JPH06314277A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a document creation device capable of switching and selecting a plurality of dictionary functions with good operability. [Configuration] When the activation of the dictionary function is designated by the input device 1, the control unit 2 activates the dictionary control unit 81. The dictionary control unit 81 refers to the memory 84 and passes the dictionary information in this memory 84 to the search unit 82. When a word or phrase to be looked up in the dictionary is input from the input device 1, the search unit 82 selects the corresponding dictionary from the memory 86 based on the passed dictionary information, performs a dictionary search, and stores the result (meaning, example, explanation) in the memory 83. To store. The result is displayed on the display unit 7 by the control unit 6.
Information indicating the selected dictionary is stored in the memory 84.
Next, when the dictionary function is activated, the control unit 81 selects the dictionary (the dictionary selected immediately before) stored in the memory 84.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is provided with a dictionary function which allows a user (operator) to use a dictionary function by inputting the word and checking the meaning or example of the word or the explanation about the word. The present invention relates to a document creation device that can create a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Document creation by conventional Kana-Kanji conversion is
This is a method of inputting Japanese pronunciation and converting it into Kanji. When you input Kana and perform Kana-Kanji conversion, multiple homonyms and terms are displayed. A method of judging and selecting is general.

[0003] In this selection, if the appropriate one is not known, the meaning or example is referred to by referring to a Japanese dictionary (book) or the like, and the appropriate one is selected.

Therefore, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-233879, a document preparation device such as a word processor is provided with a Japanese language dictionary function, and when an operator activates the Japanese language dictionary function to input a word, A method has been proposed in which the meaning and example of the word are displayed on a display screen.

Further, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-209666, there is a method in which a plurality of dictionaries having different headword languages (Japanese-English dictionary, English-Japanese dictionary, etc.) are provided and the dictionaries are switched.

[0006]

However, according to the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 233879/1987, the type of dictionary provided in the document creating device is limited to the Japanese dictionary, and other languages are not available. There is also the disadvantage that you have to look up a dictionary (book) to look up meanings and examples.

On the other hand, according to the technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-209666, there is a plurality of dictionaries and a means for switching the dictionaries is described. However, a specific switching method and which dictionary is used. There is no suggestion as to whether or not to start the first to check the meaning and example of the word, and there is a problem that operability when using multiple dictionaries is not considered.

In view of the above problems, the present invention has a plurality of dictionary functions in a storage medium such as a read-only memory in a document creating apparatus, and even when the dictionary functions are used,
An object is to provide a document creation device with good operability.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an input means for inputting information including characters,
One of a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in the storage means, which stores a plurality of types of dictionaries in which the entry words and the meanings of the entry words, examples of use, or explanations about the entry words are stored. Specifying means for specifying, a dictionary means for searching a meaning, an example, or an explanation about a headword of the headword input by the input means by a dictionary specified by the specifying means, and input by the input means In a document creation device provided with a display means for displaying a search result searched by the entry word and the dictionary means, the dictionary means, a holding means for holding the type of dictionary specified immediately before by the specifying means, Using the dictionary held by the holding means, the meanings, examples, or explanations of the headwords entered by the input means are searched. It can be solved by providing a search means for.

Also, input means for inputting information including characters, storage means for storing a plurality of types of dictionaries in which headwords and corresponding meanings and examples of the headwords or explanations about the headwords are stored, Designation means for designating one of a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and meaning, an example, or a description of the entry word of the entry word input by the input means are designated by the specification means. In a document creation device comprising a dictionary means for searching by a dictionary, and a display means for displaying a search result searched by the input means and the dictionary means, as the plurality of dictionaries, Of different languages, the dictionary means discriminates the language of the headword input by the input means, and stores the headword of the determined language. That dictionary using, said input headword, it can be solved by providing a retrieval means for retrieving an explanation of the meaning and examples or headword.

[0011]

When a document is created, appropriate Japanese or English words can be confirmed on the document creation device, which has the effect of increasing the efficiency of the operator's document input.

That is, when the operator presses the dictionary key while creating a document on the display screen of the document creating apparatus, the dictionary display window is displayed on the display screen.

In the dictionary display window, when the operator selects a Japanese dictionary and inputs a Japanese reading (heading), a plurality of notations (heading kanji notation) are displayed. Selecting one of the notations will display the meaning and example corresponding to the selected notation.

If a Kanji dictionary is selected in the dictionary display window and a Japanese reading is input, a plurality of notations are displayed. Selecting one of the notations will display the meaning and example corresponding to the selected notation.

Further, when an English-Japanese dictionary is selected in the dictionary display window and an English spelling (entry word) is input, the meaning and example of the spelling are displayed.

Further, when a Japanese-English dictionary is selected in the dictionary display window and a Japanese reading is input, the English spelling and examples corresponding to the input Japanese are displayed.

Furthermore, when the dictionary key is pressed twice or more, the dictionary used last (selected) is automatically selected from the above-mentioned Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese dictionary, Japanese-English dictionary, and Hanwa dictionary after the second time. To select.

Further, when a specific key is pressed once, the dictionary used immediately before the dictionary used (selected) immediately before is selected, and when the specific key is pressed twice, the dictionary used immediately before is selected. It is possible to select a dictionary by going back the history of the dictionary selected in the past, depending on the number of times the specific key is pressed.

Further, even when the Japanese dictionary, the Japanese-English dictionary, or the Hanwa dictionary is selected, the English-Japanese dictionary is automatically selected when the target word (entry word) to be checked is input in English.

Further, even when the English-Japanese dictionary is selected, if the target phrase (headword) to be checked is input in Japanese, the Japanese dictionary, the Japanese-English dictionary, or the Hanwa dictionary is automatically selected.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document preparation device such as a Japanese word processor showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This document creating apparatus includes an input device 1 such as a keyboard operated by an operator, a control unit 2 for controlling the operation of the entire document creating apparatus, and kana kanji characters for converting kana characters input from the input device 1 into kanji characters. Converter 3, Kanji converter 3
And a kana-kanji dictionary 4 that is referred to when converting by. Further, a document memory 5 for storing input information from the input device 1, information obtained by converting the input information by the conversion unit 3, and the like,
A display unit 7 for displaying the information stored in the document memory 5,
A display control unit 6 is provided for controlling the display on the display unit 7. Further, the dictionary unit 8 is provided for checking the meanings, examples, etc. of the words (headwords) input from the input device 1. Details of the dictionary unit 8 will be described later.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the keyboard when the keyboard is used as the input device 1.
Is a dictionary key for instructing activation of the dictionary function, 102 is a change key for changing the dictionary to be searched (selected), 10
Reference numeral 3 is a Japanese syllabary key for inputting entry words, 104 is an execution key for instructing execution of a function, 105 and 106 are left and right cursor movement keys for moving a cursor, 107 is a conversion key for instructing kana-kanji conversion, and 109 is A key for sequentially changing the dictionary retrieved previously, and a key 108 for sequentially returning the dictionary changed by the key 109.

Next, the operation of the document creating apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

A conversion key 107 for inputting a reading to be converted into kana-kanji characters from the input device 1 and instructing conversion of kana-kanji characters.
When is input, the control unit 2 activates the Kana-Kanji conversion unit 3 according to the input reading. The kana-kanji conversion unit 3 performs kana-kanji conversion while searching the kana-kanji conversion dictionary 4, and stores the conversion result in the document memory 5. The character string stored in the document memory is displayed on the display unit 7 via the display control unit 6. These 1 to 7 are the basic configuration of a Japanese word processor or the like.

Next, the dictionary function which is a feature of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, when the dictionary key 101 is input from the input device 1, the control unit 2 activates the dictionary control unit 81. The dictionary control unit 81 refers to the search dictionary storage memory 84, hands over the dictionary information stored in the search dictionary storage memory 84, for example, the Japanese dictionary, to the dictionary search unit 82, and at the same time displays the dictionary display shown in FIG. The window is displayed on the display unit 7.

When this window is displayed, a dictionary name 303 (in this case, a Japanese dictionary) to be searched, a display 301 indicating entry of a dictionary search entry word, and a cursor 302 indicating an entry position of the entry word are displayed. And are displayed in the window.

If the dictionary to be used is a desired dictionary, an entry key of a term to be searched, for example, "Shikou" is input from the input device 1 and an instruction key for executing a search, for example, an execution key 104. Is entered. Upon receiving this input, the dictionary search unit 82 selects a matching dictionary from a plurality of dictionaries in the dictionary storage memory 86 (read-only memory) based on the dictionary information passed from the dictionary control unit 81, and pulls the dictionary. The results are stored in the search data memory 83 via the dictionary control unit 81 and displayed on the display unit 7 as shown in FIG. 4, and at the same time, the search dictionary storage memory 84 and the search dictionary history storage memory 87 search the dictionary as the Japanese dictionary. Memorize

At this time, the search dictionary storage memory 84 stores the dictionary selected immediately before as a memory for storing the name of one dictionary, and the search dictionary history storage memory 87.
Is a memory for storing the names of a predetermined number of dictionaries and the history of the selected dictionaries. It should be noted that the initial value of the dictionary information stored in the search dictionary storage memory 84 may be any of a plurality of dictionaries stored in the dictionary storage memory 86.

When a dictionary that is not the dictionary to be used when the dictionary function is activated is selected, the change key 102 is input from the input device 1. The dictionary control unit 81 transfers control to the dictionary changing unit 85, and the dictionary changing unit 85 moves the dictionary storage memory 8
A plurality of dictionaries stored in 6 are displayed in the dictionary display window as indicated by 304 in FIG. 3B, and, for example, black and white reverse display is performed as a display meaning the dictionary selected at that time.

Here, the left and right cursor keys 105 and 106 are used to move the black and white inversion to the dictionary to be searched as shown in 305 in FIG. 3C, and the enter key 104 is input. The display meaning changing the entry word is also changed to the display according to the English-Japanese dictionary as indicated by 307 in FIG. 3D. Here, when the dictionary is looked up (reference to the dictionary), for example, an English-Japanese dictionary is stored in the search dictionary storage memory 84 and the search dictionary history storage memory 87 as the type of the dictionary that has been searched. The dictionary operation is as described above.

By changing the dictionary to be used by performing the above operation, and restarting the dictionary function after use,
The dictionary used last time can be drawn first.

Even when the Japanese dictionary is selected as shown in FIG. 3A when the dictionary function is activated, if the entry word is entered in English, the dictionary search unit 82 searches the English-Japanese dictionary according to the language. Alternatively, even if the English-Japanese dictionary is selected, if the entry word is input in Japanese, for example, the dictionary search unit 82 searches the Japanese dictionary, the Hanwa dictionary, or the Japanese-English dictionary according to the language (either the Japanese dictionary, the Hanwa dictionary, or the Japanese-English dictionary. Whether to select should be set in advance). In this way, by internally determining the dictionary to be searched according to the language of the headword, it is possible to perform the search by the target dictionary without changing the dictionary.

Further, if the front key 109 is input while the contents to be checked by the dictionary pulling operation are displayed on the display unit 7, the dictionary control unit 81 causes the search dictionary history storage memory 87 to store, for example, LIFO (last in, first out). The dictionary history information stored in the method is referred to, and the dictionary is searched (selected) immediately before the dictionary currently displayed in the dictionary search unit 82 and changed. If the dictionary history storage memory 87 stores the name of the dictionary (an identifier that can specify the name) only once when the same dictionary is selected more than once, Reduction and improvement of operability can be achieved.

Further, after changing to the dictionary used immediately before the dictionary selected on the display unit 7 by the front key 109, by inputting the next key 108, the dictionary before the change is displayed on the display unit 7.

As described above, in this embodiment, the case where the Japanese dictionary, the English-Japanese dictionary, the Japanese-English dictionary, and the Hanwa dictionary are used as the dictionaries has been described. The present invention can be similarly applied to these cases.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of dictionaries are stored in the read-only memory, the dictionaries to be used are changed as required, and the dictionary function is used again when the dictionary function is activated again (selection). The searched dictionary is prioritized to be searched (selected), so that when the same dictionary is continuously drawn, it is not necessary to specify the dictionary to be used each time, and the dictionary can be searched with good operability.

Further, since the dictionary (English-Japanese dictionary) to be searched automatically can be selected according to the language (English) of the entered headword, it is possible to omit the operation of changing the dictionary and perform dictionary lookup with good operability. it can.

Further, since the dictionary used (selected) immediately before the dictionary currently selected (selected) can be changed with one touch, it is possible to perform dictionary operation with good operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a document creation apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a keyboard of the document creating apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display example of a dictionary change of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display example of a dictionary of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Input device, 2 ... Control unit, 3 ... Kana-Kanji conversion unit, 4 ...
Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary, 5 ... Document memory, 6 ... Display control unit,
7 ... Display unit, 81 ... Dictionary control unit, 82 ... Dictionary search unit, 8
3 ... Search data memory, 84 ... Search dictionary storage memory, 8
5 ... Dictionary changing unit, 86 ... Dictionary storage memory, 87 ... Search dictionary history storage memory, 101 ... Dictionary function start instruction key, 1
02 ... Dictionary change key, 103 ... Japanese syllabary key, 104 ... Function execution instruction key, 105 ... Left cursor movement instruction key, 1
06 ... Left cursor movement instruction key, 107 ... Kana-Kanji conversion instruction key, 108 ... Next key, 109 ... Forward key.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting information including characters, a storage means for storing a plurality of types of dictionaries in which headwords and corresponding meanings of the headwords and examples or explanations about the headwords are stored. Designation means for designating one of a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and meaning, an example, or a description of the entry word of the entry word input by the input means are designated by the specification means. In the document creation device, which comprises a dictionary means for searching by a dictionary, and a display means for displaying the entry word inputted from the input means and the search result searched by the dictionary means, the dictionary means is the designating means. The holding means for holding the type of dictionary specified immediately before by using the dictionary of the type held by the holding means, and the finding input by the input means. The term, a search unit for searching the information about the meaning and examples or headword, document creation apparatus comprising: a. 2. An input means for inputting information including characters, a storage means for storing a plurality of types of dictionaries in which headwords and corresponding meanings and examples of the headwords or explanations about the headwords are stored. Designation means for designating one of a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in the storage means, and meaning, an example, or a description of the entry word of the entry word input by the input means are designated by the specification means. In a document creation device comprising a dictionary means for searching by a dictionary, and a display means for displaying a search result searched by the dictionary means and the entry word entered by the input means, as the plurality of dictionaries, Of different languages, the dictionary means discriminates the language of the headword input by the input means, and has the headword of the determined language Using Scripture, the input headword, document creation apparatus comprising: a retrieval means for retrieving an explanation of the meaning and examples or headword. 3. The English-Japanese dictionary according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of dictionaries include an English-Japanese dictionary, and when the search means determines that the entry word input by the input means is English. A document creating apparatus, wherein the meaning, the example, or the explanation of the entry word of the input entry word is retrieved using. 4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of dictionaries include a Japanese dictionary or a Kanji dictionary, and when the search means determines that the entry word input by the input means is Japanese. A document creation device characterized by searching a meaning, an example, or an explanation of a headword of the input headword using a predetermined dictionary of the Japanese dictionary and the Hanwa dictionary. 5. An input means for inputting information including characters, a storage means for storing a plurality of types of dictionaries in which headwords and meanings of headwords and examples or explanations about headwords are stored, and the storage means. A designation means for designating one of a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in the means, and a dictionary designated by the designating means for meanings, examples or explanations of the headwords entered by the input means. In the document creation device comprising a dictionary means for searching by means of, and a display means for displaying the entry word inputted from the input means and the search result searched by the dictionary means, the dictionary means is designated by the designating means. Holding means for sequentially holding the type of the created dictionary as designated history information, and using the type of dictionary last held in the holding means,
And a search means for searching the meaning, the example, or the explanation about the entry word of the entry word input by the input means, further, the type of dictionary held in the holding means from the last held type. From the first instructing means for sequentially instructing backwards and the type of dictionary instructed by the first instructing means,
Second instructing means for sequentially returning to the current direction for instructing, and the searching means is responsive to an instruction of the dictionary type by the first or second instructing means in response to the instruction of the instructed type. A document creation device characterized by performing a search using a dictionary.