JPH02264363A - English word search device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Application Field 1] The present invention relates to improving the flexibility of inputting English words in an English word search device and the corresponding search efficiency.

[Summary of the invention] If a non-alphabetic symbol is encountered during recognition, it is not recognized, and when searching for an English word in an English-Japanese dictionary, excluding non-alphabetic codes, the system can be used even if an English word containing non-alphabetic symbols is input. This makes it possible to obtain correct search results. [Conventional technology]

With conventional technology, if an English word is input that includes symbols other than the alphabet, correct search results may not always be obtained. (Problem to be solved by the invention 1) Some English words include symbols other than alphabets. For example, father-in-1aw. In this case, if it is difficult to recognize a hyphen, exclude it. Recognition is more advantageous, but even if recognition is possible, there will still be problems during branch element processing.This is due to the following reasons: When searching for an English word, there are cases where the input English word is not found in the English-Japanese dictionary. At this time, the search device must display the closest English word to the input as a search result, so the search method is to check whether the input English word and the English word in the English-Japanese dictionary are a complete match. Since the method of determining does not work, the method of checking the context of the alphabet and selecting the closest one as the search result is used.In this case, all English words must be arranged in alphabetical order, and When a symbol exists in an English word, this consistency is disrupted.The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when a symbol other than the alphabet is encountered during recognition, it is recognized. By excluding non-alphabetic codes from English words in English-Japanese dictionaries when searching, the aim is to obtain correct search results even when inputting English words that include non-alphabetic symbols. 1.Means for Solving the Problems] The search device of the present invention uses an image input device such as a scanner as an item to search for in order to search for English word data stored in a storage device such as a floppy disk or ROM. In an English word retrieval device that inputs an English word and recognizes the English word by a recognition means: a) A special symbol exclusion means during recognition that does not recognize symbols other than alphabets when they are encountered. b) Search-time character code exclusion means that excludes any non-alphabetic codes found in English words in the English-Japanese dictionary at the time of search. c) The present invention is characterized by having an English word search means for searching for English words that are made up of only alphabets due to b.

【Example】

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that this embodiment takes as an example an English-Japanese dictionary that displays the meaning of an input English word. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a search device according to the present invention. (1
) is a search item input section such as a keyboard or scanner. (2) is the CPU of the search device itself. (3) is CR
This is a search result output unit such as T or liquid crystal display. (
4) is a recognition program ROM for performing recognition. (5)' is a search program ROM for searching.
It is. (6) is an English-Japanese dictionary that has the meanings of English words as data. (A) When you encounter a symbol other than the alphabet,
(B) is special symbol exclusion means during recognition that does not recognize this, (B) is special character code exclusion means during search that excludes non-alphabet codes in English words in the English-Japanese dictionary during search, and (C) is (B) ) is an English word search method that searches for English words with only alphabets. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an actual example of the English word search device of the present invention. (7) is an image input. (8) When father-in-1aw is input. (9) fat by means of special symbol exclusion during recognition in (A)
Next, search in the English-Japanese dictionary for (10) and find father-in-1a in (11), which is herinlaw.
If a non-character code like w is found, use the character code exclusion method in (B) to search for fat in (12).
herinlaw is created. For this word (C
) by using the English word search means
Since nlaw matches, the search results in (13) are displayed as in (14). FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a program for excluding non-character codes during a search. (15) is the process of setting the first letter of the target English word, and (16) is the process of setting the first character of the target English word.
This process initializes a pointer in a target area to copy only one character to another area, regardless of the presence of non-character codes in the target English word. Hereinafter, the other area mentioned here will be referred to as a copy area, and the pointer will be referred to as a copy pointer. (17) is the process of reading the set characters of the target English word, and in (18) it is checked whether this is a character code.If it is a 0 character code, it is copied by writing one character in (19). The data is written to the copy area indicated by the pointer. After that, the copy pointer is updated in (20). If the result in (18) is not a character code, move to (21) to check the final character. Here, it is checked whether the currently set character is the final character of the target English word. If it is the last character, it will end as is, but if it is not the last character,
Perform the next character set in (22) and return to (17). [Effects of the Invention] If a symbol other than the alphabet is encountered during recognition, it is not recognized, and when searching for an English word in an English-Japanese dictionary, excluding codes other than the alphabet, the system can identify English words that include symbols other than the alphabet. This makes it possible to obtain correct search results even if a word is entered. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an actual example of the English word search device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a non-character code exclusion program at the time of search of the English word search device of the present invention. A... Means for excluding special symbols during recognition B... Means for excluding non-character codes during search C... Means for searching English words and above Applicant Seiko Epson Corporation Agent Patent attorney Kizobe Suzuki (1 other person)

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an English word search device according to the present invention. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) In order to search for English word data stored in a storage device such as a floppy disk or ROM, an English word is input as an item to be searched from an image input device such as a scanner, and the English word is In an English word retrieval device that recognizes a symbol by a recognition means, a) a special symbol exclusion means for not recognizing a symbol other than the alphabet when it is encountered; b) Non-letter code exclusion means at the time of search, which excludes non-alphabetic codes in English words in the English-Japanese dictionary at the time of search. c) An English word search device characterized by having an English word search means for searching for English words that have only alphabetic characters due to b.