the judgment, if they do not match, in step S5, the dictionary data 8
The read address A of b is incremented and the process returns to step 3.

As a result of the determination in step S4, if they match, the process moves to step S6, and in step S6, the dictionary data 8b
All of the translations and memo information data X following the heading words in the table are stored in the work area lla in the RAM 11, separated into identification codes. Then, in step S7,
It is determined whether or not the input English word matches the address information stored in the user dictionary area llb in the RAM 11 corresponding to the address A in the dictionary data 8b, and as a result of the judgment, it is determined that there is no match. In other words, if the additional information is not separately registered, in step S8 data X is transferred from work area lla to display synthesis area 1.
1c, data is synthesized using the identification code based on the display format, and at the same time, character font data corresponding to each character code is synthesized. Then, in step S9, the display drive device 12 outputs a display to the display 13. On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S7,
If there is matching information for address A in user dictionary area llb, the process moves to step SlO, and step 51
At step 0, matching information Y in user dictionary area llb is transferred to work area lla.

Then, in step Sll, it is determined whether or not there is matching data among the data X and Y. If the result of the judgment is that they do not match, in step S12, the data The data is synthesized based on the identification code, character font data corresponding to each character code is added, and the result is displayed on the display 13 in step S9. On the other hand, as a result of the judgment in step Sll, if there is no matching data, the process goes to step 513 for 8 lines, and in step 513, the matching data mark "*" is added to ζ data Y.
”, and as a result of the judgment, the mark “*” is displayed.
If there is, move to step 514 and mark "*"
If there is no such file, the process moves to step 515.

If there is a mark "*", the matching data is deleted from both data X and data Y in step S14, and based on the deleted data X and Y, in step 512,
The images are synthesized and displayed on the display 9 in step S9.

In this case, for example, when entering "Susumu", if you enter "*Susumu", "Susumu" on the display screen shown in Figure 3(b) will be deleted as shown in Figure 3(C). be done.

On the other hand, if there is no mark "*", in step S15, the underline information Z is stored in the work area 11a, in step 516, data X, Y, and Z are synthesized in the display synthesis area llc, and in step S9 , the matching data is displayed and output with an underline.

FIG. 3(b) shows an example in which "Susumu" is underlined.

After the search screen is displayed in step S9, either return to step S1 and wait for a new search, or step 5
17.

(3) Add new data to the displayed screen content,
Control Procedure for Deleting Screen Contents FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the control procedure for storing in the system control section 8a.

In step 517, it is determined whether or not the heading key 7a has been operated, and as a result of the judgment, if the heading key 7a has been operated, the process moves to step 518, and in step S18, the English word as the heading word is Wait until input. When all the word characters have been input using the alphabet keys 4, it is determined in step 519 whether or not the registration key 7d has been pressed.
If d is pressed, the English word a is pressed in step S2Q.
is stored in the work area lla in the RAM 11, and the process moves to step S21.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 517 that the heading key 7a is not operated, the process moves to step 521. Then, in step 521, it is determined whether or not the translation key 7b has been operated. If it is determined that the translation key 7b has been operated, the process waits in step S22 until the translation key 7b is input. If so, the process waits until the registration key 7d is operated in step S23. When the registration key 7d is operated, the translated word is stored in the work area 7a in the RAM 11 in step S24, and the process moves to step S25.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step 21, if the translation key 7b is not operated, the process moves to step 525. Then, in step 525, it is determined whether or not the memo key 7C has been operated, and if the memo key 7C has been operated, the system waits until memo information C is input, and if it is input, it is registered in step 27. It waits until the key 7d is operated. Then, when the registration key 7d is operated, the memo information C is
Store in work area lla in M11.

In this case, the memo key 7C is operated, and then the alphabet key 6 is pressed, for example, Ngot.

5chool - Go to Garakola" is input and then the registration key 6 is operated, this memo information is stored in the RAM.
The data is stored in the work area lla in 11. From the next time onwards, if [gO] is entered, the screen shown in Figure 3 (d) will be displayed.
Display as shown.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S25, the memo key 7c
If has not been operated, the process returns to step 51.

In addition, after inputting an English word and outputting the search screen by the conversion search operation, if the pressing of the heading key 7a and memo key 7c is not confirmed, the system will wait for the next English word to be input, and if the translated word content is changed. In this case, the usual procedure of inputting English words, displaying a search, and inputting English words is repeated.

The electronic dictionary of this example is displayed with underlining, which makes it easier for the operator to see and improve the efficiency of translation work. By marking easy-to-translate words, the learning effect can be improved.

Although individual display states are shown in FIG. 3, it goes without saying that information can be added, deleted, or underlined by combining these states.

(Second Embodiment) This means that when adding or deleting information on headings, translations, or memos, when one change is completed, This is an example in which the changed screen is displayed once and the same change mode can be executed continuously by waiting for a new word input or change mode switching key input, and the changed screen can always be checked. .

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the control procedure stored in the system control unit 8a.

With the translation screen of the input English word displayed and output,
A new English word is input, or step S29
, the translation key 7b and the heading key 7a.

For example, when the translation key 7b of the memo keys 7c is pressed, step 3 is pressed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
At step 0, the program waits until the translated word is input, and when the translated word is input, the program waits at step 531 until the registration key 7d is operated. When the registration key 7d is operated, the translated word is stored in the work area lla of the RAM 11 in step 532.

In other words, if the translated word matches the data in the ROM, the translated word is underlined, and if the translated word matches the data in the ROM and is marked with an asterisk (*). deletes the translated word. On the other hand, the translation is RO
If the data does not match the data in M, a translated word is additionally displayed.

Next, in step 34, it is determined whether or not a new word has been input. If the result of the determination is that no new word has been input, the process moves to step 35, and in step 535, the translation key 7b is operated. Determine whether or not. As a result of the determination, if the translation key 7b is not operated, the process waits for another change key operation and the word input is performed. If the translation key 7b is operated, the process returns to step 530.

(Third Embodiment) In the first embodiment, addition/deletion of translated words and addition of memo information such as sentence examples were performed by specifying the change location using keys in advance, but in this embodiment, addition/deletion of translated words and addition of memo information such as sentence examples were performed by specifying the change location using keys, but in this embodiment I tried to delete it.

FIG. 9 shows the electronic dictionary of this embodiment. The same parts as in FIG. 2 are given the same reference numerals and the explanation will be omitted. In the figure, the display 3 has display areas determined in advance for each item, including an area 3a for displaying English words as headwords, an area 3b for displaying the Japanese words corresponding to the English words, and their parts of speech.
It is composed of an area 3C for displaying sentence examples, comments, etc. The correction key group 14 includes a correction key 14a for setting the display screen to a correction screen state, an insertion key 14b for adding a space between characters to insert a new character, and a deletion key 14c for deleting displayed characters one by one. and an execution key 14d having the function of confirming the corrected word screen. 4a is an underline key which, when pressed, causes an additional underline to be displayed.

Next, the correction method will be explained.

(b) Use the alphabet key 4 to select the English word "
go'' is input and the conversion key 6 is pressed, ll0
The information previously stored in M8 is displayed as shown in FIG. Then, when the correction key 14a is pressed,
As shown in FIG. 1O(a), the cursor is positioned at the first letter "g" of the headword 'gOJ, and the cursor display blinks. In this state, when the execution key 14d is pressed, all information following the headword is apparently deleted. That is, the data in the ROM is not deleted, and if the same word is registered as heading information in the RAM, all information is not displayed.

(b) When modifying translation information, for example "Susumu",
First, the cursor is moved using the cursor keys 50.

In this case, if you keep pressing the cursor key 5C, the first
The cursor at the position shown in Figure (a) moves to the right in the figure, and at the right end, a line breaks and moves to the display area 3b, and the moved cursor moves from the left end.

Then, when the delete key 14c is pressed after placing the cursor at the "su" position of "susumu", each time the deletion key 14c is pressed,
Characters are deleted one by one, and when the execution key 14d is pressed after all characters are erased, a mark "*" is added to "Susumu" and "*Susumu" is stored in the RAM 11 along with the display area information. Ru. Therefore, when searching again, the translated word “
"Susumu" is not displayed.

(8) When underlining a translated word, for example, the translated word "Susumu", in the display screen state shown in Figure 1O(b),
By pressing the underline key 14d three times and then pressing the execution key 14d, "Susumu" is stored in the RAM 11 together with the underlined display information.

(iv) When adding a translated word, first move the cursor to the location where you want to add the translated word, then input the additional character using the alphabet keys 4, and press the execution key 14d. Additional characters are stored in RAM 11.

When adding a sentence example, etc., keep pressing the cursor key 50 to move the cursor to the position shown in FIG. Press down. Additional character codes are stored along with memo display area information.

By adding and deleting in this way, the corrected screen will always be displayed in the next word input search, and further additions can be made on the corrected screen.

In the first to third embodiments, examples of English-Japanese dictionaries have been explained, but the invention is not limited to English-Japanese dictionaries, and even dictionaries in other languages such as Japanese dictionaries and denso dictionaries can be used as desired. can achieve the objectives of

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, since the configuration is as described above, the operator can easily operate without increasing the capacity of the memory storing the current dictionary and the display area of the display. This has the advantage that necessary linguistic information can also be displayed.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of an electronic dictionary according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1θ is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the third embodiment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic dictionary according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the electronic dictionary according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a display of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the area division of the dictionary data section 8b. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the area division of the user dictionary area llb. FIGS. 6 and 7 are the system control unit. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a control procedure stored in the system control unit 8a of the second embodiment of the present invention, 2...Keyboard, 3...Display device, 8. ...ROM. 11...R8M0 No.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) First language information and second language information that corresponds to the first language information.
a dictionary storage means for storing a dictionary consisting of linguistic information; an input means for inputting the linguistic information; a linguistic information storage means for storing third language information inputted by the input means in association with the first language information; a search means for searching the dictionary storage means and the linguistic information storage means for second language information and third language information corresponding to the first language information inputted by the input means; 2) a display means for displaying the trilingual information and the first information inputted by the input means; and 2) an erasing means for erasing the third language information stored in the linguistic information storage means. The electronic dictionary described in 1. 3) The display means is characterized in that when the language information inputted by the input means is the same as the third language information stored in the language information storage means, the display means displays the third language information with an underline. The electronic dictionary according to claim 1.