JPH0619974A - Information retrieval device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly and accurately retreive and output a targeted word by retreiving heading information which coincides with the inputted heading information and deciding an output order corresponding to the coincidence number and an input order. CONSTITUTION:A dictionary 4b composed of the heading information such as heading words and corresponding information, is stored in a ROM 4 and an index 2 for storing character codes corresponding to read and the index 1 composed of the leading address of the index 2 corresponding to the first character are stored in the storage area of the index information. Then, the address of the index 2 is obtained by the leading character of the inputted word and the index 1 and priority used for deciding the output order is determined by using the read of KANJI (Chinese character) and the inputted words other than the inputted word used for the retreival. The priority is decided by the number of the coindence of the other inputted words and the read of the retreived KANJI and the input order of the inputted words and a KANJI candidate is set at the display buffer 3b of a RAM 3 corresponding to the priority.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention performs a search by collating input headline information with headline information stored in advance in a storage means, and outputs the searched headline information and corresponding information corresponding to the predetermined output. More particularly, the present invention relates to an information search apparatus for inputting a plurality of headline information and outputting headline information matching any one of them and corresponding information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as information retrieval devices such as electronic dictionaries, headline information such as keywords and headwords and corresponding information such as contents, meanings, and kanji information are stored in a storage device and a predetermined method is used. It is known that the heading information is searched for by using, and the searched heading information and the corresponding information corresponding thereto are output using an output means such as a display device. In particular, this type of information retrieval device outputs only information that matches all of the input headline information or information that matches any of the input headline information Some of them output according to the input order of information.

[0003]

However, among the conventional information retrieval apparatuses, an apparatus that outputs only information that matches all the entered headline information will not be output unless it matches any of the entered headline information. , There is a problem that input must be redone, and in the device that outputs according to the input order of the entered heading information,
If there is a match with only the heading information that is input later, even if it matches with a lot of heading information, there is a problem in that the output order is delayed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information retrieval apparatus capable of quickly and accurately retrieving and outputting a desired word and having a simple retrieval operation. It is in.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an input means for inputting headline information, a storage means for storing headline information and information corresponding thereto, and a headline input by the input means. In an information search device equipped with a search means for searching headline information that matches information and an output means for outputting the searched headline information and its corresponding information, inputting a plurality of headline information When the information and the matching heading information are searched for and output together with the corresponding information, the searched heading information and the matching heading information and the matching order of the searched heading information and the input order of the heading information It is characterized by having a determining means for determining the order of outputting the correspondence information.

Preferably, the determining means gives a higher priority to the heading information having a greater number of matches with the plurality of input heading information among the retrieved heading information, and further, if necessary, further searching. It is characterized that higher priority is given to information matching the headword information that is input earlier in the input order.

[0007]

With the above structure, a plurality of headline information is input by the input means, the headline information matching any one of the headline information is searched by the search means, and the searched headline information and its corresponding information are output by the output means. Is output.
The output order of the retrieved heading information is given a higher priority to the heading information having a large number of matches with the plurality of heading information input by the determining means. Furthermore, if necessary, a higher output order priority is given to the headline information that matches a plurality of input headline information whose input order is earlier.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of an information search apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard interface (not shown).
It is connected to the CPU 2 via. RO for CPU2
M3 is connected, and the CPU 2 is composed of a microprocessor or the like, and reads the program 4a stored in the ROM 4 according to the input from the keyboard 1 and executes each process.

The ROM 4 stores a dictionary 4b composed of headline information such as keywords and headwords and corresponding information such as contents, meanings and kanji information, and the CPU 2 stores characters input from the keyboard 1. The information of the dictionary 4b is searched according to the column.

Further, a RAM 3 is connected to the CPU 2,
The RAM 3 is provided with an input buffer 3a for temporarily storing input data from the keyboard 1, a display buffer 3b for expanding data to be displayed, a work area 3c for storing other variables necessary for information retrieval processing, and the like. There is.

A display device 6 is connected to the CPU 2 through a display driver 5, and the display device 6 is connected to the L 2 by the CPU 2.
It is composed of a CD panel, a CRT display or the like, and is driven through the display driver 5.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the apparatus according to this embodiment, and 1 and 6 are the keyboard 1 and the display 6 in FIG. 1, respectively. The keyboard 1 is composed of a character input key 1a for inputting characters such as alphabets, a search key 1b for executing information search, a cursor key 1c and the like.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show the structure of the dictionary 4b stored in the dictionary storage area of the ROM 4, and here, the Hanwa dictionary will be described as an example.

In FIG. 3, 4b- (1), 4b-
(2) shows the areas in which the index information is stored, respectively. Area 4b- (2) corresponds to the index 2 which stores the character code corresponding to reading, and area 4b- (1) corresponds to the first character. The index 1 composed of the start address of the index 2 is stored. Further, 4b- (3) in FIG. 4 is an area storing the main body of the Hanwa dictionary,
The Hanwa dictionary main body is composed of character codes, reading information, stroke number information, radical information, etc. as information of each character.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 show the ROM 4
3 shows a flow chart of the program 4a stored in.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of data processing. First, key input processing is performed in step S1, and the key input is determined in step S2. When the input word is input by the character input key 1a, the process proceeds to step S3, the input word is set in the input buffer 3a of the RAM 3, and when the search key 1b of the keyboard 1 is input, the process proceeds to step S4. Then, the information retrieval process is performed based on the input word from the character input key 1a. When any other key is pressed, the process proceeds to step S5, and the process corresponding to the key is performed.

The data of these processing results is set in the display buffer 3b of the RAM 3, and in step S6, the data set in the display buffer 3b is displayed on the display device 6. The above series of processes are repeated to process data. The above series of processing is repeated to process the data.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing in detail the information search processing in step S4 of FIG. 5, and in step S101 the address of index 2 is obtained from the first character of the input word and index 1. For example, when the input word is "tei", the address 13a0 at which the "te" of index 2 starts is obtained as shown in FIG. Next, in step S102, the character code of the character whose reading matches the input word is obtained using the input word and the index 2. Similar to the case of index 1, in this case, the kanji information is obtained from the kanji dictionary shown in FIG. 4 in step S103 using the character code corresponding to the kanji having the reading "tei". At this time, except when there is no character having a reading that matches the input word (step S104) or when the searched character is already searched and stored in the display buffer 3b (step S105), the kanji information is stored. Perform processing.

First of all, the storage process of the kanji information is step S1.
At 06, an input word other than the input word used for reading and searching the kanji is used to determine the priority used for determining the output order. This priority is determined by the number of matching the other input words with the pronunciation of the searched Chinese character, and the input order of the input words.

Next, the information required in step S107, that is, the information such as the character code, the address, the priority, etc., is R
The process of storing in the buffer in the work area 3c of AM3 is performed. The above series of processing is repeated for all input words (step S108). When the series of processing in steps S101 to 107 has been completed for all the inputs, the process proceeds to step S110, and it is determined whether or not the buffer storing the kanji information is empty. If not empty, step S1
In step 11, the Kanji candidates are set in the display buffer 3b of the RAM 3 according to the stored priority. If the buffer is empty, the process advances to step S112 to set an error message in the display buffer 3b.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a display when processing is performed according to the above flow. First, FIG. 7-a shows a display example in which two readings of “dai” and “tei” are input as input words when the reading is input. Here, when the search key 1b is pressed, as shown in FIG. 7b, the kanji having either "dai" or "tei" reading is displayed as a candidate. In this case, 1 to 3 are Kanji characters having both readings, as shown in FIG. Also, the kanji from 4 to A match the first reading "dai",
The Chinese characters B and C match the second input "tei".

In this embodiment, the Hanwa dictionary is adopted, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other dictionaries such as a Japanese dictionary, a modern term dictionary, an English idiom dictionary, etc., which will be described below, may be used. Is.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a Japanese language dictionary, and FIG. 8a shows a display example when two Chinese characters [1] and [2] are input. Here, when the search key 1b is pressed, as shown in FIG. 8b, the idiom including the kanji of either [1] or [2] is displayed as a candidate. In this case, 1
1 to 3 are idioms including both [1] and [2], 4 to 19 are idioms including one kanji [1], and 20 and after are idioms including [2].

FIG. 9 shows an example of a modern term dictionary, and FIG. 9a shows an example of display when [Sekai *] and [W *] are input. Here, [SEIkai *] matches a heading that starts with [SEIKA], and [W *] matches a heading that starts with [W]. Here, when the search key 1b is pressed, as shown in FIG. 9b, a headline that matches either [SEA *] or [W *] is displayed as a candidate.
In this case, 1 to 3 are [Sekai *] and [W *]
Is a word having a headword that matches both of
Up to 1 are headwords that start with [world], and after 12 are headwords that start with [W].

FIG. 10 shows an example of an English idiom dictionary, and FIG. 10a shows a display example when [take] and [of] are input. Here, when the search key 1b is pressed, as shown in FIG. 10b, [take] and [o]
An idiomatic word including a word that matches either of f] is displayed as a candidate. In this case, 1 and 2 are idioms including both [take] and [of], 3 to 10 are idioms including [take], and 11 and later are idioms including [of]. ing.

In all the cases described above,
You may enter multiple words.

[0028]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION Inputting means for inputting heading information, storage means for storing information corresponding to heading information, and searching means for searching for heading information matching the heading information input by the inputting means. In an information search device including the searched headline information and an output unit that outputs the corresponding information, a plurality of headline information is input, headline information matching any one of the headline information is searched, and the corresponding information is obtained. In the case of outputting with, because it has a determining means for determining the order of outputting the searched headline information and its corresponding information according to the number of matching the input headline information and the searched headline information and the input order of the headline information , The target word can be searched and output quickly and accurately, and the heading information to be searched does not match all the input heading information. When also, an effect that it is possible to eliminate the need to enter the 該見 out information again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of an information search device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a data structure of an index of a Hanwa dictionary in the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a data structure of a Hanwa dictionary body according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of data processing performed by the CPU in this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of the information search process of the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a display according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a display device when the present invention is applied to a national language dictionary.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a display device when the present invention is applied to a modern term dictionary.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a display device when the present invention is applied to an English phrase dictionary.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 keyboard (input means) 2 CPU (search means, determination means) 3 RAM 4 ROM (storage means) 5 indicator (display means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting headline information, a storage means for storing the headline information and information corresponding thereto, a searching means for searching for the headline information matching the headline information input by the input means, In an information search device equipped with the searched headline information and an output means for outputting the corresponding information, a plurality of headline information is input, headline information that matches any one of the headline information is searched, and the corresponding heading information is obtained. In the case of outputting, it has a deciding means for deciding the output order of the searched headline information and the corresponding information according to the number of matching the input headline information and the searched headline information and the input order of the headline information. An information retrieval device characterized by: 2. The determining means gives a higher priority to headline information having a greater number of matches with a plurality of input headline information, among the retrieved headline information. Information retrieval device. 3. The information according to claim 1, wherein the deciding means further gives higher priority to information matching the headline information input earlier in the input order among the retrieved headline information. Search device.