JPS5952377A - Electronic translator - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to an electronic translator.

In recent years, electronic translators have been put into practical use that, when a Japanese word is input, the translated word is translated into English and displayed. However, when searching for a word, this type of translator searches for a word, for example, a, b in English.

It is common to search in C order, but there are also systems that allow users to search only for words that they have marked in advance.

However, with the conventional search method described above, it is not possible to search and study words by desired category, for example, only past tense, or only intransitive verbs. Also, for example, England and Germany.

There was a problem that when there were multiple Japanese languages such as French, it was not possible to search for common terms among them, and only independent searches were possible.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic translator capable of searching for words by desired item.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1st
In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a key human power section, which includes, for example, an item key 11 for specifying an item for a word, a search key 12 for searching for a word, a Japanese language specification key 13 for specifying a translated Japanese language, etc. By operating the item key 11, a count up signal is output from the output line a to the pointer 21. This I-inter 21 is stored in the item memory 22.
Specify the address of. This item memory 22 includes the second
As shown in the figure, item data indicating the attributes of the word, for example, data specifying items such as part of speech, verb inflection 1 food, animal, etc., is written. In this case, the item memory 21 is
Each line consists of the number of bits corresponding to the total number of items,
The item contents are specified by setting "@1" in the bit position corresponding to each item.Then, pointer 2
The contents of the item memory 22 designated by 1 are input to the comparison circuit 23 as comparison data, and are also displayed on the display section (
(not shown) and displayed. Further, the key human power unit 10 outputs a search signal from the output line b when the search key 12 is searched. This search signal is input to the comparison circuit 23 as a comparison command, and is also input to the pointer 24 as a power count-up signal. This pointer 24 also performs a count-up operation in response to a discrepancy signal from the comparison circuit 23, and specifies the address of the dictionary memories 25a to 25c. The above dictionary memo I) 25h to 25c store word data by country. For example, word data for English is written in the dictionary memory 25a, Japanese word data in the dictionary memory 25b, and German word data in the dictionary memory 25a. There is. In addition, the dictionary memories 25a to 25c consist of a word data area 26a and an item data area 26b, as shown in FIG. and item data indicating the attributes of the corresponding word are written in the item data area 26b. In other words, item data area 2
Each line of 6b is composed of the number of bits corresponding to the total number of items, similar to the item memory 22, and "1#" is written in the bit position corresponding to each item. 11" is written for each corresponding item. Also, item data area 2
6b and the item contents of the item memory 22 are set at corresponding positions. The word data read from the word data area 26m of the dictionary memories 25a to 25c is selected by the selector 27 and sent to the display section (not shown) via the dart circuit 28. In addition, the dictionary memory 251~
The data read from the item data area 26b of 25c is selected by the selector 29 and sent to the comparison circuit 23.

The selectors 27 and 29 are activated by a signal sent from the output line C of the key input unit 1o.
-25e. The key personnel department 10 is
In response to the operation of the Japanese language key 13, a signal is output from the output line C to the selectors 27 and 29. On the other hand, the comparison circuit 23
is the item data from the item memory 22 and the dictionary memory 25
Compare the item data sent from 11 to 25c via the selector 29 to determine whether there is the same item,
If they do not match, the pointer 24 is counted up and a comparison operation command is given to its own control terminal. and,
If a match of item data is detected in the comparison circuit 235-, y
The f-) signal is applied to the dart circuit 28 to open the dart.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. First, key human resources department 1
The Japanese language to be translated, for example English, is specified using the Japanese language specification key 13 of 0. By operating the Japanese language specification key 13, the selectors 27 and 29 are switched, for example, the English dictionary memory 2
5m is selected. Next, when the user operates the item key 11 and operates the 0 item key 11 to designate a desired item, the pointer 21 counts up and the contents of the item memory 22 are displayed on the display section in accordance with the count value. The specified item can be confirmed based on the displayed content. After specifying the above items, the search key 12 is operated. By operating the search key 12, a "1" signal is output from the output line b of the key input unit 10, giving an operation command to the comparator circuit 23 and setting the pointer 24 to "+1". The addresses of the dictionary memories 25a to 25c are specified by the count value of the pointer 24, and their contents are read out, but if English translation is specified, only the continued data of the dictionary memo IJ 25a is read out. Selected by selectors 27 and 29.

First, data read out from the item data area 26b of the dictionary memory 25a is selected by the selector 29, and the comparison circuit 2
3 and is compared with item data from item memory 22. For example, if a verb is specified as an item, the most significant bit of the item data from the item memory 22 is pa1#, so the comparison operation of the comparison circuit 23 causes the most significant bit of the item data area 26b to be A determination is made as to whether or not u1# is set in the bit (verb). If '1# is not set in the most significant bit, the data in that word is not a verb, and a mismatch signal is output from the comparison circuit 23, and the pointer 24 is set to "+1" and an operation command is given to the comparison circuit 23. By adding "+1" to the pointer 24, the item data for the next word is read out from the dictionary memory 25a, and is sent to the comparison circuit 2 via the selector 29.
Sent to 3. In this way, the item data from the item memory 22 and the item data from the dictionary memory 25m are compared, and each time there is a mismatch, the pointer 24 is set to "+1".
Then, the read address of the dictionary memory 25h is updated. If 1" stands at the position indicating the verb item in the item data read from the dictionary memory 25a, a match signal is output from the comparison circuit 23, and the dart of the dart circuit 28 is opened. Therefore, at this time, the dictionary memory The word data read out from the word data area 26h of 25a via the selector 27 passes through the dart circuit 28 and is sent to the display section for display.After that, when the search key 12 is operated, the same operation as above is performed. When the word data of the verb is read out repeatedly from the dictionary memo I) 25a, the word data is sent to the display section by the dart circuit 28 and displayed.

Thereafter, each time the search key 12 is operated in the same manner, only verb word data is selected from the dictionary memory 25h and sent to the display section for display.

Also, even if you specify an item other than the verbs mentioned above, only the word data of the specified item will be stored in the dictionary memory 25m.
from there to the display section for display. Furthermore, similar processing is performed even when other dictionary memories 25b and 25c are specified.

In the above embodiment, Japanese, English, and German are used as examples of words, but the word data is not limited to these linguistic data, and various other data such as historical data, chemical data, and mathematical data can be considered.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform a word search by specifying arbitrary items such as intransitive verbs, past tense, irregular verbs, etc., making systematic study extremely easy. Furthermore, it is possible to efficiently search for common terms in a plurality of dictionary memories, such as English, German, French, etc., and can be extremely effective in practice.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the storage contents of the item memory in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the storage contents of the dictionary memory in FIG. 2. It is a diagram showing the contents. 9-' 10...Key human resources department, 11...Item specification key,
12...Search key, 13...Japanese language specification key, 22
...Item memory, 23...Comparison circuit, 25a-25
c...Dictionary memo'), 26m...Word data area,
26b...Item data area. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue 10-

Claims (1)

[Claims] a dictionary memory that stores item data indicating attributes of each word data together with word data; a key manual section having at least an item specification key and a search key; and an item specification for specifying an arbitrary item by operating the item specification key. means for searching the dictionary memory by operating the search key and comparing the item data with the item specified by the item specifying means; What is claimed is: 1. An electronic translator comprising means for outputting corresponding word data from a memory to a display section and displaying the data.