JP2007048187A - Headword display control device and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a headword display control device etc. which can perform four tones data input to a suitable position easily and can give degree of freedom to a inputting method of four tones data at Pinyin input. <P>SOLUTION: When a user performs Pinyin input to the device of this invention (a), the device compares Pinyin headwords stored in a headword storing means with the inputted character strings leaving containing of English characters and four tones data (b), extracts a Pinyin headword in which English character part of the Pinyin headwords stored in the headword storing means coincides with English character part of the inputted character string when the user performs switching operation, and highlights a Chinese character headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword in which the four tones character part of the extracted Pinyin headwords coincides with four tones part of inputted character strings (c). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a headword display control device and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic dictionary device is known as a headword display control device built in various types of dictionary databases (Data Base; hereinafter referred to as “DB”) such as a Japanese language dictionary, an English-Japanese dictionary, and a Japanese-English dictionary. Among these dictionary DBs, an electronic dictionary device incorporating a Chunichi dictionary DB can display Japanese explanations (meaning) about Chinese words / phrases, but can input a word / phrase (input character string) to be searched. As a method, a method based on pinyin input is generally used. Pinyin is a notation that expresses the reading of Chinese kanji using alphabets.

  In Chinese, most of the smallest structural units that make sense are represented by one syllable, and this one syllable is all represented by one kanji character. Each one of these syllables is pronounced with four kinds of tone, such as high and low, up and down, and this inflection is called four voices. There are four types of voices, from 1 to 4 voices. In Pinyin, the alphabet is added with a tone symbol representing the 4 voices. FIG. 25 shows tone symbols and numbers corresponding to four voices of one to four voices. In the electronic dictionary device, the numbers “1” to “4” are input as 1 to 4 voices, and the numbers “1” to “4” are entered in the Chinese dictionary DB in terms of Pinyin notation. It is often memorized as 4 voices.

  To input Chinese with Pinyin in an electronic dictionary device, each time a syllable is input in alphabet, a number representing four voices (hereinafter referred to as “four-voice data”) is input at the end of the syllable. In Chinese, if the combination of syllables and four voices is different, the semantic contents of the syllables are also different. Therefore, the four-voice data cannot be searched properly unless it is input at the correct position, that is, at the end of the syllable. However, there are as many as 400 readings of Chinese syllables, and it is difficult to determine the syllable break position, especially for long words consisting of many syllables. For this reason, the user may mistake the input position of the four voice data.

A technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known as a technique for correcting an input error of the four-voice data. This is a technique for detecting an input error in the input pinyin and correcting it to a warning or standard notation if there is an error.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-96141

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, if an error is detected or correction is not appropriate after pinyin input is completed, it is necessary to input pinyin again. For this reason, the difficulty and troublesomeness at the time of pinyin input are not eliminated.

  In pinyin input, it is particularly difficult to determine the syllable break position. For example, when searching for “Deep Back” in Chinese, “shen1” corresponding to “Deep” is input and “ao4” corresponding to “Back” is input in Pinyin input. FIG. 26A shows an example of a screen in which the user accurately inputs “shen1ao4” and searches for “deep interior” and the like.

  On the other hand, if the user makes a mistake in the input position of the four-voice data and inputs “she1nao4”, an appropriate search is not performed. It is appropriate to input the English character part because the place where one voice is input after “shen” is input after “she”. In this case, in the forward matching search, a word having “she1” syllable (meaning “奢” in Chinese) at the head is searched. FIG. 26B is an example of a screen in which the user erroneously inputs “she1nao4” and searches for “奢靡”, which is a word beginning with “奢”.

  Further, in the pinyin input, the operation of inputting the four voice data at the end of each syllable is troublesome. For example, when using a dictionary DB other than the Chunichi Dictionary DB, the user often inputs only characters, so when using the Chunichi Dictionary DB, it is necessary to input four-voice data and characters alternately. Pinyin input operation may feel complicated. In addition, when inputting four-voice data in a lump after first inputting only “shenao”, move the cursor to the last position of “shen” and insert “1”, then “ao” The cursor must be moved to the last position and “4” must be input, and the number of key operations is more than necessary.

  As described above, in pinyin input, if the input position of the four-voice data is incorrect, an appropriate search may not be performed, and it is necessary to input characters and four-voice data alternately, which makes the input operation cumbersome. There was a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an entry word display control device and the like that can easily input four-voice data to an appropriate position in pinyin input and can give freedom to the four-voice data input method. It is.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the headword display control device according to claim 1,
A headword storage means (for example, the first four-voice subordinate headword table 65 in FIG. 2) that associates English characters with kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data;
A character string input means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 2, input unit 20; step A1 in FIG. 7) for inputting a character string including English characters and four-voice data;
English character extraction means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 2; step T7 in FIG. 9) for extracting an English character portion of the character string input by the character string input means;
The English character matching pinyin look for extracting a matching pinyin headword by comparing the English character part extracted by the English character extracting means with the English character part of the Pinyin headword stored in the head word storing means. Word extraction means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 2; step T9 in FIG. 9);
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by this English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means, the Pinyin headwords that match the four-voice data part of the input character string are extracted and the corresponding Chinese character headwords are extracted. Kanji lemma display means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 2, display unit 30; step T11 in FIG. 9) which is read out from the idiom storage means and displayed.
It is characterized by having.

The headword display control device according to claim 2 is the headword display control device according to claim 1,
The character string including the English character and the four-voice data input by the character string input means and the Pinyin headword stored in the headword storage means are compared while including the English character and the four-voice data. Then, a completely matched Pinyin kanji headword display means for displaying the kanji headword corresponding to the matching Pinyin headword (for example, the CPU 10, the display unit 30 in FIG. 2; step S9 in FIG. 8);
Switching means (for example, CPU 10, input unit 20 in FIG. 2) for switching between the display of the kanji headword by the kanji headword display means and the display of the kanji headword by the exact match pinyin kanji headword display means. Steps A10 and A20) of FIG.
It is characterized by having.

The headword display control device according to claim 3,
A headword storage means (for example, the second four-voice lower-level headword table 66 in FIG. 13) that associates English characters with kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data;
English character input means for inputting English characters (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 13, input unit 20; step B1 in FIG. 16);
An English character matching pinyin finder that compares the English character input by the English character input means with the English character part of the Pinyin finder stored in the headword storage means to extract a matching pinyin finder Word extraction means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 13; step B10 in FIG. 16);
Four-voice data input means for inputting four-voice data (for example, the CPU 10 in FIG. 13, the input unit 20; step B20 in FIG. 16);
The Pinyin headword having the four-voice data input by the four-voice data input means at a predetermined four-voice position is extracted from the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means. 1 extracting means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 13; step B30 in FIG. 16);
Four-voice position changing means for changing the predetermined four-voice position (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 13, input unit 20; step B40 in FIG. 16);
The Pinyin headword having the four-voice data input by the four-voice data input means at the four-voice position changed by the four-voice position changing means is extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means. Second extraction means for extracting from the headword (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 13; steps B45 and B30 in FIG. 16);
When the change by the four-voice position changing means is not made, the kanji entry corresponding to the Pinyin entry extracted by the first extraction means is changed to the second character when the change is made. The kanji headword display means (for example, the CPU 10 and the display unit 30 in FIG. 13) reads out and displays the kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the extraction means from the headword storage means. 16 step B35),
It is characterized by having.

The headword display control device according to claim 4,
A headword storage means (for example, the second four-voice subordinate headword table 66 in FIG. 19) that associates English characters with Kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data;
English character input means for inputting English characters (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 19, input unit 20; step B1 in FIG. 20);
An English character matching pinyin finder that compares the English character input by the English character input means with the English character part of the Pinyin finder stored in the headword storage means to extract a matching pinyin finder Word extraction means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 19; step B10 in FIG. 20);
First four-voice data input means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 19, input unit 20; step B20 in FIG. 20) for inputting four-voice data for the first four-voice position;
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction unit, the Pinyin heading having the four-voice data input by the first four-voice data input unit at the first four-voice position First extraction means for extracting words (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 19; step B30 in FIG. 20);
First kanji headword display means (for example, CPU 10, FIG. 19) that reads out and displays the kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the first extraction means from the headword storage means. Display unit 30; step B35 in FIG. 20;
After the four-voice data is input by the first four-voice data input means, the second four-voice data input means for inputting the four-voice data for the second four-voice position (for example, the CPU 10 in FIG. 20; Step C41) of FIG.
When the input is made by the second four-voice data input means, the Pinyin headword having the four-voice data inputted by the second four-voice data input means at the second four-voice data position Second extraction means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 19; steps C43 and B30 in FIG. 20) for extracting from Pinyin headwords extracted by the first extraction means;
When an input is made by the second four-voice data input means, a kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the second extraction means is read from the headword storage means and displayed. Second kanji headword display means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 19, display unit 30; step B35 in FIG. 20);
It is characterized by having.

The headword display control device according to claim 5,
A headword storage means (for example, the second four-voice lower handling headword table 66 in FIG. 22) that associates English characters with kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data;
English character input means for inputting English characters (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 22, input unit 20; step B1 in FIG. 23);
An English character matching pinyin finder that compares the English character input by the English character input means with the English character part of the Pinyin finder stored in the headword storage means to extract a matching pinyin finder Word extraction means (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 22; step B10 in FIG. 23);
Four-voice data input means for inputting four-voice data (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 22, input unit 20; step B20 in FIG. 23);
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means, the corresponding Chinese character headwords are extracted by extracting Pinyin headwords having the four-voice data input by the four-voice data input means. Kanji lemma display means (for example, CPU 10 of FIG. 22, display unit 30; step D23 of FIG. 23)
It is characterized by having.

The headword display control device according to claim 6 is the headword display control device according to claim 1, 3 or 5,
Translation information storage means (for example, a Chunichi dictionary DB 61 in FIG. 2) for storing translation information corresponding to each kanji entry word stored in the entry word storage means;
When the kanji headword is displayed by the kanji headword display means, the translation information display means (for example, reading the translation information corresponding to the kanji headword from the translation information storage means) CPU 10 of FIG. 2, display unit 30; step T11) of FIG.
It is characterized by having.

The program according to claim 7 is:
Headword storage means (for example, the first four-voice lower handling headword table 65 in FIG. 2), CPU (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 2), display means (for example, display unit 30 in FIG. 2), input A program executed in a computer including means (for example, the input unit 20 in FIG. 2),
The headword storage means stores English letters and kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data in association with each other,
In the computer,
A character string input function (for example, step A1 in FIG. 7) for inputting a character string including English characters and four-voice data in accordance with an input from the input means;
An English character extraction function (for example, step T7 in FIG. 9) for extracting an English character portion of the character string input by the character string input function;
The English character matching pinyin view extracts the pinyin headword by comparing the English character part extracted by the English character extraction function with the English character part of the pinyin headword stored in the headword storage means. Word extraction function (for example, step T9 in FIG. 9);
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by this English character matching Pinyin headword extraction function, Pinyin headwords that match the four-voice data part of the input character string are extracted and the corresponding Chinese character headwords are extracted. A kanji headword display function (for example, step T11 in FIG. 9) that is read from the headword storage means and displayed on the display means;
It is characterized by realizing.

The program according to claim 8 is:
Headword storage means (for example, the first fourth-voice lower handling headword table 65 in FIG. 13), CPU (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 13), display means (for example, display unit 30 in FIG. 13), input A program executed in a computer including means (for example, the input unit 20 in FIG. 13),
The headword storage means stores English letters and kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data in association with each other,
In the computer,
An English character input function (for example, step B1 in FIG. 16) for inputting English characters according to the input from the input means;
An English character matching pinyin finder that compares the English character input by this English character input function with the English character part of the Pinyin finder stored in the headword storage means to extract a matching Pinyin finder A word extraction function (for example, step B10 in FIG. 16);
A four-voice data input function (for example, step B20 in FIG. 16) for inputting four-voice data in accordance with the input from the input means;
A Pinyin headword having four-voice data input by the four-voice data input function at a predetermined four-voice position is extracted from among the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction function. 1 extraction function (for example, step B30 in FIG. 16);
A four-voice position changing function for changing the predetermined four-voice position in accordance with an input from the input means (for example, step B40 in FIG. 16);
Pinyin headwords having the four voice data input by the four voice data input function at the four voice positions changed by the four voice position change function are extracted by the English character matching pinyin headword extraction function. A second extraction function (for example, steps B45 and B30 in FIG. 16) for extracting from the headword;
If no change has been made by the four-voice position changing function, a kanji entry corresponding to the Pinyin entry extracted by the first extraction function is set. The kanji headword display function for reading out the kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the extraction function from the headword storage means and displaying it on the display means (for example, step B35 in FIG. 16) When,
It is characterized by realizing.

The program according to claim 9 is:
Headword storage means (for example, the first fourth-voice lower handling headword table 65 in FIG. 22), CPU (for example, CPU 10 in FIG. 22), display means (for example, display unit 30 in FIG. 22), input A program executed on a computer including means (for example, the input unit 20 in FIG. 22),
The headword storage means stores English letters and kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data in association with each other,
In the computer,
An English character input function (for example, step B1 in FIG. 23) for inputting English characters according to the input from the input means;
The English character input pinyin look-up is performed by comparing the English character input by the English character input function with the English character part of the Pinyin word stored in the head word storage means to extract a matching pinyin word Utterance extraction function (for example, step B10 in FIG. 23);
A four-voice data input function (for example, step B20 in FIG. 23) for inputting the four-voice data according to the input from the input means;
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction function, Pinyin headwords having the four-voice data input by the four-voice data input function are extracted and corresponding Kanji headwords are extracted. Is read from the headword storage means and displayed on the display means (for example, step D23 in FIG. 23);
It is characterized by realizing.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a character string including English characters and four-voice data is input, the English character portion of the input character string is extracted, and the extracted English character portion is A Pinyin headword that matches the English character portion of the Pinyin headword stored in the headword storage means is extracted. Of these extracted Pinyin headwords, Pinyin headwords that match the four-voice data portion of the input character string are further extracted, and the corresponding Chinese character headwords are read from the headword storage means. Is displayed. Therefore, because the English character part and the four-voice data part are searched separately, the four-voice data can be properly searched regardless of the position of the input character string, and it is easy to input the four-voice data to the appropriate position. It becomes. The invention according to claim 7 has the same effect.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the character string including the input English characters and the four-voice data and the Pinyin headword stored in the headword storage means are the English character and the four-voice data. And the kanji headword corresponding to the matching Pinyin headword is displayed. The switching means switches between the display of the kanji headword by the kanji headword display means and the display of the kanji headword by the exact match pinyin kanji headword display means. Therefore, it is possible to switch between the display of the comparison result including the English character and the four-voice data and the display of the result of comparing the English character and the four-voice data separately, thereby realizing a highly flexible search. .

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when an English character is input, the input English character and the Pinyin headword stored in the headword storage unit are detected by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction unit. The Pinyin headword that matches the English character part is extracted. Next, when the four-voice data is input, the four-voice data input at a predetermined four-voice position among the pinyin headwords extracted by the first character extraction unit by the English character matching pinyin headword extraction unit. Pinyin headwords having are extracted. Further, when the four-voice position is changed by the four-voice position changing means, the changed four voices are selected from the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extracting means by the second extraction means. Pinyin headwords having the four-voice data input at the position are extracted. Here, the kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the first extraction means or the second extraction means is retrieved from the headword storage means according to whether or not the four-voice position changing means has changed. It is read and displayed. Therefore, when four-voice data is input after an English character is input, four-voice data is input at a predetermined position, so that it becomes easy to input the four-voice data to an appropriate position. In addition, since the position of the four voices can be changed, it is possible to realize four voice data input with a high degree of freedom. The invention according to claim 8 also has the same effect.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when an English character is input, the English character match Pinyin headword display means stores the input English character and the Pinyin word stored in the headword word storage means. A Pinyin headword that matches the English character portion of the word is extracted. Four-voice data for the first four-voice position is input by the first four-voice data input means. Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by the first extraction means by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means, the four voices input by the first four voice data input means at the first four voice positions Pinyin headwords with data are extracted. Then, the kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the first extraction means is read from the headword storage means and displayed. Next, the four-voice data for the second four-voice position is input by the second four-voice data input means. Then, the Pinyin find word in which the Pinyin word having the four-voice data input by the second four-voice data input means at the second four-voice position is extracted by the first extraction means by the second extraction means. Extracted from words. When input is made by the second four-voice data input means, the kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the second extraction means is read from the headword storage means and displayed. . Therefore, after inputting English characters, multiple desired four-voice data can be input at multiple input positions, so even for headwords with multiple four-voice input positions, easy input of four-voice data to appropriate positions Can be realized.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, when an English character is input, the input English character is compared with the English character portion of the Pinyin headword stored in the headword headword storage means. A matching Pinyin headword is extracted. When the four-voice data is input, among the extracted Pinyin headwords, the Pinyin headword having the input four-voice data is extracted and the corresponding Kanji headword is read from the headword storage means. Displayed. Therefore, when four-voice data is input after the input of English characters, the input English characters and the English character part match, and the entry word having the input four-voice data is displayed. By inputting one of the four voice data, a desired headword can be searched efficiently. The invention according to claim 9 also has the same effect.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, when the kanji headword is displayed by the invention according to claim 1, 3 or 5, the translation information of the kanji headword is read from the translation information storage means. Displayed. Therefore, the invention described in claim 1, 3 or 5 can be used in a headword display control device having translation information storage means such as a dictionary DB.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment in which the headword display control device according to the present invention is applied to an electronic dictionary device 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  First, the configuration of the electronic dictionary device 1 will be described. FIG. 1A is an example of a perspective overview of the electronic dictionary device 1 in the present embodiment. The electronic dictionary device 1 includes an input unit 20 and a display unit 30. The display unit 30 is a part for displaying various data such as characters and codes according to the operation of the input unit 20 by the user, and includes one or a plurality of such as LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and ELD (Electronic Luminescent Display). It is constituted by a combination of elements.

  The input unit 20 includes various key groups for the user to operate the electronic dictionary device 1. FIG. 1B shows a key arrangement of the input unit 20. Specifically, the input unit 20 includes “0” to “9” keys as numeric keys 21, “A” to “Z” keys as character keys 22, translation / decision keys 24, and cursor keys 25. And up / down / left / right direction keys.

  The function of each key will be described. The numeric key 21 is used when four-voice data is input in pinyin input. In the pinyin input, in order to input 1 to 4 voices, the “1” to “4” keys are pressed in the numeric keys 21. The character key 22 is used for inputting characters by the user. The translation / decision key 24 is used when a search is executed. The cursor key 25 is used for moving a reverse display in the screen. In addition, a shift key may be newly provided, and in pinyin input, one to four voices may be input by a combination operation of a shift key and a predetermined character key instead of a numeric key. Alternatively, a new key for inputting four-voice data may be provided, and one to four voices may be input by one to four continuous pressing operations.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic dictionary device 1. The electronic dictionary device 1 includes a CPU 10, an input unit 20, a display unit 30, a ROM 50, and a RAM 70.

  The CPU 10 executes processing based on a predetermined program in accordance with an input instruction, performs an instruction to each functional unit, data transfer, and the like, and controls the electronic dictionary device 1 in an integrated manner. Specifically, various programs stored in the ROM 50 are read in response to a pressing signal or the like input from the input unit 20, and processing is executed according to the programs. Then, the CPU 10 stores the processing result in the RAM 70 or the like, and outputs a display signal for displaying the processing result to the display unit 30 as appropriate, and displays the corresponding display content.

  The CPU 10 executes the first pinyin search process by reading and executing the first pinyin search program 51 from the ROM 50. The contents of the first Pinyin search process will be described later in detail with reference to flowcharts (see FIGS. 7 to 9), but will be briefly described here. In the first Pinyin search process, first, the CPU 10 displays a screen for the user to input a character string composed of English letters or numbers. CPU10 displays the character string input by the user on the character input column provided in the character input screen. When English letters or numbers are entered, normal search processing is executed. Thereafter, when the right direction key of the cursor key 25 is pressed, a four-voice lower order search process is executed.

  In the normal search process, when the input character string does not include the four-voice data that is a number, the CPU 10 reads from the first four-voice lower handling lemma table 65 the Pinyin look having an alphabet part that completely matches the input character string. Extract words. The kanji headwords corresponding to the Pinyin headwords are read from the first fourth-voice lower handling headword table 65 and displayed in a list. When the input character string includes four-voice data, the Pinyin headword that completely matches the input character string is extracted from the normal headword table 63, and the Chinese character headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword is extracted from the table. Read from and display.

  In the four-voice lower handling search process, when the input character string does not include the four-voice data, the CPU 10 reads from the first four-voice lower handling entry word table 65 a pinyin having an alphabet part that completely matches the input character string. Extract headwords. The kanji headwords corresponding to the Pinyin headwords are read from the first fourth-voice lower handling headword table 65 and displayed in a list. When the input character string includes four-voice data, the input character string is divided into an alphabet part and a four-voice part. A Pinyin headword having an alphabet part that completely matches the alphabet part of the input character string is extracted from the first four-voice subordinate headword table 65, and the four-voice part that completely matches the four-voice part of the extracted Pinyin headword. Extract Pinyin headwords with voice parts. Then, the kanji headword corresponding to the finally extracted Pinyin headword is read from the first fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 65 and displayed.

  The input unit 20 outputs a pressed key pressing signal or the like to the CPU 10. The display unit 30 displays various screens based on display signals input from the CPU 10.

  The ROM 50 is a memory that stores programs and data for realizing various functions of the electronic dictionary device 1. In the first embodiment, in the ROM 50, a first Pinyin search program 51 for executing the first Pinyin search process by being read and executed by the CPU 10, a Chunichi dictionary DB 61, and a normal headword table 63 and the first fourth-voice lower handling entry table 65 are stored.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the Chunichi dictionary DB 61. The Chunichi dictionary DB 61 stores a kanji headword 611 and explanation information 613 for explaining and explaining the meaning of the kanji headword in association with each other. For example, in the row of R3, the Chinese character headword “Deep” and the explanation information of this Chinese character headword “1 deep ([anti] [shallow]): Isao ~ this well is deep ...” Are stored in association with each other.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table configuration example of the normal entry word table 63. The normal headword table 63 stores Pinyin headwords 631 and kanji headwords 633 in association with each other. The pinyin headword 631 is a character string that represents the reading of the kanji headword 633 in pinyin notation. In the Pinyin headword 631, the numbers “1” to “4” indicate 1 to 4 voices. For example, in the row of R4, the Pinyin headword “shen1” and the Chinese character headword “Deep” are stored in association with each other.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a table configuration example of the first four-voice lower handling headword table 65. The first four-voice subordinate headword table 65 stores Pinyin headwords 651 and kanji headwords 653 in association with each other. The Pinyin headword 651 is composed of an alphabet part and a four-voice part that is a number. This alphabet part is a character string obtained by removing numbers from the Pinyin notation of the kanji headword 653. The four-voice part is a character string obtained by removing English characters from the Pinyin notation of the kanji headword 653. For example, in the line R5, the pinyin notation of the kanji headword “deep” is “shen1”, so the alphabetic part of the pinyin notation is “shen” and the four-voice part is “1”.

  In the Pinyin headwords of the normal headword table 63 and the first four-voice lower handling headword table 65, the numbers “1” to “4” are stored as one to four voices. May be stored as four-voice data. For example, when the symbol “−” is one voice, “dan1zi” or the like in the present embodiment is stored as “dan-zi” or the like in the normal headword table 63 or the like.

  The RAM 70 includes a memory area that temporarily stores various programs executed by the CPU 10 and data related to the execution of these programs. In this embodiment, an input character string storage area 71, an alphabet partial storage area 73, a four-voice partial storage area 75, and an entry word list storage area 77 are provided.

  The input character string storage area 71 stores an input character string. The input character string is a character string that is input as a search target in dictionary lookup by Pinyin input, and is composed of English letters or numbers. The alphabet portion is stored in the alphabet portion storage area 73. The alphabet part is a character string obtained by removing numbers from an input character string and extracting only English characters. The four voice part 75 stores the four voice part. The four-voice part is a character string obtained by removing English characters from the input character string and extracting only numbers. The headword list storage area 77 stores Pinyin headwords extracted in the first Pinyin search process.

  6 (a), (b), (c) and (d) are stored in the input character string storage area 71, the alphabet partial storage area 73, the four-voice partial storage area 75 and the headword list storage area 77, respectively. It is a figure which shows an example of data. For example, when the user inputs “shen1” on the screen for character string input, the input character string “shen1” is stored in the input character string storage area 71 as shown in FIG. Is done. The alphabet part storage area 73 stores an alphabet part “shen” that is a character string obtained by extracting English characters from “shen1” as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6B, the four-voice part “1”, which is a character string obtained by extracting numbers from “shen1”, is stored. The headword list storage area 77 stores “shen1”, which is the Pinyin headword extracted in the first Pinyin search process.

  Next, the operation of the electronic dictionary device 1 will be described. 7 to 9 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the first Pinyin search process, which is a process executed by the CPU 10 in accordance with the first Pinyin search program 51. 10 and 11 are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed on the display unit 30 during the first Pinyin search process. The flow of the first Pinyin search process will be described in detail below with reference to the screen examples of FIGS.

  First, the CPU 10 displays a character string input screen on the display unit 30. Then, the CPU 10 stores the character string input by pressing the number key 21 or the character key 22 as an input character string in the input character string storage area 71, and displays this character string in the character input field (step A1).

  FIG. 10A shows an example of a display screen at the time of step A1, which is an example of a screen when the user inputs a character string “she1n”. On the screen 31, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 311, and “she1n” is input / displayed in the character input field 313 below the dictionary name 311.

  The CPU 10 executes normal search processing (step A5; see FIG. 8). After executing the normal search process, the CPU 10 determines whether or not an operation for switching the search method to the search with the lower four-voice search has been performed (step A10). In the present embodiment, when the curly key 25 is pressed to the right, the search method is switched to the four-voice subordinate search. If an operation for switching to the four-voice lower-order search is performed (step A10; Yes), the CPU 10 executes a four-voice lower-order search process (step A15; see FIG. 9). After executing the four-voice subordinate search process, the CPU 10 determines whether or not an operation for switching the search method to the normal search has been performed (step A20). In the present embodiment, the search method is switched to normal search by pressing the left key of the curl key 25. If an operation for switching to the normal search is performed (step A20; Yes), the process returns to step A5 to execute the normal search process. Note that a new switching key may be provided in the input unit 20 to switch between the normal search process and the four-voice lower level handling switching process, or may be switched by another key operation method.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the normal search process, which is the process executed by the CPU 10 in the first pinyin search process. The CPU 10 reads the input character string from the input character string storage area 71 and determines whether or not the four character data is included in this input character string (step S1). If the four-voice data is not included (step S1; No), the CPU 10 extracts a Pinyin headword having an alphabet part that completely matches the input character string from the first fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 65, and extracts it. The Pinyin headword is stored in the headword list storage area 77. Then, the kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the first fourth-voice lower handling headword table 65 and displayed in a list (step S3). The CPU 10 highlights the first kanji headword out of the displayed kanji headwords. The reverse display is moved up and down in accordance with the pressing operation of the cursor key 25 by the user. The explanation information corresponding to the reversed kanji headword is read from the Chunichi Dictionary DB 61 and displayed (step S5).

  In step S1, if four-voice data is included in the input character string (step S1; Yes), the CPU 10 extracts the Pinyin headword that completely matches the input character string from the normal headword table 63 and extracts it. The Pinyin headwords after the Pinyin headword are stored in the headword list storage area 77. Then, the kanji headword corresponding to the extracted headword number is read from the normal headword table 63 and displayed, and is highlighted as a candidate. The reverse display is moved up and down in accordance with the pressing operation of the cursor key 25 by the user. The CPU 10 reads out the explanatory information corresponding to the highlighted kanji headword from the Chunichi dictionary DB 61 and displays it (step S9). Then, the CPU 10 reads out the kanji headwords corresponding to the Pinyin headwords stored in the headword list storage area 77 from the normal headword table 63 and displays a list (step S11).

  After step S5 or step S11, the CPU 10 determines whether or not a kanji headword has been selected (step S13). In this embodiment, the kanji headword is selected by moving the highlighted display to the kanji headword to be selected and pressing the translation / decision key 24. If it is selected (step S13; Yes), the CPU 10 reads out the explanation information corresponding to the selected kanji entry from the Chunichi dictionary DB 61 and displays it (step S15).

  FIG. 10B is a diagram showing a display screen example at the time of step S11, and is a screen example when the user inputs the character string “she1n” and the normal search process (see FIG. 8) is executed. . On the screen 32, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 321, and an input character string “she1n” is displayed in the character input field 323 below the dictionary name 321. Below the character input field 323, a “kanji priority” tab 325 representing a normal search and an “alphabet priority” tab 326 representing a four-voice subordinate search are displayed. When the “kanji priority” tab 325 becomes valid, a normal process search process is executed. When the “alphabet priority” tab 326 is validated, a four-voice lower handling search process (see FIG. 9) is executed. Since the “kanji priority” tab 325 is enabled on the screen 32, the normal search process is executed. On the left side of the screen 32, a list 327 of kanji headwords such as “奢靡” is displayed, and “奢靡” which is the first kanji headword is highlighted 328. In the explanation information field 329 on the right side of the screen 32, explanation information “wasting, luxury....” Of the kanji headword “反 転” displayed in reverse video 328 is displayed.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a four-voice lower-order handling search process that is a process executed by the CPU 10 in the first Pinyin search process. The CPU 10 reads the input character string from the input character string storage area 71 and determines whether or not the four character data is included in the input character string (step T1). If the four-voice data is not included (step S1; No), the CPU 10 extracts a Pinyin headword having an alphabet part that completely matches the input character string from the first fourth-voice lower handling headword table 65. The extracted Pinyin headword is stored in the headword list storage area 77. Then, kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the normal headword table 63 and displayed as a list (step T3). The CPU 10 reversely displays the first kanji headword in the displayed kanji headwords. The reverse display is moved up and down in accordance with the pressing operation of the cursor key 25 by the user. The explanation information corresponding to the reversely displayed kanji headword is read from the Chinese-Japanese dictionary DB 61 and displayed (step T5).

  In step T1, if the input character string includes four-voice data (step T1; Yes), the CPU 10 stores the character string obtained by extracting the English character part from the input character string in the alphabet part storage area 73 as the alphabet part. The character string obtained by extracting the numeric part from the input character string is stored in the four voice part storage area 75 as a four voice part (step T7). The CPU 10 extracts a Pinyin headword having an alphabet part that completely matches the alphabet part stored in the alphabet part storage area 73 and stores it in the headword list storage area 77. Then, the kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the first fourth-voice lower handling headword table 65 and displayed as a list (step T9). The CPU 10 treats a Pinyin headword having a four-voice part that completely matches the four-voice part of the input character string from among the Pinyin headwords stored in the headword list storage area 77 as a first four-voice lower-level treatment. Extracted from the utterance table 65. The kanji entry corresponding to the extracted Pinyin entry is highlighted as a candidate. The reverse display is moved up and down in accordance with the pressing operation of the cursor key 25 by the user. The explanation information corresponding to the reversed kanji headword is read from the Chunichi Dictionary DB 61 and displayed (step T11).

  FIG. 10C is a diagram showing a display screen example at the time of step T11, and is a screen example when a normal voice search process is executed and then a four-voice lower handling search process is executed by a switching operation. On the screen 33, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 331, and “she1n”, which is an input character string, is displayed in the character input field 333 below the dictionary name 331. Below the character input field 333, a “kanji priority” tab 335 representing a normal search and an “alphabet priority” tab 336 representing a four-voice subordinate search are displayed, and the “alphabet priority” tab 336 is valid. On the left side of the screen 33, a list 337 of kanji headwords such as “deep” is displayed, and “deep” which is the first headword is highlighted 338. In the explanation information field 339 on the right side of the screen 33, the explanation information “1 deep [anti] [shallow]:... .

  After step T5 or step T11, the CPU 10 determines whether or not a kanji headword has been selected by the user (step T13). In this embodiment, the kanji headword is selected by moving the highlighted display to the kanji headword to be selected and pressing the translation / decision key 24. If selected (step T13; Yes), the CPU 10 reads out the explanation information corresponding to the selected kanji headword from the Chunichi dictionary DB 61 and displays it (step T15).

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen at the time of step T15. In the screen of FIG. 10C in which the kanji headwords are displayed in a list and the kanji headword “deep” is highlighted, It is an example of a screen when the enter key 24 is pressed. On the screen 34, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 341. Under the dictionary name 341, the explanation information “1 deep ([ [Reverse] [Shallow]): ... "is displayed.

  The normal headword search and the four-voice subordinate headword search are compared with reference to FIG. 10 (b) and FIG. 10 (c). When the user examines “Deep” in Chinese, it is necessary to input the English character “shen” and “1” which is four-voice data corresponding to one voice. When “shen1” is appropriately entered, “deep”, which is a desired kanji headword, is highlighted as a candidate in both the normal search and the four-voice subordinate search. However, if “she1n” is entered by mistake, for example, “奢靡” is highlighted as a candidate in FIG. This is because “she1mi4” (“奢靡”) in which the portion of “she1” matches the front in the input character string “she1n” in step S11 of FIG. 8 is read before “shen1” (“depth”). This is because. On the other hand, when “she1n” is input and a four-voice subordinate search is executed, “depth” is highlighted as a candidate in FIG. In steps T9 and T11 of FIG. 9, among the input character string “she1n”, “shen1”, “shen2”, and the like, which are pinyin headwords whose alphabet part “shen” completely matches, are extracted and extracted pinyin This is because, among the headwords, Pinyin headword “shen1” in which “1”, which is the four-voice data, completely matches is extracted.

  As described above, in the four-voice subordinate search process, the input character string is divided into the alphabet part and the four-voice part, and therefore, an appropriate search is executed no matter where the four-voice data is input. Therefore, even if “s1hen” or “1shen” is entered, “depth” corresponding to “shen1” is highlighted as a candidate.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the electronic dictionary device 1 executes the normal search process when a character string is input as a search target by the user. In the normal search process, when the input character string does not include numeric four-voice data, the electronic dictionary device 1 regards the Pinyin headword having the alphabet part that completely matches the input character string as the first four-voice lower-order treatment. A list of kanji headwords extracted from the word table 65 and corresponding to the extracted pinyin headwords is displayed. When the input character string includes four-voice data, the Pinyin headword that completely matches the input character string is extracted from the normal headword table 63, and a list of Kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headword is displayed. To do.

  Thereafter, when a switching operation is performed, the electronic dictionary device 1 executes a four-voice subordinate search process. In the four-voice subordinate search processing, when the four-voice data is not included in the input character string, the electronic dictionary device 1 regards the Pinyin headword having the alphabet part that completely matches the input character string as the first four-voice subordinate search. A list of kanji headwords extracted from the word table 65 and corresponding to the extracted pinyin headwords is displayed. When the input character string includes four-voice data, a Pinyin headword having an alphabet part that completely matches the alphabet part of the input character string is extracted from the four-voice sub-handling headword table 65, and the extracted Pinyin headword is extracted. List the kanji headwords corresponding to the word. Then, out of the Pinyin headwords displayed in the list, Pinyin headwords having a four-voice portion that completely matches the four-voice portion of the input character string are extracted from the four-voice subordinate headword table 65 and extracted. The kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword is highlighted.

  Therefore, regardless of the position where the user inputs the four-voice data in the pinyin input, the desired kanji headword is appropriately searched and displayed, so that the four-voice data input to the appropriate position is facilitated. Further, when the user performs a switching operation, a normal search and a four-voice subordinate search are switched, so that a search with a high degree of freedom is realized.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment in which the headword display control device according to the present invention is applied to the electronic dictionary device 2 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The external configuration of the electronic dictionary device 2 is the same as the external configuration (see FIG. 1) of the electronic dictionary device 1 of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the same components as those in the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The description will focus on the features of this embodiment.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the pinyin notation displayed in the character input field when pinyin input is performed in the present embodiment. In the electronic dictionary device 2, English characters are input using the character keys 22, and four-voice data is input using the numeric keys 21. At this time, the character input column does not display the English character string and the four-voice data in the order of input, but the vowels of the input English character string indicate the tone symbols corresponding to the input four-voice data (see FIG. 25). ) Is displayed. For example, when “dan3zi” is entered, “v”, which is a tone symbol 353 representing three voices, is displayed in the character input field 351 on the screen 35 at the position of the vowel “a” of “danzi”. .

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic dictionary device 2. In the block diagram (see FIG. 2) of the electronic dictionary device 1 according to the first embodiment, the second pinyin search is performed on the first pinyin search program 51 in the ROM 50. It replaces with the program 52, replaces the first four-voice lower handling headword table 65 with the second four-voice lower handling headword table 66, eliminates the alphabet partial storage area 73 and the four voice partial storage area 75 of the RAM 70, and constitutes syllables. In this configuration, a storage area 81, an input four-voice storage area 83, and a four-voice additional character storage area 85 are added.

  The CPU 10 executes the second pinyin search process by reading the second pinyin search program 52 from the ROM 50 and executing it. The contents of the second Pinyin search process will be described later in detail with reference to a flowchart (see FIG. 16), but will be briefly described here.

  When the input character string is only an English character, the CPU 10 extracts a Pinyin headword having an alphabet part that completely matches the input character string from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66. The kanji headword corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headword is read from the second fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 66 and displayed in a list. After that, when the four-voice data is input by the user, the number is inserted immediately after the first syllable in the input character string, and the Pinyin headword that completely matches the inserted character string is usually found in the headword table. 63. Then, the kanji headword corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headword is read from the table and displayed. Further, when the right key of the cursor key 25 is pressed by the user, the number inserted in the input character string is moved immediately after the next syllable. Then, the Pinyin headword that completely matches the moved character string is extracted from the normal headword table 63, and the Chinese character headword corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headword is read from the table and displayed.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the second fourth-voice lower handling word entry table 66. The second four-voice subordinate headword table 66 is configured by adding a constituent syllable 662 in association with the Pinyin headword 651 in the first four-voice subword table 65 of the first embodiment. A constituent syllable is each syllable constituting the Pinyin headword 651. For example, in the line R14, the alphabet part of the Pinyin headword is “danzi”. Since this Pinyin headword is composed of syllables of “dan” and “zi”, “dan” and “zi” which are each syllable are sequentially stored as constituent syllables.

  In the constituent syllable storage area 81, syllables constituting the input character string are stored as constituent syllables. The input English character storage area 72 stores input English characters. An input English character is a character string composed only of English characters that are input as search target characters in dictionary lookup by Pinyin input. In the input four-voice storage area 83, input four voices are stored. The input four voices is a character string made up of numbers input as four voice data at the time of dictionary lookup by Pinyin input. In the four-voice additional character storage area 85, four-voice additional characters are stored. The four-voice added character is a character string in which the input four-voice is inserted immediately after any constituent syllable in the input English character in the second Pinyin search process.

  For example, when “danzi” is input as a dictionary for Pinyin input, “danzi” is stored as an input English character in the input English character storage area 72 shown in FIG. Then, in the constituent syllable storage area 81 shown in FIG. 15B, “dan” and “zi” that are syllables of “danzi” are stored as constituent syllables. Thereafter, when “3” is input as the four-voice data by pressing the numeric key 21, “3” is stored as the input four-voice data in the input four-voice storage area 83 shown in FIG. Then, “3” that is the input four voices is inserted immediately after “dan” that is one of the constituent syllables in the input English character “danzi”, and a character string “dan3zi” is created. This character string is stored as a four-voice additional character in the four-voice additional character storage area 85 shown in FIG.

  Next, the operation of the electronic dictionary device 2 will be described. FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second Pinyin search process, which is a process executed by the CPU 10 in accordance with the second Pinyin search program 52. FIGS. 17 and 18 are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed on the display unit 30 during the second Pinyin search process. The flow of the second Pinyin search process will be described in detail below with reference to the screen examples of FIGS.

  The CPU 10 displays a character string input screen on the display unit 30. Then, the CPU 10 determines whether or not all the input character strings are English characters (step B1). If all are not English characters (step B1; No), it transfers to another process (step B5). If all characters are English characters (step B1; Yes), the CPU 10 stores the input character string as an input English character in the input English character storage area 72 and displays the input English character in the character input field (step B7). The CPU 10 extracts Pinyin headwords and constituent syllables having alphabet parts that completely match the input English characters from the second fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 66. The extracted Pinyin headword is stored in the headword list storage area 77. Then, the kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66 and displayed in a list (step B10). The CPU 10 highlights the first kanji headword out of the displayed kanji headwords. The reverse display is moved up and down in accordance with the pressing operation of the cursor key 25 by the user. The explanation information corresponding to the reversely displayed kanji headword is read from the Chunichi dictionary DB 61 and displayed. The constituent syllable corresponding to the highlighted Pinyin headword is read from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66 and stored in the constituent syllable storage area 81 (step B15).

  FIG. 17A is a diagram illustrating a display screen example at the time of step B15, and is a screen example when the user inputs a character string “danzi”. On the screen 40, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 401, and “danzi” is displayed in the character input field 403 below the dictionary name 401. On the left side of the screen 40, a list 405 of kanji headwords such as “single” is displayed, and the first kanji headword “single” is highlighted 406. In the explanation information field 407 on the right side of the screen 40, explanation information “1 sheet. Mattress 2 writing....

  After step B15, the CPU 10 determines whether or not four-voice data has been input by pressing the numeric key 21 (step B20). If not input (step B20; No), the process returns to B1. If input (step B20; Yes), the CPU 10 stores the input four-voice data in the input four-voice storage area 83 as the input four voices. In the character input field, a tone symbol corresponding to the input four-voice data is added to the first vowel in the input English character and displayed. Then, the first constituent syllable in the constituent syllables stored in the constituent syllable storage area 81 is read, and the input four voices are inserted immediately after the constituent syllable in the input English character. This character string is stored as a four-voice added character in the four-voice added character storage area 85 (step B25). The CPU 10 extracts the Pinyin headword that completely matches the four-voice added character from the normal headword table 63 and updates the headword list storage area 77 with the Pinyin headword after the extracted Pinyin headword. (Step B30). Further, the CPU 10 reversely displays the kanji headword corresponding to the extracted pinyin headword as a candidate. The explanation information corresponding to the reversely displayed kanji headword is read from the Chunichi dictionary DB 61 and displayed. The CPU 10 reads the kanji headwords corresponding to the Pinyin headwords stored in the headword list storage area 77 from the normal headword table 63 and displays the list. The reverse display is moved up and down in accordance with the pressing operation of the cursor key 25 by the user (step B35).

  FIG. 17B is a diagram showing a display screen example at the time of step B35, which is a screen example when the user inputs four-voice data “3” after inputting the character string “danzi”. On the screen 41, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 411, and a tone symbol 414 corresponding to three voices is added to the first vowel of “danzi” in the character input field 413 below the dictionary name 411. A character string is displayed. On the left side of the screen 41, a list 415 of kanji headwords such as “gall” is displayed, and “gall” that is the first kanji headword is highlighted 416. In the explanation information column 417 on the right side of the screen 41, explanation information “liver, liver ball, chest:...

  After step B35, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the left or right direction key of the cursor keys 25 is pressed (step B40). If the left or right direction key is pressed (step B40; Yes), the CPU 10 selects the position of the vowel to which the tone symbol corresponding to the input four voices is to be pressed in the input English character in the character input field. Move to display according to. Then, the CPU 10 uses the character string in which the input four voices inserted in the four-voice additional character are moved from the insertion position immediately after the right or left constituent syllable according to the pressing operation of the cursor key 25, in the four-voice additional character. The storage area 85 is updated (step B45). After step B45, the process returns to step B30. When moving the four-voice data immediately after the first constituent syllable in step B45, after the four-voice data is moved as the internal data, a search wild card “?” Is inserted at the original insertion position. The “?” Means any of the four-voice data of “1” to “4”. For example, assume that the right direction key of the cursor key 25 is pressed when the four-voice additional character is “dan3zi” in FIG. In this case, “3” that is the four-voice data is moved immediately after “dan” that is the insertion position and immediately after “zi” that is the right constituent syllable. Then, immediately after “dan” which is the original insertion position, “?” Is inserted as internal data, and the four-voice added character is “dan? Zi3”. This character string completely matches the character strings “dan1zi3”, “dan2zi3”, “dan3zi3”, and “dan4zi4”.

  FIG. 17C is a diagram showing a display screen example at the time of step B35. After the user inputs the character strings “danzi” and “3”, the right key of the cursor key 25 is pressed in FIG. It is an example of a screen when pressed. On the screen 42, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 421, and the tone symbol 424 corresponding to 3 voices at the position of the vowel “i” of “danzi” is displayed in the character input field 423 below the dictionary name 421. A character string to which is added is displayed. On the left side of the screen 42, a list 425 of kanji headwords such as “single” is displayed, and the first kanji headword “single” is highlighted 426. In the explanation information column 427 on the right side of the screen 42, explanation information “<Tetsu> monocot, monad...

  If the right or left direction key of the cursor key 25 is not pressed in step B40 (step B40; No), the CPU 10 determines whether or not a kanji headword has been selected by the user (step B45). In this embodiment, the kanji headword is selected by moving the highlighted display to the kanji headword to be selected and pressing the translation / decision key 24. If selected, the explanation information corresponding to the highlighted kanji entry is read from the Chunichi dictionary DB 61 and displayed (step B50).

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen at the time of step B50. In the screen of FIG. 17C in which kanji headwords are displayed in a list and the kanji headword of “single child” is highlighted, This is an example of a screen when the enter key 24 is pressed. On the screen 43, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 431. Under the dictionary name 431, explanation information “<Tetsu>” of the “mono” that is the headword selected in FIG. Singleton, monad ... "is displayed.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, when a character string is input as a search target by the user, if all the input character strings are English characters, the electronic dictionary device 2 selects an alphabet part that completely matches the input English characters. The Pinyin headword is extracted from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66. Kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 66 and displayed as a list. Thereafter, when the voice data is input by the user, the electronic dictionary device 2 inserts the input voice data immediately after the first syllable in the input English character. The kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword that completely matches the inserted character string is read from the normal headword table 63 and displayed as a candidate in reverse video. When the left or right direction key of the cursor key 25 is further pressed, the electronic dictionary device 2 moves the four-voice data immediately after the next syllable in the pressed direction in the input English character in which the four-voice data is inserted. To do. The kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword that completely matches the moved character string is read from the normal headword table 63 and displayed as a candidate in reverse video.

  Therefore, when the user inputs English characters and then inputs the four-voice data, the four-voice data is inserted immediately after the first syllable. Furthermore, the insertion position of the input four-voice data can be moved by pressing the cursor key 25. Therefore, a vocabulary word display control device that can easily input the four-voice data to an appropriate position and has a high degree of freedom in the four-voice data input is realized.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, with reference to FIGS. 19 to 21, a third embodiment in which the headword display control device according to the present invention is applied to the electronic dictionary device 3 will be described.

  The external configuration of the electronic dictionary device 3 is the same as the external configuration (see FIG. 1) of the electronic dictionary device 1 of the first embodiment. In addition, when a pinyin is input in this embodiment, the pinyin notation displayed in the character input field is the same as the display in the second embodiment (see FIG. 12). A tone symbol corresponding to the voice data is added and displayed.

  FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic dictionary device 3. In the block diagram (see FIG. 13) of the electronic dictionary device 2 of the second embodiment, the second Pinyin search program 52 is replaced with the third Pinyin search program 53. It is the structure replaced with. Hereinafter, the same components as those of the second embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The description will focus on the features of the present embodiment.

  The CPU 10 executes the third pinyin search process by reading and executing the third pinyin search program 53 from the ROM 50. The contents of the third Pinyin search process will be described later in detail with reference to a flowchart (see FIG. 20), but the process will be briefly described here.

  When the input character string is only an English character, the CPU 10 extracts the Pinyin headword having the alphabet part that completely matches the input character string from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66. Kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 66 and displayed as a list. Thereafter, when the four-voice data is input by the user, the CPU 10 inserts the four-voice data immediately after the first syllable in the input character string. The kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword that completely matches the inserted character string is read from the normal headword table 63 and is highlighted as a candidate. When further four-voice data is input by the user, the CPU 10 inserts the four-voice data immediately after the next syllable in the highlighted character string. The kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword that completely matches the last inserted character string is read from the normal headword table 63 and displayed as a candidate in reverse video.

  Next, the operation of the electronic dictionary device 3 will be described. FIG. 20 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the third Pinyin search process, which is a process executed by the CPU 10 in accordance with the third Pinyin search program 53. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 30 during the third Pinyin search process. The third Pinyin search process is a process in which Step B40 is eliminated and Steps C37, C39, C41, and C43 are added after Step B35 in the second Pinyin search process of FIG. The flow of the third Pinyin search process will be described in detail below with reference to the screen example of FIG. 21, focusing on the difference from the second Pinyin search process.

  After step B35, the CPU 10 determines whether or not there are a plurality of Pinyin headwords that completely match in the comparison in step B35 (step C37). If there are not a plurality of matching words (step C37; No), step B45 is executed. When there are a plurality of completely matching Pinyin headwords (step C37; Yes), the CPU 10 reversely displays the vowel of the next syllable from the insertion position of the four-voice data of the input English character in the input English character of the character input field (Step C39). For example, if the input English character is “danzi” and “4” is input by the user, the four-voice additional character is “dan4zi”. In this case, since there are multiple Pinyin headwords such as “dan4zi”, “dan4zi3”, etc. that completely match “dan4zi”, the vowel “i” of the next syllable “zi” from the position where the four-voice data is inserted. "Is highlighted.

FIG. 21A is a diagram showing a display screen example at the time of step C39, which is a screen example when the user inputs the number “4” after inputting the character string “danzi”. The screen 44 displays a character string in which a tone symbol 444 corresponding to four voices is added to the first vowel of the dictionary name danzi. Also, since there are a plurality of Pinyin headwords that completely match this character string, the vowel “i” of “zi” that is the next syllable is highlighted 448 from the position where the four-voice data is inserted. On the left side of the screen 44, a list 445 of headwords such as “basidoko” is displayed, and “basidoko” that is the head kanji headword is displayed in reverse video 446. In the explanation information field 447 on the right side of the screen 44, the explanation information “Bag.
2 <metaphor> burden, responsibility ... "is displayed.

  After step C39, the CPU 10 determines whether or not four-voice data has been input by pressing the number key 21 of the user (step C41). If the four voice data has not been input (step C41; No), step B45 is executed. If the four-voice data is input (step C41; Yes), the CPU 10 adds a tone symbol corresponding to the input four-voice to the highlighted vowel among the input English characters displayed in the character input field. Then, the input four-voice storage area 83 is updated with the four-voice data input in step C41. The CPU 10 inserts the newly input four voices immediately after the next syllable from the position where the four voice data is inserted in the four voice addition characters (step C43). Step B30 is executed after Step C43.

  FIG. 21B is a diagram showing a display screen example at the time of step B35, and is a screen example when the user inputs four-voice data of “3” in FIG. On the screen 45, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 451, a tone symbol 454 corresponding to 4 voices is added to the first vowel of “danzi” in the character input field 453 below the dictionary name 451, A character string added with a tone symbol 458 corresponding to the three voices input to “i” that is highlighted in FIG. 21A is displayed. On the left side of the screen 45, a list 455 of kanji headwords such as “ammunition” is displayed and “headlet” which is the first kanji headword is highlighted 456. In the explanation information field 457 on the right side of the screen 45, the explanation information “1 Hakitama”. 2 <How> Ryukyu Billiards. Is displayed.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, when a character string is input as a search target by the user, the electronic dictionary device 3 detects an alphabet part that completely matches the input English character when the input character string is all English characters. The Pinyin headword is extracted from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66. Kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 66 and displayed as a list. Thereafter, when the voice data is input by the user, the electronic dictionary device 3 inserts the voice data immediately after the first syllable in the input English character. The kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword that completely matches the inserted character string is read from the normal headword table 63 and displayed as a candidate in reverse video. When there are a plurality of completely matching Pinyin headwords, the vowel of the next syllable is highlighted from the insertion position of the four-voice data in the input English character into which the four-voice data is inserted. When further four-voice data is input by the user, the electronic dictionary device 3 inserts the newly input four-voice data immediately after the syllable having the reverse display. The kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword that completely matches the last inserted character string is read from the normal headword table 63 and displayed as a candidate in reverse video.

  Therefore, when the user inputs four-voice data after inputting English characters, the four-voice data is inserted immediately after the first syllable. Further, when the voice data can be input, when the user inputs the voice data, the voice data input immediately after the next syllable is inserted from the insertion position of the voice data of the first voice. Therefore, it is possible to easily input a plurality of four-voice data appropriately at a plurality of input positions, and an entry word display control device having a high degree of freedom for four-voice data input is realized.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, a fourth embodiment in which the headword display control device according to the present invention is applied to the electronic dictionary device 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The external configuration of the electronic dictionary device 4 is the same as the external configuration (see FIG. 1) of the electronic dictionary device 1 of the first embodiment. In addition, when a pinyin is input in this embodiment, the pinyin notation displayed in the character input field is the same as the display in the second embodiment (see FIG. 12). A tone symbol corresponding to the voice data is added and displayed.

  FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic dictionary device 4. In the block diagram (see FIG. 13) of the electronic dictionary device 2 according to the second embodiment, the second Pinyin search program 52 in the ROM 50 is shown in the fourth Pinyin search. The configuration is the same as that obtained by replacing the program 54 with the normal headword table 63 and without the constituent syllable storage area 81 and the four-voice additional character storage area 85 of the RAM 70. Hereinafter, the same components as those of the second embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The description will focus on the features of the present embodiment.

  The CPU 10 reads the fourth Pinyin search program 54 from the ROM 50 and executes it to execute the fourth Pinyin search process. The contents of the fourth Pinyin search process will be described later in detail with reference to a flowchart (see FIG. 23), but the process will be briefly described here.

  When the input character string is only an English character, the CPU 10 extracts the Pinyin headword having the alphabet part that completely matches the input character string from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66. The kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66 and displayed as a list. Thereafter, when the four-voice data is input by the user, the CPU 10 extracts the pinyin headwords including the input four-voice data in the four-voice part from the list-displayed pinyin headwords. The kanji headwords corresponding to the finally extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66 and displayed as a list.

  Next, the operation of the electronic dictionary device 4 will be described. FIG. 23 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the fourth pinyin search process, which is a process executed by the CPU 10 in accordance with the fourth pinyin search program 54. FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 30 during the fourth Pinyin search process. The fourth Pinyin search process is a process in which Steps B30, B35, and B40 are eliminated, Step B25 is replaced with Step D25, and Step D23 is added after Step B20 in the second Pinyin search process of FIG. The flow of the fourth Pinyin search process will be described in detail below with reference to the screen example of FIG. 23, focusing on the difference from the second Pinyin search process.

  When the four-voice data is input by the user (step B20; Yes), the CPU 10 stores the input four-voice data in the input four-voice storage area 83 as the input four voices. Then, out of the Pinyin headwords stored in the headword list storage area 77, Pinyin headwords having a four-voice portion including four input voices are extracted. The headword list storage area 77 is updated with the extracted Pinyin headwords, and the Chinese character headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 66 and displayed as a list ( Step D23). The CPU 10 reversely displays the first kanji entry word of the displayed kanji entry words. The reverse display is moved up and down in accordance with the pressing operation of the cursor key 25 by the user. The explanation information corresponding to the reversely displayed kanji headword is read from the Chunichi dictionary DB 61 and displayed. Of the Pinyin headwords stored in the headword list storage area 77, the first Pinyin headword is read from the second fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 66 and displayed in the character input field (step D25). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step B45.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen at the time of step D25, which is a screen example when the user inputs the number “3” after inputting “danzi”. On the screen 46, “Chunichi Dictionary” is displayed as the dictionary name 461, and a tone symbol 464 corresponding to three voices is added to the first vowel of “danzi” in the character input field 463 below the dictionary name 461. A character string is displayed. This character string is a Pinyin notation in which the Pinyin headword corresponding to the head Chinese character headword is displayed among the displayed Kanji headwords (step D25). On the left side of the screen 46, a list 465 of kanji headwords such as “gall” is displayed, and “gall” that is the first kanji headword is highlighted 466. In this list display, not only the headword that contains 3 voices in the first syllable like “dan3zi” in the first line, but also 3 in the second syllable like “dan4zi3” in the third line. Includes headwords including voice. In the explanation information column 467 on the right side of the screen 46, explanation information “liver, liver ball, chest:...

  As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, when a character string is input as a search target by the user, the electronic dictionary device 4 selects an alphabet part that completely matches the input English character when the input character string is all English characters. The Pinyin headword is extracted from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66. Kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower-handling headword table 66 and displayed as a list. Thereafter, when the four-voice data is input by the user, the electronic dictionary device 4 extracts a Pinyin headword having a four-voice portion including the input four-voice data from the list-displayed Pinyin headwords. The kanji headwords corresponding to the extracted Pinyin headwords are read from the second fourth-voice lower handling headword table 66 and displayed as a list.

  Accordingly, when the user inputs English characters and then inputs the four-voice data, a list of kanji headwords corresponding to the Pinyin headwords including the input four-voice data is displayed after the displayed kanji headwords. Is displayed. Therefore, if one of the four-voice data is input for Pinyin headwords having a plurality of four-voice data, a desired headword can be extracted without inputting all the four-voice data. A headword display control device that can easily input four-voice data is realized.

[Modification]
The application of the present invention is not limited to the first to fourth embodiments described above, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In each of the above-described embodiments, in order to reduce the load of the search processing in the CPU, the normal headword search table 63, the first four-voice lower-level headword table 65, and the like are provided separately from the Chunichi dictionary DB 61. . However, the present invention can also be applied to an electronic dictionary device provided with a Chinese-Japanese dictionary DB that stores these tables in association with Pinyin notation headwords, Chinese characters, and explanation information without providing these tables. Specifically, in the process of extracting and comparing the alphabet part of the first fourth-voice lower-handling entry word table 65 and the like, such as step T9 in FIG. 9, the alphabet from the Pinyin notation entry in the Chunichi dictionary DB The process of extracting and comparing the portions may be performed for each Pinyin headword in the Chinese-Japanese dictionary DB.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case has been described in which the Chinese-Japanese dictionary DB 61 is provided to search for Chinese words / phrases, but the present invention can be similarly applied to other tone languages such as Thai and Vietnamese. . In that case, a phonetic character string including numbers indicating tone characters is constructed according to the notation of each tone language.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the electronic dictionary device has been described as one form of the headword display control device. However, the electronic dictionary device is not limited to this, and has a document processing function or a dictionary function such as word processing software or an editor. If it is an electronic device, the present invention can be applied to a mobile phone, a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and the like.

(A) The figure which shows an example of the perspective view of the electronic dictionary apparatus in 1st Embodiment. (B) The figure which shows an example of the keyboard layout of the electronic dictionary apparatus in 1st Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic dictionary apparatus in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of a data structure of the Chinese-Japanese dictionary DB in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the table structure of the normal headword table in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the table structure of the 1st four-voice lower handling word table in 1st Embodiment. (A) The figure which shows an example of the state of an input character string storage area. (B) The figure which shows an example of the state of an alphabet partial storage area. (C) The figure which shows an example of the state of a four voice partial storage area. (D) The figure which shows an example of the state of a headword list storage area. The flowchart for demonstrating the 1st pinyin search process in 1st Embodiment. The flowchart for demonstrating the normal search process in 1st Embodiment. The flowchart for demonstrating the four voice lower handling search process in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the display part in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the display part in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the display part in 2nd Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic dictionary apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the table structure of the 2nd four-voice lower handling word table in 1st Embodiment. (A) The figure which shows an example of the state of an input English character storage area. (B) The figure which shows an example of the state of a structure syllable storage area. (C) The figure which shows an example of the state of an input four voice memory area. (D) The figure which shows an example of the state of a four-voice additional character storage area. The flowchart for demonstrating the 3rd pinyin search process in 2nd Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the display part in 2nd Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the display part in 2nd Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic dictionary apparatus in 3rd Embodiment. The flowchart for demonstrating the 3rd pinyin search process in 3rd Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the display part in 3rd Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic dictionary apparatus in 4th Embodiment. The flowchart for demonstrating the 4th pinyin search process in 4th Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the display part in 4th Embodiment. Type of tone, tone symbol and input in electronic dictionary device. The figure which shows an example of the display screen displayed on the display part in an electronic dictionary apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1, 2, 3, 4 Electronic dictionary device 10 CPU
20 Input part 21 Number key 22 Character key 24 Translation / decision key 25 Cursor key 30 Display part 50 ROM
51 First Pinyin Search Program 52 Second Pinyin Search Program 53 Third Pinyin Search Program 54 Fourth Pinyin Search Program 61 Chunichi Dictionary DB
63 Normal headword table 65 First four-voice subordinate headword table 66 Second four-voice subordinate headword table 70 RAM
71 Input character string storage area 73 Alphabet partial storage area 75 Four voice partial storage area 77 Headword list storage area 81 Component syllable storage area 83 Input four voice storage area 85 Four voice additional character storage area

Claims (9)

A headword storage means for associating English letters with kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data;
A character string input means for inputting a character string including English characters and four-voice data;
An English character extracting means for extracting an English character portion of the character string input by the character string input means;
The English character matching pinyin look for extracting a matching pinyin headword by comparing the English character part extracted by the English character extracting means with the English character part of the Pinyin headword stored in the head word storing means. Word extraction means;
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by this English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means, the Pinyin headwords that match the four-voice data part of the input character string are extracted and the corresponding Chinese character headwords are extracted. Kanji headword display means for reading out and displaying from the headword storage means;
A headword display control device comprising: The character string including the English character and the four-voice data input by the character string input means and the Pinyin headword stored in the headword storage means are compared while including the English character and the four-voice data. A complete match Pinyin Kanji headword display means for displaying a Kanji headword corresponding to the matching Pinyin headword;
Switching means for switching between the display of the kanji headword by the kanji headword display means and the display of the kanji headword by the exact match Pinyin kanji headword display means;
The headword display control device according to claim 1, comprising: A headword storage means for associating English letters with kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data;
An English character input means for inputting English characters;
An English character matching pinyin finder that compares the English character input by the English character input means with the English character part of the Pinyin finder stored in the headword storage means to extract a matching pinyin finder Word extraction means;
Four-voice data input means for inputting four-voice data;
The Pinyin headword having the four-voice data input by the four-voice data input means at a predetermined four-voice position is extracted from the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means. 1 extraction means;
Four-voice position changing means for changing the predetermined four-voice position;
The Pinyin headword having the four-voice data input by the four-voice data input means at the four-voice position changed by the four-voice position changing means is extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means. A second extracting means for extracting from the headword;
When the change by the four-voice position changing means is not made, the kanji entry corresponding to the Pinyin entry extracted by the first extraction means is changed to the second character when the change is made. A kanji headword display means for reading out and displaying the kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the extraction means from the headword storage means;
A headword display control device comprising: A headword storage means for associating English letters with kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data;
An English character input means for inputting English characters;
An English character matching pinyin finder that compares the English character input by the English character input means with the English character part of the Pinyin finder stored in the headword storage means to extract a matching pinyin finder Word extraction means;
First four-voice data input means for inputting four-voice data for the first four-voice position;
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction unit, the Pinyin heading having the four-voice data input by the first four-voice data input unit at the first four-voice position First extraction means for extracting words;
First kanji headword display means for reading out and displaying a kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the first extraction means from the headword storage means;
Second voice data input means for inputting voice data for a second voice position after the voice data is input by the first voice data input means;
When the input is made by the second four-voice data input means, the Pinyin headword having the four-voice data inputted by the second four-voice data input means at the second four-voice data position Second extraction means for extracting from Pinyin headwords extracted by the first extraction means;
When an input is made by the second four-voice data input means, a kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the second extraction means is read from the headword storage means and displayed. Second kanji headword display means;
A headword display control device comprising: A headword storage means for associating English letters with kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data;
An English character input means for inputting English characters;
An English character matching pinyin finder that compares the English character input by the English character input means with the English character part of the Pinyin finder stored in the headword storage means to extract a matching pinyin finder Word extraction means;
Four-voice data input means for inputting four-voice data;
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction means, the corresponding Chinese character headwords are extracted by extracting Pinyin headwords having the four-voice data input by the four-voice data input means. Kanji headword display means for reading out and displaying the headword storage means,
A headword display control device comprising: Translation information storage means for storing translation information corresponding to each kanji entry word stored in the entry word storage means;
Translation information display means for reading and displaying the translation information corresponding to the kanji headword when the kanji headword is displayed by the kanji headword display means;
The headword display control device according to claim 1, 3 or 5. A program that is executed in a computer including a headword storage unit, a CPU, a display unit, and an input unit,
The headword storage means stores English letters and kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data in association with each other,
In the computer,
A character string input function for inputting a character string including English characters and four-voice data in accordance with an input from the input means;
An English character extraction function that extracts an English character portion of the character string input by the character string input function;
The English character matching pinyin view extracts the pinyin headword by comparing the English character part extracted by the English character extraction function with the English character part of the pinyin headword stored in the headword storage means. Word extraction function;
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by this English character matching Pinyin headword extraction function, Pinyin headwords that match the four-voice data part of the input character string are extracted and the corresponding Chinese character headwords are extracted. A kanji headword display function for reading from the headword storage means and displaying on the display means;
A program to realize A program that is executed in a computer including a headword storage unit, a CPU, a display unit, and an input unit,
The headword storage means stores English letters and kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data in association with each other,
In the computer,
An English character input function for inputting English characters according to the input from the input means;
An English character matching Pinyin headword extraction function that compares the English character input by this English character input function with the English character part of the Pinyin headword stored in the storage means to extract a matching Pinyin headword When,
A four-voice data input function for inputting four-voice data according to the input from the input means;
A Pinyin headword having four-voice data input by the four-voice data input function at a predetermined four-voice position is extracted from among the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction function. 1 extraction function,
A four-voice position changing function for changing the predetermined four-voice position according to an input from the input means;
Pinyin headwords having the four voice data input by the four voice data input function at the four voice positions changed by the four voice position change function are extracted by the English character matching pinyin headword extraction function. A second extraction function for extracting from the headword;
If no change has been made by the four-voice position changing function, a kanji entry corresponding to the Pinyin entry extracted by the first extraction function is set. A kanji headword display function for reading out a kanji headword corresponding to the Pinyin headword extracted by the extraction function from the headword storage means and displaying it on the display means;
A program to realize A program that is executed in a computer including a headword storage unit, a CPU, a display unit, and an input unit,
The headword storage means stores English letters and kanji headwords corresponding to Pinyin headwords including four-voice data in association with each other,
In the computer,
An English character input function for inputting English characters according to the input from the input means;
An English character matching pinyin finder that compares the English character input by this English character input function with the English character part of the Pinyin finder stored in the headword storage means to extract a matching Pinyin finder Word extraction function,
A four-voice data input function for inputting four-voice data according to the input from the input means;
Of the Pinyin headwords extracted by the English character matching Pinyin headword extraction function, Pinyin headwords having the four-voice data input by the four-voice data input function are extracted and corresponding Kanji headwords are extracted. A kanji headword display function for reading out from the headword storage means and displaying it on the display means;
A program to realize

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