JP2014099154A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a retrieval result in an order desired by a user.SOLUTION: An electronic dictionary includes: a storage section 30 storing plural kinds of dictionary data; an input section 40 receiving input of retrieval characters and input of information indicating a preferential order of the dictionary data; and a control section 20 setting a preferential order of the dictionary data on the basis of the information indicating the preferential order of the dictionary data, the input of which is received by the input section 40. The control section 20 retrieves, from the dictionary data, information corresponding to the retrieval characters the input of which is received by the input section 40, in an order based on the preferential order that is set. The control section 20 further displays the information corresponding to the retrieval characters on a display section 50 in the retrieved order.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic dictionary.

  Conventionally, electronic dictionaries storing a plurality of types of dictionary data are known. Also, electronic dictionaries are known that perform skewered searches that retrieve information such as translation of input phrases, parts of speech, synonyms, and example sentences from all of a plurality of types of dictionary data (for example, patent documents). 1).

JP 2001-134567 A

  However, in the electronic dictionary described in the cited document 1, the type of dictionary such as an English-Japanese dictionary, a Japanese-English dictionary, an English-English dictionary, or a synonym dictionary can be set as a dictionary to be searched. The priority order cannot be set. Therefore, there is a problem that the search results cannot be displayed in the order desired by the user.

  For example, the electronic dictionary may store dictionary data of an English-Japanese dictionary that contains terms for learning and dictionary data of an English-Japanese dictionary that contains medical terms. At this time, if the user wants to search medical terms, he / she wants to display the search results of medical terms first, but in the conventional electronic dictionary, the search results of terms for learning are displayed first. May be. Similarly, when a user wants to examine a term for learning, the user wants to display a search result for the term for learning first. However, in a conventionally known electronic dictionary, the search result for a medical term is first. It may be displayed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic dictionary capable of displaying search results in an order desired by a user.

  The present invention includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of types of dictionary data, an input unit that receives input of search characters, and input of information indicating the priority order of the dictionary data, and the dictionary that the input unit has received input. Based on the information indicating the priority order of data, a setting unit that sets the priority order of the dictionary data, and information corresponding to the search character that the input unit has received an input in the priority order set by the setting unit An electronic dictionary comprising: a search unit that searches from the dictionary data in an order based on; and a display control unit that displays information corresponding to the search characters on a display unit in the order in which the search unit searches. .

  In the electronic dictionary of the present invention, the input unit accepts input of information indicating the dictionary data that is not a search target, and the setting unit receives the dictionary data that is not the search target that the input unit has received. The dictionary data that is not a search target is set based on the information that is indicated, and the search unit is configured to set information corresponding to the search character that the input unit has received input to the search target that is not set by the setting unit. It is characterized by not searching from dictionary data.

  In the electronic dictionary of the present invention, the input unit accepts an input of an out-of-target search instruction that is an instruction to perform a search from the dictionary data that is not a search target. When an input of an instruction is received, information corresponding to the search character received by the input unit is searched from the dictionary data not set as a search target set by the setting unit.

  In the electronic dictionary of the present invention, the input unit accepts input of information indicating the priority order of the dictionary data and information indicating the dictionary data that is not a search target for each category, and the setting unit includes: For each category, the priority order of the dictionary data is set based on information indicating the priority order of the dictionary data received by the input unit, and the search target for which the input unit has received the input for each category The dictionary data that is not a search target is set based on information indicating the dictionary data outside.

  Further, in the electronic dictionary of the present invention, the display control unit displays the information corresponding to the search character on the display unit when the setting unit sets the priority order of the dictionary data. The display order of the information corresponding to the search character is changed based on the priority order of the dictionary data.

  According to the present invention, the storage unit stores a plurality of types of dictionary data. The input unit accepts input of search characters and input of information indicating the priority order of dictionary data. The setting unit sets the priority order of dictionary data based on information indicating the priority order of dictionary data received by the input unit. The search unit searches the dictionary data for information corresponding to the search character received by the input unit in an order based on the priority order set by the setting unit. The display control unit displays information corresponding to the search characters on the display unit in the order in which the search unit has searched. Thereby, since the information corresponding to the search character can be displayed on the display unit based on the priority order of the dictionary data accepted by the input unit, the search result can be displayed in the order desired by the user.

It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the electronic dictionary in one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which showed the list of the dictionary data which the memory | storage part in this embodiment memorize | stores. It is the schematic which showed the data structure of the "entry word priority order data" which the memory | storage part in this embodiment memorize | stores. It is the schematic which showed the data structure of the "example sentence priority order data" which the memory | storage part in this embodiment memorize | stores. It is the schematic which showed the data structure of the "phrase priority order data" which the memory | storage part in this embodiment memorize | stores. It is the flowchart which showed the setting procedure of the priority order data which the memory | storage part in this embodiment memorize | stores. It is the schematic which showed the example of a screen which the display part in this embodiment displays. It is the schematic which showed the example of a screen which the display part in this embodiment displays. It is the schematic which showed the example of a screen which the display part in this embodiment displays. It is the schematic which showed the example of a screen which the display part in this embodiment displays. It is the schematic which showed the example of a screen which the display part in this embodiment displays. It is the flowchart which showed the search procedure of the dictionary data in this embodiment. It is the schematic which showed the example of a display screen of the search result of the headword in this embodiment. It is the schematic which showed the example of a display screen of the search result of the headword after the setting change process of the priority order data in this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic dictionary in the present embodiment. In the illustrated example, the electronic dictionary 10 includes a control unit 20, a storage unit 30, an input unit 40, and a display unit 50. The control unit 20 controls each unit included in the electronic dictionary 10. For example, the control unit 20 operates as a setting unit that sets the priority order of dictionary data. In addition, the control unit 20 operates as a search unit that searches dictionary data. The control unit 20 operates as a display control unit that controls display on the display unit 50.

  The storage unit 30 stores a plurality of types of dictionary data. In addition, the storage unit 30 stores data (for example, priority order data) used when each unit included in the electronic dictionary 10 operates. The input unit 40 includes a key, a touch panel, and the like, and receives an instruction input from the user. The display unit 50 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays characters and images. Note that the electronic dictionary 10 according to the present embodiment includes a touch panel type liquid crystal display that also serves as the input unit 40 and the display unit 50.

  Next, dictionary data stored in the storage unit 30 will be described. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a list of dictionary data stored in the storage unit 30 according to the present embodiment. In the illustrated example, the storage unit 30 stores four types of dictionary data, that is, English-Japanese dictionary A data, English-Japanese dictionary B data, English-Japanese dictionary C data, and English-Japanese dictionary D data as dictionary data of the English-Japanese dictionary. Yes. In addition, the storage unit 30 stores two types of dictionary data, a Japanese-English dictionary A data and a Japanese-English dictionary B data, as dictionary data for the Japanese-English dictionary. In addition, the storage unit 30 stores three types of dictionary data: English-English dictionary A data, English-English dictionary B data, and English-English dictionary C data as dictionary data for the English-English dictionary.

  For example, the English-Japanese dictionary A data is data in which medical terms are recorded, and the English-Japanese dictionary B data is data in which learning terms are recorded. Similarly, the Japanese-English dictionary A and B data are different data, and the English-English dictionary A to C data are different data.

  Next, priority order data stored in the storage unit 30 will be described. The electronic dictionary 10 according to the present embodiment, as the priority order of search target dictionaries, is a priority order when searching for headwords, a priority order when searching for example sentences, and a priority order when searching for phrases (idioms). And can be set. That is, in the present embodiment, the priority order can be set according to the headword category, the example sentence category, and the phrase category (the dictionary data priority order can be set for each category).

  Therefore, the storage unit 30 stores “entry word priority order data” indicating the priority order when searching for headwords, “example sentence priority order data” indicating the priority order when searching for example sentences, and phrases (idioms). “Phrase priority order data” indicating the priority order when searching is stored. Note that “entry word priority order data”, “example sentence priority order data”, and “phrase priority order data” can be arbitrarily set by a user instruction input. The procedure for setting the priority order data will be described later.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure of “entry word priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30 according to the present embodiment. “Keyword priority order data” includes the name and priority of dictionary data to be searched when searching for headwords in the English-Japanese dictionary, Japanese-English dictionary, and English-English dictionary, and dictionary data that is not searched Remember the name of

  In the example shown in the figure, “English-Japanese dictionary A data”, “English-Japanese dictionary C data”, and “English-Japanese dictionary D data” are stored in order as search targets of the English-Japanese dictionary when searching for headwords. In addition, “English-Japanese dictionary B data” is stored as an English-Japanese dictionary search target that is not used when searching for headwords. This indicates that when searching for a headword in the English-Japanese dictionary, the search is performed in the order of “English-Japanese dictionary A data”, “English-Japanese dictionary C data”, and “English-Japanese dictionary D data”. It also indicates that “English-Japanese dictionary B data” is not searched when searching for a headword in the English-Japanese dictionary.

  In the illustrated example, “Japanese-English dictionary B data” and “Japanese-English dictionary A data” are stored in order as search targets of the Japanese-English dictionary when searching for headwords. Also, nothing is stored outside the search target of the Japanese-English dictionary when searching for headwords. This indicates that when searching for a headword in the Japanese-English dictionary, the search is performed in the order of “Japanese-English dictionary B data” and “Japanese-English dictionary A data”.

  In the illustrated example, “English-English dictionary B data” and “English-English dictionary A data” are sequentially stored as search targets of the English-English dictionary when searching for headwords. In addition, “English-English dictionary C data” is stored as an English-English dictionary search target that is not used when searching for headwords. This indicates that when searching for an entry word in the English-English dictionary, the search is performed in the order of “English-English dictionary B data” and “English-English dictionary A data”. It also indicates that “English / English dictionary C data” is not searched when searching for a headword in an English / English dictionary.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure of “example sentence priority data” stored in the storage unit 30 according to the present embodiment. “Example sentence priority order data” is the name and priority of dictionary data to be searched when searching for example sentences in the English-Japanese dictionary, the Japanese-English dictionary, and the English-English dictionary, and the name of dictionary data not to be searched. And remember.

  In the illustrated example, “English-Japanese dictionary A data”, “English-Japanese dictionary D data”, “English-Japanese dictionary B data”, and “English-Japanese dictionary C data” are sequentially searched as an English-Japanese dictionary search target when searching for example sentences. It is remembered. Also, nothing is stored outside the search target of the English-Japanese dictionary when searching for example sentences. This indicates that when searching for example sentences in the English-Japanese dictionary, the search is performed in the order of “English-Japanese dictionary A data”, “English-Japanese dictionary D data”, “English-Japanese dictionary B data”, and “English-Japanese dictionary C data”. .

  In the illustrated example, “Japanese-English dictionary B data” is stored as a search target of the Japanese-English dictionary when searching for example sentences. Further, “Japanese-English dictionary A data” is stored as a search target of the Japanese-English dictionary when searching for example sentences. This indicates that “Japanese-English dictionary B data” is searched when an example sentence is searched in the Japanese-English dictionary. In addition, when searching for example sentences in the Japanese-English dictionary, “Japanese-English dictionary A data” is not searched.

  In the illustrated example, “English-English dictionary A data” and “English-English dictionary C data” are sequentially stored as search targets of the English-English dictionary when searching for example sentences. Further, “English-English dictionary B data” is stored as an English-English dictionary search target that is not used when searching for headwords. This indicates that when searching for a headword in the English-English dictionary, the search is performed in the order of “English-English dictionary A data” and “English-English dictionary C data”. It also indicates that “English / English dictionary B data” is not searched when searching for a headword in an English / English dictionary.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure of “sung phrase priority data” stored in the storage unit 30 according to the present embodiment. “Phrase priority order data” is the name and priority of dictionary data to be searched when searching for phrases in the English-Japanese dictionary, Japanese-English dictionary, and English-English dictionary, and the names of dictionary data that are not searched. And remember.

  In the illustrated example, “English-Japanese dictionary B data”, “English-Japanese dictionary C data”, and “English-Japanese dictionary D data” are stored in order as search targets of the English-Japanese dictionary when searching for phrases. Further, “English-Japanese dictionary A data” is stored as an English-Japanese dictionary that is not searched when searching for example sentences. This indicates that when searching for a phrase in the English-Japanese dictionary, the search is performed in the order of “English-Japanese dictionary B data”, “English-Japanese dictionary C data”, and “English-Japanese dictionary D data”. In addition, when searching for a phrase in the English-Japanese dictionary, “English-Japanese dictionary A data” is not searched.

  In the illustrated example, “Japanese-English dictionary B data” and “Japanese-English dictionary A data” are sequentially stored as search targets of the Japanese-English dictionary when searching for phrases. Also, nothing is stored outside the search target of the Japanese-English dictionary when searching for phrases. This indicates that when searching for a phrase in the Japanese-English dictionary, the search is performed in the order of “Japanese-English dictionary B data” and “Japanese-English dictionary A data”.

  In the illustrated example, “English-English dictionary B data” and “English-English dictionary C data” are stored in order as search targets of the English-English dictionary when searching for phrases. Further, “English-English dictionary A data” is stored as an English-English dictionary that is not searched when searching for phrases. This indicates that when searching for a phrase in the English-English dictionary, the search is performed in the order of “English-English dictionary B data” and “English-English dictionary C data”. It also indicates that “English-English dictionary A data” is not searched when searching for phrases in the English-English dictionary.

  In addition, the above priority setting can be set across different dictionary types such as English-Japanese dictionary, English-English dictionary, and Japanese-English dictionary. In the above example, the priority order is set separately for the English-Japanese dictionary, the English-English dictionary, and the Japanese-English dictionary for “entry word priority data”, “example sentence priority data”, and “phrase priority data”. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the priority order of the English-Japanese dictionary, English-English dictionary, and Japanese-English dictionary may be set collectively. For example, the search priority may be set in the order of English-Japanese dictionary A data, which is the type of English-Japanese dictionary, and then English-English dictionary A data, which is a type of English-English dictionary different from the type of English-Japanese dictionary. Good. With such a configuration, the convenience for the operator is further improved, and for example, there is an advantage that a result that can understand the meaning close to native in the English-English dictionary can be obtained during a Japanese translation search in the English-Japanese dictionary.

  Further, as described above, it is possible to set not only the priority of the search target of a plurality of dictionary data but also whether or not to include it in the search target itself. As described above, the number of dictionary data to be searched can be reduced by setting the dictionary data that is not to be searched. With such a configuration, even in an electronic dictionary having an enormous number of dictionary data, the number of dictionary data to be searched is set to the number desired by the operator, so the load on the search in the control unit is reduced. A desired search result can be obtained in a short time. In other words, the retrieval accuracy can be improved by obtaining desired retrieval results from a large number of dictionary data, and the speed of the retrieval process can be suppressed despite the electronic dictionary storing a large number of dictionary data. is there.

  Next, a procedure for setting priority order data stored in the storage unit 30 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for setting priority order data stored in the storage unit 30 according to the present embodiment. When setting the headword priority order data, the user operates a key provided in the input unit 40 to input a headword priority order designation instruction. Further, when setting example sentence priority order data, the user operates a key of the input unit 40 to input an example sentence priority order designation instruction. Further, when setting the phrase priority order data, the user operates a key provided in the input unit 40 to input a phrase priority order designation instruction.

(Step S101) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a headword priority order designation instruction. When the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received an input of a headword priority order designation instruction, the process proceeds to step S102. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S103.
(Step S102) The control unit 20 performs a headword priority order setting process. Thereafter, the process ends. For example, as a headword priority order setting process, the control unit 20 displays a list of dictionary names on the display unit 50. The user sets the priority order of the headwords by dragging and dropping the dictionary name displayed on the display unit 50 to change the priority order or to move it to a non-target column. The control unit 20 updates the “entry word priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30 based on the user's operation.

(Step S103) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of an example sentence priority order designation instruction. If the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received an example sentence priority order designation instruction, the process proceeds to step S104. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S105.
(Step S104) The control unit 20 performs example sentence priority order setting processing. Thereafter, the process ends. For example, as the example sentence priority order setting process, the control unit 20 displays a list of dictionary names on the display unit 50. The user sets the example sentence priority order by dragging and dropping the dictionary name displayed on the display unit 50 to change the priority order or move the dictionary name to a non-target column. The control unit 20 updates the “example sentence priority data” stored in the storage unit 30 based on a user operation.

(Step S105) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a phrase priority order designation instruction. When the control unit 20 determines that the input of the phrase priority order designation instruction has been received, the input unit 40 proceeds to the process of step S106, and otherwise the process ends.
(Step S106) The control unit 20 performs a phrase order setting process. Thereafter, the process ends. For example, as a phrase setting process, the control unit 20 displays a list of dictionary names on the display unit 50. The user sets the phrase priority order by dragging and dropping the dictionary name displayed on the display unit 50 to change the priority order or to move it to a non-target column. The control unit 20 updates the “phrase priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30 based on the user's operation.

  7 to 11 are schematic diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed by the display unit 50 when performing the headword priority order setting process. An example of the drag and drop described above will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 7, “English-Japanese dictionary A data”, “English-Japanese dictionary B data”, “English-Japanese dictionary C data”, and “English-Japanese dictionary D data” are sequentially stored in the English-Japanese dictionary row of “keyword priority order data”. The example of a screen which the display part 50 displays when it is being shown is shown. In the illustrated example, “(1) English-Japanese dictionary A”, “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B”, “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C”, and “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” are displayed in order in the “object” column. . In addition, nothing is displayed in the “non-target” column.

  At this time, when the priority order of “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” and “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” is switched, the user drags the display of “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” and “(2) Move between “English-Japanese dictionary B” and “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C”. FIG. 8 shows the display unit 50 when the user drags the display of “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” and moves it between “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B” and “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C”. An example screen is shown. In the example shown in the figure, “(1) English-Japanese dictionary A”, “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B”, “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” are displayed in order in the “target” column, and “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B” and “ “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” is displayed between “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C”.

  In addition, the user drops the display of “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” because “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” has moved between “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B” and “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C”. To do. FIG. 9 shows an example of a screen displayed by the display unit 50 when the user drops the display of “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” between “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B” and “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C”. Is shown. In the illustrated example, “(1) English-Japanese dictionary A”, “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B”, “(3) English-Japanese dictionary D”, and “(4) English-Japanese dictionary C” are displayed in order in the “target” column. .

  Through the above-described operation, the input unit 40 receives an instruction to change the order of “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” and “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D”. Then, the control unit 20 updates the “entry word priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30 based on the input received by the input unit 40. Specifically, the control unit 20 adds “English-Japanese dictionary A data”, “English-Japanese dictionary B data”, and “English-Japanese dictionary D” to the line of the English-Japanese dictionary of “headword priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30. Data "and" English-Japanese dictionary C data "are stored in this order.

  Also, when setting a dictionary to be excluded from the search target, the user can set it by dragging and dropping the display of the dictionary name. For example, when the display unit 50 displays the screen example shown in FIG. 7, when “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” is excluded from the search target, the user selects “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C”. Drag the display to move it to the “Not applicable” field. FIG. 10 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 50 while the user is dragging the display of “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” and moving it to the “not applicable” field. In the illustrated example, “(1) English-Japanese dictionary A”, “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B”, and “(4) English-Japanese dictionary D” are displayed in order in the “target” column, and the “target” column and “non-target” column. “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” is displayed.

  Further, the user drops the display of “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” after “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” has completely moved to the “Not applicable” column. FIG. 11 shows a screen example displayed by the display unit 50 when the user drops the display of “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” in the “not applicable” field. In the illustrated example, “(1) English-Japanese dictionary A”, “(2) English-Japanese dictionary B”, and “(3) English-Japanese dictionary D” are sequentially displayed in the “target” column. In the example shown in the figure, “(1) English-Japanese dictionary C” is displayed in the “not applicable” column.

  Through the processing described above, the input unit 40 receives an input of an instruction that “(3) English-Japanese dictionary C” is excluded from the search target. Then, the control unit 20 updates the “entry word priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30 based on the input received by the input unit 40. Specifically, the control unit 20 stores “English-Japanese dictionary A data” and “English-Japanese dictionary B data” in the column “search target” in the English-Japanese dictionary row of the “keyword priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30. ”And“ English-Japanese dictionary D data ”in this order, and“ English-Japanese dictionary C data ”is stored in the column“ not subject to search ”.

  Through the processing described above, the control unit 20 can set the priority of the English-Japanese dictionary of “entry word priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30. In the above-described example, the method for setting the priority of the English-Japanese dictionary of “keyword priority order data” has been described, but the method for setting the priority between the Japanese-English dictionary and the English-English dictionary is the same. The same applies to the English-Japanese dictionary of “example sentence priority data” and “sung phrase priority data”, and the method of setting the priorities of the Japanese-English dictionary and English-English dictionary.

  Next, a dictionary data search procedure will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a dictionary data search procedure according to this embodiment. When searching for dictionary data, the user presses one of the “English-Japanese key”, “Japanese-English key”, and “English-English key” provided in the input unit 40 to search the dictionary data group to be searched. Is specified. In addition, after the user designates a dictionary data group, the user inputs characters indicating the search target phrase, and presses one of the “entry word key”, “example sentence key”, and “sung phrase key” to search. Specify the item.

(Step S <b> 201) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an “English-Japanese key” input. If the control unit 20 determines that the input of the “English / Japanese key” has been received, the input unit 40 proceeds to step S202, and otherwise proceeds to step S212.
(Step S202) The input unit 40 receives input of characters. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S203.

(Step S <b> 203) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a “keyword key”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received the “keyword key” input, the process proceeds to step S204. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S206.
(Step S <b> 204) The control unit 20 reads an English-Japanese dictionary row of “entry word priority order data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S205.
(Step S205) The control unit 20 performs the process of step S202 for each English-Japanese dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the English-Japanese dictionary row of the “keyword priority order data” read out in the process of step S204. Search for a headword specified by the character that has received the input. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. The relationship between the “entry word priority order data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

(Step S <b> 206) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of “example sentence key”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input of the “example sentence key” has been received, the input unit 40 proceeds to the process of step S207, and otherwise proceeds to the process of step S209.
(Step S <b> 207) The control unit 20 reads an English-Japanese dictionary row of “example sentence priority data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S208.
(Step S208) The control unit 20 inputs the English-Japanese dictionary data for each English-Japanese dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the English-Japanese dictionary row of the “example sentence priority order data” read out in the processing in step S207. Search for an example sentence identified by the character that received. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. The relationship between the “example sentence priority data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

(Step S <b> 209) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a “phrase key”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received the input of the “phrase key”, the process proceeds to step S210. Otherwise, the process returns to step S202.
(Step S <b> 210) The control unit 20 reads a line in the English-Japanese dictionary of “sung phrase priority data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S211.
(Step S211) The control unit 20 inputs the English-Japanese dictionary data for each English-Japanese dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the English-Japanese dictionary row of the “sung phrase priority data” read out in the process in step S210. Search for an example sentence identified by the character that received. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. Note that the relationship between the “phrase priority order data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

(Step S212) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a “Japanese / English key”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received an input of “Japanese / English keys”, the process proceeds to step S213. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S223.
(Step S213) The input unit 40 receives input of characters. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S214.

(Step S <b> 214) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a “keyword key”. When the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received an input of the “keyword key”, the process proceeds to step S215. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S217.
(Step S <b> 215) The control unit 20 reads a row of the Japanese-English dictionary of “entry word priority data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S216.
(Step S216) The control unit 20 performs the process of step S213 for each Japanese-English dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the row of the Japanese-English dictionary of “headword priority order data” read out in the process of step S215. Search for a headword specified by the character that has received the input. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. The relationship between the “entry word priority order data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

(Step S <b> 217) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of “example sentence key”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input of the “example sentence key” has been received, the input unit 40 proceeds to the process of step S218, and otherwise proceeds to the process of step S220.
(Step S <b> 218) The control unit 20 reads a line in the Japanese-English dictionary of “example sentence priority data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S219.
(Step S219) The control unit 20 inputs the data in the step S213 for each Japanese-English dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the Japanese-English dictionary row of the “example sentence priority data” read out in the processing in the step S218. Search for an example sentence identified by the character that received. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. The relationship between the “example sentence priority data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

(Step S <b> 220) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a “phrase key”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received the input of the “phrase key”, the process proceeds to step S221. Otherwise, the process returns to step S213.
(Step S <b> 221) The control unit 20 reads a line of the Japanese-English dictionary of “sung phrase priority data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S222.
(Step S222) The control unit 20 inputs the data in the step S213 for each Japanese-English dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the row of the Japanese-English dictionary of the “phrase priority data” read out in the processing in step S221. Search for an example sentence identified by the character that received. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. Note that the relationship between the “phrase priority order data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

(Step S223) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of “English / English keys”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received an “English / English key” input, the process proceeds to step S224; otherwise, the process returns to step S201.
(Step S224) The input unit 40 receives input of characters. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S225.

(Step S <b> 225) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a “keyword key”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received the “keyword key” input, the process proceeds to step S226. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S228.
(Step S <b> 226) The control unit 20 reads an English-English dictionary row of “entry word priority data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S227.
(Step S227) The control unit 20 performs step S224 for each English-English dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the English-English dictionary row of the “entry word priority order data” read out in the process of step S226. The headword specified by the character that has been input in the process is searched. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. The relationship between the “entry word priority order data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

(Step S228) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of “example sentence key”. If the control unit 20 determines that the input of the “example sentence key” has been received, the input unit 40 proceeds to the process of step S229, and otherwise proceeds to the process of step S231.
(Step S <b> 229) The control unit 20 reads an English-English dictionary row of “example sentence priority data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S230.
(Step S230) The control unit 20 performs the process of step S224 for each English-English dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the English-English dictionary row of the “example sentence priority data” read out in the process of step S229. Search for an example sentence identified by the character that was input in. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. The relationship between the “example sentence priority data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

(Step S <b> 231) The control unit 20 determines whether or not the input unit 40 has received an input of a “phrase key”. When the control unit 20 determines that the input unit 40 has received the input of the “spoken key”, the process proceeds to step S232, and otherwise, the process returns to step S224.
(Step S <b> 232) The control unit 20 reads a line in the English-English dictionary of “sung phrase priority data” stored in the storage unit 30. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S233.
(Step S233) The control unit 20 performs the process of step S224 for each English-English dictionary data in the order specified by the data stored in the English-English dictionary row of the “phrase priority order data” read out in the process of step S232. Search for an example sentence identified by the character that was input in. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S234. Note that the relationship between the “phrase priority order data” and the search order is as described in FIG.

  (Step S234) The control unit 20 causes the display unit 50 to display the search results in the search order. Thereafter, the process ends.

  In the above-described search procedure, the type of dictionary data to be searched may be determined in accordance with the type of character received by the input unit 40. Specifically, when the character input by the input unit 40 when searching for a headword is an alphabet, it is determined to search English-English dictionary data and English-Japanese dictionary data. Is determined to be searched. If national language dictionary data, encyclopedia data, and the like are recorded, it may be determined that national language dictionary data and encyclopedia data are also searched in addition to Japanese-English dictionary data. Similarly, when searching for example sentences and phrases, if the input unit 40 accepts input characters in alphabet, it is determined to search English-English dictionary data and English-Japanese dictionary data. It is determined that dictionary data is searched.

  Thus, the user can specify a search target by simply inputting characters and start a search without specifying the search target with English-Japanese keys, Japanese-English keys, and English-English keys. That is, the trouble of selecting the type of dictionary can be saved. Specifically, steps S202 to S211 and steps S213 to S222 and S224 are not performed without the steps of English / Japanese key input, Japanese / English key input, and English / English key input in Steps S201, S212, and S223 described above. From step S233, the search result can be displayed. The input unit 40 does not automatically select the search target according to the type of character accepted, but may automatically select the search target when the type of character to be input is selected. Good.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the priority order of the dictionary to be searched is set in each of the English-Japanese dictionary group, the Japanese-English dictionary group, and the English-English dictionary group, and the priority order is stored in the storage unit 30. In addition, the priority order of the dictionary to be searched is set for each of the headword, the example sentence, and the phrase, and the priority order is stored in the storage unit 30. In addition, information (such as a headword, an example sentence, and a phrase) specified by the character that has received the input is searched from the dictionary data based on the set priority order. In addition, the search results are displayed on the display unit 50 in the order of search. Thereby, since the information corresponding to a search character can be displayed on the display part 50 based on the priority order of the dictionary data which the input part 40 received the input, a search result can be displayed in the order which a user desires. .

  For example, it is assumed that the electronic dictionary 10 stores dictionary data containing learning terms and dictionary data containing medical terms. At this time, if the user desires to first display the search result of the medical term for which the medical term is to be examined, the user sets the priority order of the dictionary data containing the medical term high. Thereby, the electronic dictionary 10 can display a medical term search result with priority. Similarly, if the user wants to search for learning terms and wants to display the search results for the learning terms first, set a higher priority for dictionary data containing the learning terms. . Thereby, the electronic dictionary 10 can display the search result of the term for learning preferentially.

  Note that the control unit 20 executes the process shown in FIG. 12 and displays the search result on the display unit 50. When the priority order data setting change process is performed, the control unit 20 performs the priority order after the setting change process. The search results may be rearranged and displayed. FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a display screen for a search result of headwords in the present embodiment. The priority order data in the illustrated example is set in the order of English-Japanese dictionary B, English-Japanese dictionary A, English-Japanese dictionary D, and English-Japanese dictionary C.

  In the headword search result display screen according to the present embodiment, an upper area 1301 is an area for displaying a search target phrase “search target phrase”, and a left area 1302 is a search result “dictionary name”. And “Headword” are displayed, and the area 1303 on the right side is a region displaying “Contents of the selected Headword”.

  In the illustrated example, “OO” is displayed in the upper area 1301. This indicates that the search target word is OO. In the illustrated example, “English-Japanese dictionary BOO” is displayed at the top of the left region 1302. This indicates that “English-Japanese dictionary BOO” has been searched as a word including the search target phrase. It should be noted that “English-Japanese dictionary B XX”, “English-Japanese dictionary A XX”, “English-Japanese dictionary D XX”, and “English-Japanese dictionary D XX” were also searched for in each dictionary. It is shown that. The display order of “dictionary name and headword” is based on the priority order data. In the illustrated example, the number of search results that can be displayed at one time is five. Accordingly, although the sixth and subsequent search results are not displayed, the sixth and subsequent search results can be displayed by scrolling the display area of the search results by operating the keys and touch panel of the input unit 40. .

  Further, in the example shown in the drawing, the background color of “English-Japanese dictionary DOO” of “dictionary name and headword” displayed in the left region 1302 is changed. This indicates that “English-Japanese dictionary DOO” is selected. For example, the user selects “dictionary name and headword” by tapping the “dictionary name and headword” displayed on the display unit 50 by selecting a desired one.

  In the example shown in the figure, “◯...” Is displayed in the area 1303 on the right side. This indicates the content of the headword “◯◯” of “English-Japanese dictionary D” selected in the area 1302 on the left side.

  When the input unit 40 receives an input of a headword priority order designation instruction while displaying the search result of headwords on the display unit 50, the control unit 20 performs the processing shown in FIG. Perform data setting change processing. In addition, after completing the priority order data setting change process, the display unit 50 displays the search results for the headwords that were displayed before the priority order data setting change process was started. At this time, the control unit 20 rearranges the display order of the search results of the headwords based on the priority order data after the setting change process, and causes the display unit 50 to display the display order.

  For example, in the search result display screen for headwords shown in FIG. 13, the priority order data is in the order of English-Japanese dictionary B, English-Japanese dictionary A, English-Japanese dictionary D, and English-Japanese dictionary C. While the search result display screen shown in FIG. 13 is displayed, priority order data setting change processing is performed, and the priority order data is in the order of English-Japanese dictionary C, English-Japanese dictionary B, English-Japanese dictionary A, and English-Japanese dictionary D. Suppose. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, the control unit 20 rearranges the display order of “dictionary names and headwords” displayed in the left area 1302 in the order based on the priority order data and displays them.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a search result of headwords after the priority order data setting change processing according to the present embodiment. In the illustrated example, the display of the upper region 1301 and the right region 1303 is the same as that in FIG. The display order of “dictionary names and headwords” displayed in the left region 1302 has changed from the order shown in FIG. 13, and “English-Japanese dictionary CXX”, “English-Japanese dictionary BXX”, “English-Japanese dictionary” “BXX”, “English-Japanese dictionary AXX”, and “English-Japanese dictionary DXX” are displayed.

  As described above, when the priority order data setting change process is performed while the search result display screen is displayed, the search results are rearranged and displayed based on the priority order after the setting change process. Thereby, for example, a search result having a low priority order and not displayed in the search result can be displayed with an easy operation. In addition, since the priority order can be confirmed and changed when the search result display screen is displayed, a more convenient priority order can be set.

  In addition, it is possible to make it possible to perform a search for dictionary data that has not been selected as a target. For example, when the priority order data is shown in FIG. 3, the English-Japanese dictionary B data is not a search target. Accordingly, the search result of the English-Japanese dictionary B data is not displayed on the search result display screen when the processing of FIG. 12 is performed. However, there are cases where it is desired to temporarily know the search results of the English-Japanese dictionary B, such as when sufficient information cannot be obtained from the search results of the English-Japanese dictionary A data, English-Japanese dictionary C data, and English-Japanese dictionary D data. At this time, setting priority order data takes time.

  For this reason, for example, a “search target non-search dictionary key” is provided in the input unit 40, and the “search target non-search target dictionary key” is pressed while the search result of the search target dictionary data is displayed on the display unit 50. In this case, the control unit 20 may search for each dictionary data that is not the search target, and display the search result of the dictionary data that is not the search target on the display unit 50. In addition, when the search result of the dictionary data that is not the search target is displayed on the display unit 50, if the “search non-search target dictionary” key is pressed, the control unit 20 searches the original display. You may make it display the search result of object dictionary data on the display part 50. FIG.

  As a result, when searching the dictionary data set as the search target with the priority order data, even if there is no search result or the search result is insufficient, the dictionary data set as the search target is searched with an easy operation. The search result can be displayed on the display unit 50. Therefore, it is possible to secure user convenience by excluding dictionary data that is not normally used from being searched, and prevent the search of input words that are not frequently searched by excluding dictionary data that is not normally used from being searched. be able to.

  Note that all or some of the functions of each unit included in the electronic dictionary 10 in the above-described embodiment are recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and a program for realizing these functions is recorded on the recording medium. You may implement | achieve by making a computer system read a program and executing it. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a CD-ROM, and a storage unit such as a hard disk built in the computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time, like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. It is also possible to include those that hold a program for a certain time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system serving as a server or client in that case. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the electronic dictionary 10 has been described using an example in which the English-Japanese dictionary A to D data, the Japanese-English dictionary A and B data, and the English-English dictionary A to C data are stored as dictionary data. Not limited to this, any dictionary data may be stored. For example, a dictionary of Japanese language, Chinese-Japanese dictionary, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, or Chinese may be stored. Further, electronic book data may be stored as dictionary data.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic dictionary, 20 ... Control part, 30 ... Memory | storage part, 40 ... Input part, 50 ... Display part

Claims (5)

A storage unit for storing a plurality of types of dictionary data;
An input unit for receiving input of search characters and input of information indicating the priority order of the dictionary data;
A setting unit configured to set the priority order of the dictionary data based on information indicating the priority order of the dictionary data received by the input unit;
A search unit that searches the dictionary data for information corresponding to the search character received by the input unit in an order based on the priority order set by the setting unit;
A display control unit for displaying information corresponding to the search characters on a display unit in the order in which the search unit is searched;
An electronic dictionary comprising: The input unit accepts input of information indicating the dictionary data that is not a search target;
The setting unit sets the dictionary data that is not a search target based on information indicating the dictionary data that is not a search target that the input unit has received an input.
2. The search unit according to claim 1, wherein the search unit does not search information corresponding to the search character received by the input unit from the dictionary data that is not a search target set by the setting unit. Electronic dictionary. The input unit accepts an input of an out-of-target search instruction that is an instruction to perform a search from the dictionary data that is not a search target;
When the input unit has received an input of the non-target search instruction, the search unit is configured to set information corresponding to the search character received by the input unit to the non-search target dictionary set by the setting unit. The electronic dictionary according to claim 2, wherein the electronic dictionary is searched from data. The input unit accepts input of information indicating the priority order of the dictionary data and information indicating the dictionary data that is not a search target for each category,
The setting unit sets the priority order of the dictionary data based on information indicating the priority order of the dictionary data received by the input unit for each category, and the input unit inputs the input for each category. The electronic dictionary according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the dictionary data that is not a search target is set based on information indicating the dictionary data that is not a search target that has received. The display control unit, when displaying the information corresponding to the search character on the display unit, when the setting unit sets the priority order of the dictionary data, based on the priority order of the dictionary data after setting The electronic dictionary according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the display order of information corresponding to the search character is changed.

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