JP4487614B2 - Information display control device and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information display control device, a 及 beauty program.

  Conventionally, an information display called an electronic dictionary device (hereinafter simply referred to as “electronic dictionary”) in which several types of dictionary databases (hereinafter referred to as “DB”) such as a Japanese language dictionary, a Hanwa dictionary, and an English-Japanese dictionary are incorporated. Control devices are known.

  FIG. 21A is a diagram illustrating an example of an overview of a conventional electronic dictionary 100. As shown in the figure, the electronic dictionary 100 includes a display 3 and an operation input key group 510.

  Each key of the operation input key group 510 is assigned with a unique function, and the user operates the electronic dictionary 100 by pressing these keys. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6B, a determination key 500 for inputting an operation confirmation instruction, a cursor key 520 for inputting a cursor movement instruction, a character input key 540, and an entry starting with a character in the description information. A jump key 560b for re-searching a word, a return key 560c for returning the display to the previous display screen, a dictionary selection key 580 for selecting a dictionary type, and the like are provided. The dictionary selection key 580 is associated with various dictionary DBs built in the electronic dictionary 100, and includes a national language key 580a, a Hanwa 580b key, an English-Japanese key 580c, and the like.

  The dictionary DB is systematically configured so that dictionary information that is a collection of information in which headwords are associated with explanatory information that explains the headwords can be searched using a computer. It is a thing. For example, in the Japanese language dictionary DB, explanation information is associated with a phrase including a kanji (a headword) and a reading of the phrase. When the user inputs a reading of a desired word, a list of words starting from the input reading is displayed, and by selecting a desired word from the word, explanation information of the selected word can be displayed.

  The contents of such a dictionary DB are contents obtained by digitizing a full-content paper dictionary. For this reason, if the displayed explanation information is a standard Japanese language dictionary DB, it is generally configured for users who have academic ability higher than high school students. However, the users of electronic dictionaries range from elementary school students to high school students and adults, and the user's academic ability also varies from person to person. Therefore, depending on the user, the displayed explanation information may contain kanji characters that cannot be read.

  As a function of the electronic dictionary used in such a case, a so-called jump function is known. The jump function is a function that designates some characters in the displayed explanation information and performs a search again using the designated characters as a search target. As a specific operation, for example, as shown in FIG. 21A, when the explanation information of “Nihon [Japan]” is displayed, the reading of “Emperor” in the explanation information is not understood. At this time, when the jump key 560b is pressed, the cursor CS100 is displayed, and the cursor CS100 is moved by the cursor key 520 and moved to the “heaven” position as shown in FIG. When the enter key 500 is pressed, a dictionary selection screen W104 for selecting a jump destination dictionary is displayed as shown in FIG. In order to know the reading of “Emperor”, in the same figure, when “National language dictionary” is selected and the determination key 500 is further pressed, the words starting with “Emperor” and “Ten” and the reading of the word are displayed in the Japanese language dictionary DB. And is displayed as a list of headword candidates LST100 as shown in FIG. The user can use the reading in the displayed entry word candidate LST100 as a clue to know the reading of “Emperor”.

  Further, for example, if the user wants to know the meaning of “Emperor” in the reading of “Sumeragi”, the user selects “Smeragi [Emperor]” on the reverse display M102 and presses the enter key 500 to display the same figure (d) As described above, it is possible to display the explanation information of “Smurage [Emperor]”.

In addition to such a method using the jump function, the following method is known as a method for displaying the reading of kanji. That is, the English word, the Japanese word that is the translation of the English word, and the kanji readings included in the Japanese word are stored in advance in association with each other. This is a method of displaying a kanji reading by reading a reading associated with the word when the word contains a kanji (see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-6-119379

  However, in order to apply a method such as Patent Literature 1 to an electronic dictionary and display a kana in kanji in the explanation information, new kana kana data must be created and additionally stored. did not become.

  In addition, as described above, the reading of kanji can be checked by using the jump function. However, the operation until the entry word candidate LST100 serving as a clue for reading is displayed is selected by selecting a character and pressing the enter key 500. A cumbersome operation such as pressing and selecting a jump destination dictionary is required.

  Moreover, even if the reading can be known using the jump function, the screen is switched by this jump function, so that the act of referring to the explanation information originally performed by the user is interrupted. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a predetermined operation (for example, pressing operation of the return key 560c) in order to display the screen of the explanation information originally referred to, which is also troublesome.

  Also, there are many cases where you want to know the meaning of kanji you want to know. In this case, the above-described jump function is used to check the meaning, and the explanation information is displayed at the jump destination. However, until the description information of the jump destination is displayed, it is troublesome to display a candidate word by the above-described operation, and then select a desired word and press the enter key 500. There was also a problem that the screen was switched.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to add Kanji characters included in the displayed explanation information without adding new data to the built-in memory. It is to realize an information display control device or the like that can easily display the reading.

In order to solve the above problems, an information display control device according to claim 1 is:
A storage means in which a headword, a reading of the headword, and explanation information of the headword are associated and stored as dictionary information;
A selection means for selecting one headword out of the headwords in the dictionary information stored in the storage means;
Explanation information display control means for performing control to display explanation information corresponding to the headword selected by the selection means;
An identification display moving means for identifying and displaying any character in the explanation information controlled by the explanation information display control means as a selected character in accordance with a user operation;
Each time the character identified and displayed by the identification display moving means is moved, if the character is a kanji, it is composed of continuous kanji characters including the kanji and is included in the dictionary information A character string extracting means for extracting the longest matching character string from the explanation information whose display is controlled by the explanation information display control means;
Character string reading display control means for performing control to read and display the reading of the headword coinciding with the character string extracted by the character string extracting means ;
When a determination operation is performed when the character identified and displayed by the identification display moving unit is a Chinese character, the character string or the character string extracted when the Chinese character is identified and displayed by the character string extracting unit Reading candidate list display control means for searching and displaying a list of all headwords that match each character string formed by sequentially deleting the last character one by one from the dictionary information together with the headword;
It is characterized by having.

The program according to claim 3 is:
On the computer,
A storage function for storing the headword, the reading of the headword, and the explanation information of the headword as dictionary information in association with each other;
A selection function for selecting one headword out of the headwords in the dictionary information stored by the storage function;
An explanation information display control function for performing control to display explanation information corresponding to the headword selected by the selection function;
An identification display moving function for identifying and displaying an arbitrary character in the explanation information controlled by the explanation information display control function as a selected character in accordance with a user operation;
Each time a character identified and displayed by the identification display moving function is moved, if the character is a kanji, it is composed of continuous kanji characters including the kanji and is included in the dictionary information A character string extraction function that extracts the longest matching character string from the explanation information that is displayed and controlled by the explanation information display control function;
A character string reading display control function for performing control to read and display the reading of the headword coinciding with the character string extracted by the character string extraction function ;
When the determination operation is performed when the character identified and displayed by the identification display control function is a Chinese character, the character string or the character string extracted when the Chinese character is identified and displayed by the character string extraction function Reading candidate list display control function for searching and displaying a list of all headwords that match each character string formed by sequentially deleting the last character one by one from the dictionary information together with the headword,
It is characterized by realizing.

The invention according to claim 2 is the information display control device according to claim 1 ,
Reading candidate selection means for selecting a headword whose display is controlled by the reading candidate list display control means;
Explanation information jump display control means for controlling to read out and display the explanation information corresponding to the headword selected by the reading candidate selection means;
Is further provided.

According to the invention described in claim 1 or 3 , each time the identified and displayed character in the displayed explanation information is moved, if the character is a Chinese character, the headword including the Chinese character is converted into dictionary information. And the reading of the searched entry is read and displayed. Thereby, the user can easily know the reading of kanji in the explanation information. In addition, since “reading” can be displayed using the headword, it is not necessary to prepare reading data for each kanji in the explanation information.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the control is performed to read and display the explanation information corresponding to the headword selected from the headwords displayed in the list. As a result, the user can select a desired headword by a simple operation such as selecting a desired headword from a list of headwords and readings displayed by selecting a character in the explanation information. Explanation information can be displayed.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment when the information display control device of the present invention is applied to an electronic dictionary will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating an example of an overview of the electronic dictionary 1. As shown in the figure, the electronic dictionary 1 includes a display 3 and an operation input key group 5. The operation input key group 5 is configured by adding a kana key 560 a to the operation input key group 510 of the conventional electronic dictionary 100. The phonetic key 560a is a key for displaying the phonetic name (reading), which is a characteristic display of the present embodiment, in the description information. A description of the same keys as those of the conventional electronic dictionary 100 is omitted.

  In the first embodiment, when the phonetic kana key 560a is pressed, the CPU 10 starts the first phonetic kana display process, and when the jump key 560b is pressed, the CPU 10 starts the jump process.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the electronic dictionary 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic dictionary 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, an input unit 20, a display unit 30, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 40, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 50. Connected to and configured.

  The CPU 10 executes processing based on a predetermined program in accordance with an input instruction, and inputs / outputs instructions to each functional unit and data. Specifically, the CPU 10 reads a program stored in the ROM 40 in response to an operation signal input from the input unit 20, and executes processing according to the program. Then, display data for displaying the processing result is output to the display unit 30, and a display screen according to the display data is displayed on the display unit 30.

  The input unit 20 includes a key group necessary for inputting characters such as kana and alphabets and selecting a function, and outputs a pressed signal of a pressed key to the CPU 10. By the key input in the input unit 20, cursor movement, dictionary type selection, character input, confirmation instruction input, and the like are realized. The input unit 20 corresponds to the operation input key group 5 shown in FIG.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, a cursor key 520 that is a kind of the input unit 20 implements a designation unit. Specifically, the user moves a cursor (for example, the cursor CS in FIG. 8A) displayed on the display unit 30 by operating the cursor key 520, and designates a character using this cursor.

  The display unit 30 is a display device for displaying various screens based on display data input from the CPU 10, and is configured by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like. The display unit 30 corresponds to the display 3 shown in FIG.

  The ROM 40 stores an initial program for performing various initial settings, hardware inspection, loading of necessary programs, and the like. The CPU 10 sets the operating environment of the electronic dictionary 1 by executing this initial program when the electronic dictionary 1 is powered on. The ROM 40 stores data and programs for realizing various functions related to the operation of the electronic dictionary 1.

  According to FIG. 2, the ROM 40 includes a national language dictionary DB 42 having a headword table 42a and an explanation information table 42b, and a dictionary search program 44 including a first phonetic kana display program 44a and a jump program 44b. Store.

  The headword table 42a is a data table that stores a set of records in which words including Chinese characters and headwords having readings of the words are associated with explanation information numbers. The description information number indicates the record number assigned to each record of the description information table 42b. In addition, the records stored in the entry word table 42a are arranged in advance in the order of the readings of the letters included in each record.

  The explanation information table 42b is a data table that collects and stores records in which record numbers are associated with explanation information.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data configuration of the headword table 42a. According to the figure, explanation information numbers are stored in association with headwords including readings and phrases. For example, an explanation information number “83” is stored in association with a headword whose reading is “Nihon” and whose word is “Japan”. In addition, as shown in “Japan Alps” in the same figure, a phrase composed of kanji and kana characters is also stored in the headword table 42a. In the present embodiment, hiragana and katakana are collectively referred to as “kana” and will be described below.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of the explanation information table 42b. According to the figure, explanation information is stored in association with a record number. For example, the record number “83” is associated with explanatory information “Nihon (Japan) Japan's country name.

  The explanation information number “83” of the headword table 42a described above indicates the record number “83” of the explanation information table 42b. Therefore, based on the explanation information number and the record number, the heading of the reading “Nihon” and the phrase “Japan” and the explanation information “Nihon (Japan) the country name of Japan. It is associated. In this way, the dictionary information is configured by associating and collecting the headwords in the headword table 42a and the description information in the description information table 42b by the explanation information number and the record number.

  The Japanese language dictionary DB 42 is the same as the dictionary DB built in the conventional electronic dictionary, and is used for normal dictionary search (corresponding to the processing in steps S1 to S7 in FIG. 5) and jump function (in the processing in step S15 in FIG. 5). Etc.) is realized using this Japanese language dictionary DB 42. In addition, the display of the kana name, which is a characteristic process of the first embodiment, is also realized by using the Japanese language dictionary DB 42.

  The dictionary search program 44 is a program for realizing dictionary search processing. When detecting that the user presses the national language key 580a, the CPU 10 reads the dictionary search program 44 from the ROM 40 and starts the dictionary search process.

  The first assigned name display program 44a is a program for realizing the first assigned name display process according to the first embodiment. When the CPU 10 detects that the user has pressed the phonetic kana key 560a, the CPU 10 reads the first phonetic kana display program 44a from the ROM 40 and starts the first phonetic kana display processing.

  The jump program 44b is a program for realizing jump processing. When the CPU 10 detects that the jump key 560b is pressed by the user, the CPU 10 reads the jump program 44b from the ROM 40 and starts the jump process.

  The RAM 50 includes a memory area that temporarily stores various programs executed by the CPU 10, data related to the execution of these programs, and the like. According to FIG. 2, the RAM 50 stores an input character string 52, an extracted character string 54, and a selected headword 56 including a reading 56a and a phrase 56b.

  The input character string 52 is a character string input by pressing the character input key 540 by the user. The CPU 10 additionally stores and updates the input character in the input character string 52 every time a character is input.

  The extracted character string 54 is a character string extracted by the CPU 10 from the explanation information displayed on the display unit 30. Specifically, in the first embodiment, the CPU 10 starts a character string including one kanji character in the description information designated by the user and a kanji character continuously following the kanji character, that is, the designated kanji character. Is extracted and stored as an extracted character string 54. The CPU 10 searches the headword table 42a for a headword including a phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54, and causes the display unit 30 to display a reading of the searched headword, whereby the first embodiment is performed. The display of kana, which is a characteristic process of the above, is realized.

  The selected headword 56 is the reading of the headword selected by the user from the headword candidates displayed on the display unit 30 (for example, the headword candidate LST1 in FIG. 7B) and the phrase It is a combination. When one headword is selected from the headword candidates, the CPU 10 selects the headword as the selected headword 56a as the selected headword 56a and selects the headword. The word 56 is stored in the RAM 50 as a phrase 56b.

  Next, a specific operation of the dictionary search process of the electronic dictionary 1 will be described using the flowcharts of FIGS.

  First, when the user presses the national language key 580a, the CPU 10 starts a dictionary search process. When the character string is input by the user (step S1: Yes), the CPU 10 updates the input character string 52 by adding the input character string. Then, the headword of the reading starting with the input character string 52 and the headword after the headword are read from the headword table 42a, and the read headword is displayed as a headword candidate on the display unit 30. It is displayed (step S3).

  The process of steps S1 to S3 is repeated until any one headword is selected by the user from the displayed headword candidates (step S5: No). Therefore, if a character string is input without selecting a headword from the headword candidates, the character string is added to and updated to the input character string 52, so that the input character string 52 becomes longer gradually. Thus, the display of candidate words is updated in accordance with the input character string 52 for each input.

  When determining that one headword has been selected (step S5: Yes), the CPU 10 reads the explanation information corresponding to the selected headword 56 from the explanation information table 42b and displays it on the display unit 30 (step S7).

  When the CPU 10 detects that the phonetic kana key 560a is pressed (step S9: Yes), the CPU 10 executes a first phonetic kana display process (step S11) and detects that the jump key 560b is pressed. If so (step S9 → S13: Yes), the jump process is executed and the dictionary search process is terminated. If no key is pressed (step S9 → S13: No), the dictionary search process is terminated.

  Here, since the jump process (jump function) is a known technique as described in the background art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, but a brief description will be as follows. That is, when the cursor displayed on the display unit 30 is moved by the user and the enter key 500 is pressed, the CPU 10 extracts the character at the cursor position. Then, when the dictionary selection screen W104 is displayed and the dictionary DB is selected, a phrase starting with the extracted character or a reading word starting with the extracted character is read out from the found word table of the selected dictionary DB. , Display as a list of candidate words. Then, when one headword is selected from the headword candidates displayed in a list, explanation information corresponding to the selected headword is displayed.

  Next, a specific operation of the first assigned name display process will be described. When starting the first kana display process, the CPU 10 first displays a cursor (for example, the cursor CS in FIG. 8A) on the display unit 30, and then determines whether or not the cursor key 520 has been operated. (Step S100). When it is determined that the cursor key 520 has not been operated and another key has been operated (step S100 → S102: Yes), the CPU 10 ends the first reading kana display process and performs a process corresponding to the operated key. Execute.

  When the CPU 10 determines that the cursor key 520 has been operated (step S100: Yes), the CPU 10 moves the cursor according to the operation. If the display position of the moved cursor (hereinafter referred to as “cursor position”) is the bottom line and the description information continues and is not displayed on the display unit 30, the description information is moved up by one line. The display is updated by scrolling (step S104).

  Next, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the character at the cursor position is a Chinese character (step S106). If it is determined that the character is not a kanji (step S106: No), the process proceeds to step S100. If it is determined that the character is a kanji (step S106: Yes), the kanji at the cursor position and the character after the kanji are consecutive. The subsequent kanji characters are extracted and stored in the RAM 50 as the extracted character string 54 (step S108).

  The CPU 10 searches the headword table 42a for a headword including a phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54 (step S110). When the corresponding headword is searched (step S112: Yes), among the searched headwords, readings included in the earliest headword stored in the headword table 42a (a pseudonym) Is displayed near the cursor (for example, below the cursor CS as shown in FIG. 8A) (step S118).

  On the other hand, when the corresponding headword is not searched (step S112: No), the CPU 10 deletes the last character (terminal character) of the extracted character string 54 (step S114). Then, it is determined whether or not the extracted character string 54 is lost due to the deletion (step S116). If it is determined that there is a character (step S116: Yes), the process proceeds to step S110. The headword including the phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54 is searched again. In other words, the character string of the extracted character string 54 is deleted character by character from the end until it matches the phrase of the found word stored in the found word table 42a. Therefore, the reading displayed in the vicinity of the cursor is the longest character string in which the word / phrase stored in the headword table 42a matches the character string in the explanatory information including the kanji specified by the user. Is displayed.

  If it is determined in step S116 that there is no extracted character string 54 (step S116: No), the CPU 10 proceeds to step S100. That is, when it is determined that a headword whose phrase is a Chinese character designated by the user is not stored in the headword table 42a (for example, when the designated character is a special Chinese character). In step S100, the process proceeds to step S100 without displaying the reading.

  After displaying the reading in the vicinity of the cursor in step S118, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the determination key 500 has been pressed by the user (step S120), and if not, (step S120: No), The process proceeds to S100.

  If it is determined that the enter key 500 has been pressed (step S120: Yes), a list of headword candidates is displayed. Specifically, the following processing is performed. First, the headword table 42a is searched for all headwords including words that completely match the extracted character string 54 (step S124). If there is a corresponding headword (step S126: Yes), the searched phrase and each word and reading are displayed as headword candidates on the display unit 30 (step S128).

  After the process of step S128 or when it is determined in step S126 that there is no corresponding entry (step S126: No), the CPU 10 deletes the last character of the extracted character string 54 (step S130). . Then, it is determined whether or not there is a character in the extracted character string 54 (step S132). If it is determined that there is a character (step S132: Yes), the process proceeds to step S124 and the extracted character string 54 is again performed. The headword that contains the phrase that exactly matches is searched.

  If it is determined in step S132 that there is no character in the extracted character string 54 (step S132: No), the CPU 10 reversely displays the head word of the head word candidate displayed on the display unit 30 in step S128. The description information corresponding to the selected headword is read from the description information table 42b and displayed on the display unit 30 as a preview on a small screen (for example, the description information CT1 in FIG. 11) ( Step S134).

  When it is detected that the cursor key 520 is operated by the user (step S136: Yes), the process proceeds to step S134, and the preview display is performed with the explanation information corresponding to the headword selected by the operation. Update. If it is determined that the enter key 500 has been pressed (step S138: Yes), the selected headword 56 is taken as the selected headword 56, and the explanation information corresponding to the selected headword 56 is obtained from the explanation information table 42b. After reading and displaying on the display part 30 (step S140), a 1st kana display process is complete | finished.

  Next, a specific operation example of the user and a transition state of the display screen accompanying the operation will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, when the user presses the national language key 580a, a national language dictionary screen W1 as shown in FIG. Then, when “Nihon” is entered in the reading input area AR, a list of headwords beginning with “Nihon” is displayed as a headword candidate LST1 as shown in FIG. 5B (steps S1 → S3 in FIG. 5). Equivalent).

  When the user moves the reverse display M with the cursor key 520, selects "Nihon [Japan]", and presses the enter key 500, the explanation of "Nihon [Japan]" as shown in FIG. Information is displayed (corresponding to steps S5 → S7 in FIG. 5).

  Then, when the swing kana key 560a is pressed, the cursor CS is displayed at “Ni” in “Nihon [Japan]” (not shown).

  When the user moves the cursor CS with the cursor key 520 and designates “Japan” as “Japan” as shown in FIG. 8A, a kana KN1 “Nippon” is displayed near the cursor CS.

  At this time, a kanji character “day” at the cursor position is extracted by the CPU 10, and further, a kanji character “book” following this “day” is extracted. As a result, “Japan” is extracted as the extracted character string 54 in the RAM 50. (Corresponding to steps S100 → S104 → S106 → S108 in FIG. 6).

  Then, a headword including a phrase that completely matches “Japan” as the extracted character string 54 is searched from the head of the headword table 42a. In FIG. 3, the readings of the headwords that completely match “Japan” are “Nippon” and “Nihon”, but for searching from the head of the headword table 42a arranged in the reading of the Japanese alphabetical order. The headword including the reading “Japan” and the phrase “Japan” is searched. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 8A, when “day” is designated by the cursor CS, the phonetic name KN1 “Nippon” is displayed as a reading of the phrase “Japan” including “day” (FIG. 6). Step S110 → S112 → S118).

  Next, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the “country” of “Japan” is designated with the cursor CS, the kana KN3 “Kuni” is displayed in the vicinity of the cursor CS. At this time, the character following the designated “country” is a hiragana character “no”. Therefore, the CPU 10 extracts the kanji only for “country” and stores it as the extracted character string 54. Then, in the headword table 42a of FIG. 3, the reading of the headword including the phrase that exactly matches “country” is “Kuni”, and therefore this reading is displayed as the kana KN3. Therefore, the user can easily display the reading of the kanji simply by specifying the desired kanji.

  Subsequently, the user designates “no” with the right arrow key of the cursor key 520 (not shown), but since the designated character is a hiragana character, the kana character is not displayed. Then, when “country” of “country name” is designated as shown in FIG. 8C, the kana KN5 “Kokugo” is displayed. At this time, since the kanji following “Country” is “No.”, “National name” is extracted by the CPU 10 and stored as the extracted character string 54. Then, in the headword table 42a, the reading “Kokugo” of the phrase that completely matches “national name” is read and displayed as the kana kana KN5. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 9A, when the “country” of “country name” is designated, the phonetic name KN7 “go” is displayed.

  Then, when the user designates “God” of “Emperor Jinmu” with the cursor CS as shown in FIG. 5B, a prescriptive name KN9 “Jimmuten” is displayed. At this time, first, the designated kanji character “God” and the kanji character “Tenjin Emperor founding country” following the kanji character are extracted, and “Shinmu Tennen founding country” is stored as the extracted character string 54. (Corresponding to steps S100 → S106 → S108 in FIG. 6).

  Then, the headword including the phrase “Jinmu Emperor founding country” is retrieved from the headword table 42a, but in FIG. 3, “Shimpu Emperor founding country” is not stored in the headword table 42a. Therefore, the last character (“country”) of the extracted character string 54 is deleted by the CPU 10, and the extracted character string 54 becomes “Empress Jinmu” (corresponding to steps S 112 → S 114 in FIG. 6).

  Since the headword including the phrase “Shinmu Tenjin Ken” is not stored in the headword table 42a, the last character (“Jian”) of the extracted character string 54 is further deleted and extracted. The character string 54 becomes “Emperor Jimmu”. Since the headword including the word “Emper Jinmu” is stored in the headword table 42a of FIG. 3, the CPU 10 searches for the headword including the reading “Jinmu Tenno” and the word “Emper Jinmu”. As a result, the pseudonym KN9 “Jimmu Tenno” is displayed (corresponding to steps S116 → S110 → S112 → S118 in FIG. 6).

  The displayed phonetic name is a reading of the headword of the phrase stored in the headword table 42a. Therefore, knowing that the headword “Jimmutenno” is registered in the national language dictionary DB 42 built in the electronic dictionary 1 by the kana 9 displayed by designating “god”. You can also.

  When the user moves the cursor CS and designates “current” of “current territory...” As shown in FIG. 10 (a), a prescriptive name KN11 “Genzai” is displayed. When the cursor CS is further moved and the cursor CS is moved to “Large” in the last line on the Japanese language dictionary screen W15 in FIG. 11A, the explanation information is scrolled by one line as shown in FIG. The display is updated (corresponding to steps S100 to S104 in FIG. 6), and the pseudonym KN11 “Tariku” is displayed on the line newly displayed by the scrolling.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 11A, when the user designates “Ten” of “Emperor Jinmu ...”, a prescriptive name KN13 of “Smeragi” is displayed. When the user presses the enter key 500 when the phonetic name KN13 “Sumeragi” is not a desired reading, the headword candidate LST3 as shown in FIG. 5B is displayed on the national language dictionary screen W21. . Then, the explanation information CT1 of “Smrage [Emperor]” selected by the reverse display M is displayed as a preview below the national language dictionary screen W21.

  At this time, the designated “heaven” and the Chinese character “Imperial founding country” continuously following “Ten” are extracted, and “Emperor founding country” is stored as the extracted character string 54. Then, the extracted character string 54 becomes “Emperor” by deleting the last character of the extracted character string 54 until a word that completely matches the word stored in the headword table 42a. When the determination key 500 is pressed by the user, first, the CPU 10 searches for a headword including a word that completely matches “Emperor”, and sets all the headwords searched as headword candidates LST3-1. Is displayed (corresponding to steps S120 → S124 → S126 → S128 in FIG. 6).

  Then, the CPU 10 deletes the last character of the extracted character string 54, and searches for a headword including a phrase that completely matches “heaven”. The entry word candidate LST3-2) is additionally displayed on the entry word candidate LST3. In the case of a conventional electronic dictionary, in order to check the reading of kanji in the explanation information, after specifying the kanji and performing an operation for selecting the dictionary DB of the jump destination, as shown in FIG. A list of headwords is displayed, but in the first embodiment, headword candidates can be displayed without performing an operation of selecting a dictionary DB.

  Next, since the first word “smile [emperor]” of the entry word candidate LST100 is selected, the explanation information corresponding to the find word including the reading “smile” and the phrase “emperor” is obtained from the explanation information table 42b. The data is read and displayed as a preview (corresponding to step S134 in FIG. 6). As a result, the user can easily find a headword having a desired meaning by moving the reverse display M with the cursor key 520 and updating the preview display according to the selected headword.

  Further, when the cursor key 52 is operated to select “smooth [Emperor]” and press the enter key 500, the explanation information of “smooth [Emperor]” is displayed as shown in FIG. Thus, the user can check the detailed meaning of the headword by displaying the explanation information portion that was not displayed in the preview display. The entry word is selected and determined by pressing the enter key 500. For example, the key number KY (for example, “A” or “B”) attached to the entry word candidate is selected. A headword may be selected and determined by pressing a corresponding character input key 540.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, in the electronic dictionary 1 including the national language dictionary DB 42 in which the explanation information is stored in association with the headword including the phrase including the kanji and the reading of the phrase, the user specifies the dictionary. When the character in the description information is a kanji, the kanji and the kanji that continues after the kanji are extracted as the extracted character string 54. Then, the headword including the phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54 is searched, and the kana of the searched headword is displayed in the vicinity of the cursor, that is, in the vicinity of the selected kanji. Thus, the user can easily know the reading of the words in the description information starting with the specified kanji by a simple operation such as specifying the kanji in the description information. Moreover, since the display of the phonetic name is realized by using the headword table 42a of the existing national language dictionary DB 42, it is not necessary to additionally store new data for the phonetic name.

  In addition, when the phrase that exactly matches the extracted character string 54 is not stored in the headword table 42a, the last character of the extracted character string 54 is deleted and the headword table 42a is searched again. . As a result, among words / phrases that start with kanji specified by the user in the description information, the kana of the word / phrase that matches the word / phrase registered in the entry word table 42a and has the largest number of characters is displayed. Therefore, for example, when “God” is selected as shown in FIG. 9 (a), instead of displaying the kana reading of “Kami”, the reading of “Kami”, the reading of “Emper Jinmu” is displayed. By displaying “Jinmutenno”, it is possible to display a kana that more matches the content of the explanation information.

  When a kanji character in the description information is specified and the enter key 500 is pressed, headwords including words and phrases that completely match the extracted character string 54 are read out and displayed in a list, and the view in the selected state is displayed. The explanation information of the word is displayed as a preview. As a result, when the phonetic name displayed in the explanation information is not the desired phonetic name, the user can display the candidate word including the designated kanji by a simple operation such as pressing the enter key 500. The desired reading can be found by reading.

  Further, by selecting the headword from the headword candidates with the cursor key 520 and updating the preview display of the explanation information of the selected headword, the meaning of the selected headword can be easily known. Can be used as a clue to search for an appropriate reading.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, 2nd Embodiment at the time of applying this invention to the electronic dictionary 1 is described using FIGS. The electronic dictionary 1 in the second embodiment has a configuration in which the ROM 40 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is replaced with a ROM 40-1. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component same as 1st Embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the data configuration of the ROM 40-1. According to the figure, the ROM 40-1 stores a national language dictionary DB 42 and a dictionary search program 44-1 including a second phonetic pseudonym display program 44c and a jump program 44b.

  In the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the CPU 10 extracts one kanji character in the description information designated by the user and the kanji character that continues after the kanji character, and extracts the extracted character string 54. However, if the character specified by the user is a kana character, one kana character specified and the kana character that continues after the kana character are extracted and extracted. Stored as a character string 54. Therefore, the character stored as the extracted character string 54 is a word composed only of kanji among words displayed in the explanation information or a word composed only of kana characters. When the CPU 10 extracts a katakana, it converts it into a hiragana and stores it in the extracted character string 54.

  The dictionary search program 44-1 is a program for realizing dictionary search processing according to the second embodiment. Note that the dictionary search process of the second embodiment is a process in which the first assigned kana display process in step S11 of the dictionary search process of FIG. 5 is replaced with the second assigned kana display process. Description of is omitted.

  The second assigned kana display program 44c is a program for realizing the second assigned kana display process. FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining a specific operation of the second phonetic kana display process. In the figure, the same processing as the processing step of the first phonetic kana display processing shown in FIG. 6 includes the step numbers in FIG. 6 as step numbers in the 200s (steps S100 to S116 correspond to steps S200 to S216). Hereinafter, the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

  According to the figure, the CPU 10 starts the second phonetic kana display process. First, when detecting that the cursor key 520 is operated, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the character at the cursor position is a Chinese character. If the character at the cursor position is a kanji, the kanji at the cursor position and the kanji that continues after the kanji are extracted and stored in the RAM 50 as the extracted character string 54 (steps S200 → S206 → S208).

  Then, the headword table 42a is searched for a headword including a phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54, and if there is a headword, a small screen is displayed to view all the headwords. Word candidates are displayed in a small screen (for example, the preview display screen PW1 in FIG. 14) (steps S210 → S212 → S250). At this time, each headword candidate is displayed with a key number (for example, a number or a character attached to the character input key 540).

  If it is determined in step S212 that there is no corresponding headword, the last character (terminal character) of the extracted character string 54 is deleted, and if there is a character in the extracted character string 54 Then, the process proceeds to step S210, and a headword that completely matches the extracted character string 54 that is a character string candidate is searched again (steps S212 → S214 → S216).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S206 that the character at the cursor position is not a Chinese character (step S206: No), the CPU 10 extracts the kana character at the cursor position and the kana character that continues after the kana character. Then, the extracted character string 54 is stored (step S252).

  The CPU 10 searches the headword table 42a for a headword including a reading that completely matches the extracted character string 54 (step S254), and determines whether there is a corresponding headword (step S256). When it is determined that there is a corresponding headword (step S256: Yes), a key number is assigned to the searched headword and a preview is displayed as a headword candidate on the display unit 30 (step S258).

  If it is determined that there is no corresponding entry (step S256: No), the last character of the extracted character string 54 is deleted (step S260). The processing of S254 to S258 is repeated (step S256: Yes). Therefore, when the character at the cursor position is a kana character, the longest word or phrase among the words that read the kana character and the kana character that follows the kana character is displayed as a candidate word.

  After performing the processing of steps S254 to S258 until there is no character in the extracted character string 54, the CPU 10 determines whether or not the character input key 540 corresponding to the key number displayed in the preview display has been pressed (step S264). If it is determined that the button has not been pressed (step S264: No), the process proceeds to step S200. If it is determined that the key word is pressed (step S264: Yes), the headword corresponding to the key number is selected, and the explanation information corresponding to the key word is read from the explanation information table 42b and displayed on the display unit 30. (Step S266), the second pseudonym display process is terminated.

  Next, a specific user operation example and a state of transition of the display screen accompanying the operation will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, explanation information of “Nihon [Japan]” is displayed by an operation similar to the operation example described in the first embodiment. Then, when the phonetic key 560a is pressed, the cursor CS is displayed at “Ni” of “Nihon [Japan]”, and further, a preview display screen PW1 which is a small screen is displayed below the national language dictionary screen W23. (FIG. 14A). This preview display screen PW1 has a display area for three lines, and a candidate word LST5 such as “Nihon [two items]”, “Nihon [two items]”, “Nihon [Japan]” is displayed. The

  At this time, the character “ni” selected by the cursor CS and the kana character “hon” continuously following this “ni” are extracted by the CPU 10 as an extracted character string 54 (“nihon”). (Corresponding to steps S206 → S252 in FIG. 13). A headword including a reading that completely matches “Nihon” in the extracted character string 54 is searched from the headword table 42a. In the headword table 42a of FIG. 3, there are three headwords that include a completely matching reading: a headword including the phrase “two”, the phrase “two items”, and the phrase “Japan”. These headwords are searched, and the headword candidates ("Nihon [two items]", "Nihon [two items]", "Nihon [Japan]" readings and phrases (headwords) are displayed on the preview display screen PW1. )) Displayed as LST5-1 (corresponding to steps S254 → S256 → S258 in FIG. 13).

  When the last character (“n”) of the extracted character string 54 is deleted, the extracted character string 54 becomes “Niho”. Since the headword including a reading that completely matches “Niho” is not stored in the headword table 42a, the CPU 10 further deletes the last character (“H”) of the extracted character string 54. (Corresponding to steps S256 → S260 in FIG. 13). At this time, the extracted character string 54 is “ni”, and a headword including a reading that completely matches “ni” is searched for as a headword candidate LST5-2. However, since the headword candidate LST5-1 is three lines and the preview display screen PW1 is an area for three lines, the headword candidate LST5-2 is not displayed on the preview display screen PW1, By performing an operation (for example, an operation of pressing the phonetic key 560a again and then pressing the cursor key 520), it is possible to scroll the headword candidates and display them.

  When one character at the end of the extracted character string 54 (“ni”) is further deleted, there is no character in the extracted character string 54, and a standby state for pressing the character input key 540 corresponding to the key number is entered. (Corresponding to steps S262 → S264 in FIG. 13).

  As shown in FIG. 14B, when the cursor key 520 is operated to move the cursor CS to “country” of “country name.”, The display of the preview display screen PW3 is updated, and the headword candidate LST7 is displayed. Is displayed. At this time, the designated “country” and the subsequent kanji character “No.” are extracted by the CPU 10, and an entry word including a phrase that exactly matches the “country name” is searched from the entry word table 42 a. As a result, the headword candidate LST7-1 is displayed. Further, the last character (“No.”) of the extracted character string 54 is deleted, and a headword including a phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54 (“country”) is searched from the headword table 42a. As a result, the headword candidate LST7-2 is displayed (corresponding to steps S206 → S208 → S212 → S250 in FIG. 13).

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 15A, when the cursor CS is moved to “God” of “Emperor Jinmu”, the display of the preview display screen PW5 is updated, and the headword candidate LST9-1 is displayed. The The processing until the headword candidate is displayed is the same as the processing until the headword candidate of the above-mentioned “national name” is displayed, and the description is omitted. The user can know that “Emperor Jinmu” reads “Jimmu Tenno” by referring to the entry word candidate LST9-1. In addition, it can be known that the phrase “Emperor Jinmu” or “Emperor Jinmu” is not registered in the national language dictionary DB 42.

  As shown in FIG. 15B, when the cursor CS is moved to “Ten” of “Emperor Jinmu”, the display of the preview display screen PW7 is updated and the headword candidate LST11 is displayed. Further, as shown in FIG. 16A, when the cursor CS is moved to “O” in “Ohoyamato”, a headword candidate LST13 is displayed. By this display, the user can know that the phrase “Ohoyamato” is not registered in the national language dictionary DB 42. This makes it a starting point for examining other contents (for example, an old dictionary). You can also

  When the cursor CS is moved to “倭” as shown in FIG. 16B, the display of the preview display screen PW11 is updated and the headword candidate LST15 is displayed. The user may not know which of the readings “Yamato” and “Wa” displayed in the headword candidate LST15 is suitable for reading in the displayed explanation information. In this case, the character input key 540 corresponding to the key number assigned to the headword candidate LST15 is pressed, and the explanation information of the headword corresponding to the key number is displayed (from steps S264 to S266 in FIG. 13). Equivalent).

  For example, when the “A” key is pressed, the explanation information “Yamato” for reading and “Yamato / 和” for the phrase is displayed on the display unit 30. In the case of a conventional electronic dictionary, a complicated operation has to be performed before displaying the description information. However, according to the second embodiment, a desired character is designated with the cursor key 520 and a preview display is performed. The description information can be displayed by a simple operation such as pressing the character input key 540 corresponding to the key number. In addition, it is possible to determine the reading of a phrase using the displayed explanation information as a clue.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, if the character designated by the user is a kanji, the designated kanji and the kanji continuously following the kanji are extracted, and the extracted character string 54 is completely matched. After searching for a headword including a word to be searched, a preview is displayed as a headword candidate. Further, if the designated character is a kana character, the designated kana character and the kana character continuously following the kana character are extracted, and a finding including a reading that completely matches the extracted character string 54 is extracted. After searching for a word, a preview is displayed as a headword candidate. Thus, the user can easily display the headword candidate starting with the designated character by a simple operation such as designating the character in the desired explanation information. Moreover, a desired reading can be investigated by the phrase and the reading displayed in the headword candidate.

  The headword candidate is displayed with the longest number of characters registered in the headword table 42a among the words in the description information starting with the designated character. For example, in the example of FIG. 15A, among the phrases that start with the selected character “God”, the phrases such as “Jinmu Emperor Kenkoku” and “Jinmu Emperor Kenken” are not registered in the headword table 42 a. The registered words such as “Emperor Jinmu” and “Jinmu” are not displayed as candidate words. Thereby, the user can know what kind of phrase is registered in the entry word table 42a among the phrases starting with the designated character by referring to the entry word candidate. . Moreover, the phrase in the candidate word and the reading of the phrase can be used as a clue for examining a desired reading.

  When the character input key 540 corresponding to the key number in the preview display is pressed, the explanation information of the headword corresponding to the key number is read from the explanation information table 42b and displayed. Thereby, the user can display the description information of the desired headword in the preview display with a simple operation. Therefore, when an appropriate reading cannot be determined only by the displayed headword candidates, it is possible to display the explanatory information as a clue to the determination by an easy operation.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the phonetic kana or headword candidate related to the kanji specified by the cursor key 520 is displayed after the phonetic kana key 560a is pressed. May be. That is, if a kanji character is designated with the cursor key 520 and the kana kana key 560a is pressed at this time, a kana or kanji word candidate relating to the designated kanji may be temporarily displayed. Thereby, it becomes possible to display a kana and a headword candidate as needed.

  Moreover, although it has been described that the characters in the description information are specified by the cursor key 520, for example, the characters in the description information may be specified by a pointing device such as a mouse, or the touch panel is integrated with the display unit 30. It is good also as designating a character by touching a touch panel with a touch pen.

  In addition, although it has been described that one character is designated by the cursor, for example, a plurality of characters may be designated, or may be designated in units of words or phrases.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment when the present invention is applied to the electronic dictionary 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The electronic dictionary 1 in the third embodiment has a configuration in which the ROM 40 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is replaced with a ROM 40-2. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component same as 1st Embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the data structure of the ROM 40-2. As shown in the figure, the ROM 40-2 stores a national language dictionary DB 42 and a dictionary search program 44-2 including a third phonetic kana display program 44d and a jump program 44b.

  The dictionary search program 44-2 is a program for realizing the dictionary search processing according to the third embodiment. The dictionary search process of the third embodiment is the same as the dictionary search process of the first embodiment of FIG. 5, and is a process in which the first assigned kana display process in step S11 is replaced with the third assigned kana display process. Therefore, the description of other identical processing steps is omitted.

  The third assigned kana display program 44d is a program for realizing the third assigned kana display process. CPU10 reads the 3rd kana display program 44d from ROM 44-2, and starts a 3rd kana display process.

  Next, a specific operation of the third phonetic kana display process of the electronic dictionary 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the CPU 10 starts the third phonetic pseudonym display process, first, the explanatory information displayed on the display unit 30 is read for one line as a reading space (for example, the line spacing SP in FIG. 19B). A line feed is displayed after each blank (step S300). Then, kanji characters are searched in order from the top of the displayed explanation information (step S302).

  The CPU 10 extracts the searched kanji and the kanji continuously following the kanji and stores them in the RAM 50 as the extracted character string 54 (step S304), and then includes a phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54. The headword is searched from the head of the headword table 42a (step S306), and it is determined whether or not there is a corresponding headword (step S308).

  If it is determined that there is a corresponding headword (step S308: Yes), the reading included in the searched headword is displayed in a blank line that is a reading display space below the extracted character string 54 in the explanation information. It is displayed (step S314). If it is determined that there is no corresponding entry (step S308: No), the last character (terminal character) of the extracted character string 54 is deleted (step S310). If there is still a character in the extracted character string 54 after the deletion (step S312: Yes), the process proceeds to step S306, and the entry word including the phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54 is again obtained. Perform a search. By this series of processing, the search for the longest character string that is the same character string as the word in the headword table 42a is realized.

  After the process of step S314 or when it is determined in step S312 that there is no character in the extracted character string 54 (step S312: No), the CPU 10 determines that the extracted character string 54 is the last in the displayed explanation information. If it is not the last character, the next kanji in the extracted character string 54 is searched from the explanation information (step S318), and the process proceeds to step S304. If it is determined that the extracted character string 54 is the tail end of the word / phrase in the description information (step S318: Yes), the third assigned kana display process is terminated.

  Next, a specific operation example of the user and a transition state of the display screen accompanying the operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, according to the operation example described in the first embodiment, the explanation information of “Nihon [Japan]” is displayed as shown in FIG. Then, when the user presses the phonetic key 560a, the displayed explanation information is spaced one line at a time, and a blank line SP, which is a reading display space, is provided and updated (see FIG. 18). Equivalent to step S300). In the blank line SP, as shown in FIG. 5B, the kana kana of the kanji in the explanation information is displayed.

  At this time, the CPU 10 searches for the kanji from the top of the explanation information, and searches for “country” of “our country”. Since there is no kanji following this “country”, the extracted character string 54 is “country” (corresponding to steps S302 to S304 in FIG. 18). Then, as a result of searching for a headword including a phrase that exactly matches this “country”, the kana KN15 “Kuni” is displayed in the blank SP portion (corresponding to steps S306 to S308 → S314 in FIG. 18). ).

  Then, when the kanji next to “country” that is the extracted character string 54 is searched from the description information, “country” of “country name” is searched and extracted. Then, since the kanji continuously following “country” is “No.”, “No.” is further extracted and the extracted character string 54 becomes “country name”. Then, as a result of searching for a headword including a phrase that exactly matches “national name”, the kana KN17 “Kokugo” is displayed in the blank line SP portion.

  Since the extracted character string 54 is “country name” at this time, “god” after “country name” is searched for, and this “god” and “god” are followed continuously. The kanji character “Tenjin Emperor” is extracted as the extracted character string 54, and a similar reading search is performed again. As described in the first embodiment, the phrase “Emperor Jinmu” is not stored in the headword table 42a. Therefore, the last character of the extracted character string 54 is deleted one by one by the CPU 10, and “ As a result of searching for a headword including a phrase that completely matches “Emperor Jinmu” when the name “Emperor Jinmu” is found, the phonetic name KN19 “Jimmu Tenno” is displayed.

  In this way, kanji characters are searched from the beginning of the explanation information, and the reading of the phrase composed of the searched kanji characters and the kanji characters that continue after the kanji characters is read from the found word table 42a. Displayed on a blank line.

  In addition, “Koji”, the Kana 21 of “Earth” of “Embassy of Emperor Jinmu” is “Ji”, which is the head of the headword table 42a arranged in the order of the Japanese syllabary. "Ji" is displayed instead of "chi" in order to search for a phrase that matches "ground". In such a case, for example, all the headwords including the phrase that exactly matches the extracted character string 54 are retrieved from the headword table 42a and read out, and the readings of the read headwords are displayed as a list. Also good. As a result, the names “ji”, “chi”, “tsushi”, and “tsuchi” are displayed in the “ground”, and the user can recognize an appropriate reading.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, the displayed description information is displayed with a space between the lines, and a Chinese character is searched from the top of the description information. Then, the retrieved kanji and the kanji continuously following the kanji are extracted and stored as the extracted character string 54, and the found word including the phrase that completely matches the extracted character string 54 is found in the found word table 42a. And the reading of the searched entry is displayed in a blank line below the extracted character string 54. As a result, the user can display the kana kana of the kanji in the description information by a simple operation such as pressing the kana key 560a.

  In the third embodiment, when the kana key 560a is pressed, all kana kana characters in the displayed explanation information are displayed. However, the following may be used. That is, when the kana kana key 560a is pressed, the display information is updated with a space between the lines of the description information, and when the kanji in the description information is specified by the user, the same as in the first embodiment described above. With this method, the reading of the character string including the kanji may be read and the reading read between the lines below the designated kanji may be displayed.

  In the present embodiment, an electronic dictionary including an electronic dictionary has been described as an application example. However, the present invention is not limited to such products, and is applicable to all electronic devices such as mobile phones, personal computers, electronic watches, and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants). Applicable.

  In the present embodiment, the electronic dictionary 1 has been described as a so-called stand-alone device that operates alone. However, the device to which the present invention is applicable is not limited to this, and may be configured as follows. . That is, it is possible to realize the apparatus according to the present invention by configuring the communication apparatus so as to be built-in or connectable and communicating with the server.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration example of a system configuration in which an electronic dictionary terminal 800 incorporating a communication device and a server 900 are communicably connected via a communication line N. The server 900 is configured by, for example, a general-purpose workstation or server computer, and the electronic dictionary terminal 800 is configured by a mobile phone, a personal computer having a communication device, an electronic dictionary having a communication device, or the like. It is what is done. The communication line N is a wired / wireless telephone network or the Internet network.

  In FIG. 20, the functional blocks having the main functions of the electronic dictionary 1 of the embodiment are indicated by bold lines. For example, the CPU 902 of the server 900 executes dictionary search processing and the like executed by the CPU 10 of the electronic dictionary 1 in the embodiment. Various data and various programs stored in the ROM 40 are stored in the storage unit 914 configured from a hard disk or the like included in the server 900. Further, the RAM 906 of the server 900 stores data that accompanies execution of dictionary search processing and the like.

  On the other hand, the input unit 20 and the display unit 30 of the electronic dictionary 1 correspond to the input unit 808 and the display unit 810 of the electronic dictionary terminal 800, respectively.

  That is, the server 900 forms a host (or server) and the electronic dictionary terminal 800 forms a host / terminal system (or client / server type system) corresponding to the terminal (or client). Then, the input character input from the input unit 808 of the electronic dictionary terminal 800, the headword selected from the headword candidates, the kanji designated by the cursor, and the like are transmitted to the server 900 via the communication device 812. The The CPU 902 of the server 900 executes a dictionary search process or the like according to various data and various programs stored in the storage unit 914, and transmits processing results such as a headword candidate, explanation information, and a retrieved reading through the communication device 912. The data is transmitted to 800 and displayed on the display unit 810.

  For example, in the electronic dictionary terminal 800, when “Nihon” is input by the user, “Nihon” is transmitted to the server 900 as an input character string. The server 900 reads the headword starting from the input character string and the headword following the headword from the headword table 42a stored in the storage unit 914, and uses the electronic dictionary terminal 800 as a headword candidate. Send to. When the electronic dictionary terminal 800 receives the headword candidate from the server 900, the electronic dictionary terminal 800 displays the headword candidate on the display unit 810 as shown in FIG. Then, the headword selected by the user is transmitted to the server 900. The server 900 transmits explanatory information corresponding to the headword transmitted from the electronic dictionary terminal 800 to the electronic dictionary terminal 800.

  The electronic dictionary terminal 800 displays the received explanation information, and when the kanji in the explanation information is designated by the user, the designated kanji is transmitted to the server 900. Based on the transmitted kanji, the server 900 reads the kanji or a phrase including the kanji from the headword table 42a by the same processing as in the first embodiment, and transmits the read to the electronic dictionary terminal 800.

  When the electronic dictionary terminal 800 receives the reading, as shown in FIG. 8A, the electronic dictionary terminal 800 displays the kana on the display unit 810 in the vicinity of the kanji selected by the user. The electronic dictionary terminal 800 communicates with the server 900 each time a user specifies a Chinese character, receives a reading, and causes the display unit 810 to display the reading.

  The server 900 reads the headword candidate based on the kanji transmitted from the electronic dictionary terminal 800 and transmits it to the electronic dictionary terminal 800. The electronic dictionary terminal 800 executes the received headword candidate in the second implementation. It is good also as displaying a preview similarly to a form.

  The server 900 reads and transmits all the kanji readings in the explanation information, and the electronic dictionary terminal 800 displays the explanation information in kanji characters in the explanation information after displaying the explanation information with one line between each other. It may be displayed as a kana.

  As described above, the present invention can be realized by a system including the server 900 and the electronic dictionary terminal 800. In this case, the electronic dictionary terminal 800 does not need to store the national language dictionary DB 42, the dictionary search program 44, and the like, and does not need to execute a dictionary search process or the like. For this reason, it may be an electronic dictionary terminal 800 (for example, a mobile phone) including a CPU 802 having a relatively low processing capacity and a ROM 804 having a relatively small storage capacity.

  In this embodiment, hiragana is displayed as hiragana, but hiragana may be converted into alphabets and displayed, for example. For example, by converting a kana name “Kokugo” into an alphabet “kokugou” and displaying it, it is possible to make the display contents easy to understand even for foreigners who are not familiar with Japanese.

  Moreover, although it demonstrated as displaying a kana for all the kanji stored in the headword table 42a, you may make it as follows, for example. That is, when the kanji in the description information is a common kanji, the kana characters may not be displayed, and the kana characters may be displayed only for kanji characters that are not common kanji characters. Moreover, it is good also as displaying a pseudonym according to a user's grade. For example, when the user is a second grader, the kana is displayed only for kanji whose learning grade is third grade or higher. Thereby, the kana according to the user's academic ability can be displayed.

  In addition, the description has been made on the assumption that continuous kanji characters are extracted and the headword table 42a is searched. For example, the displayed explanation information is divided in units of words or phrases, and kanji characters are divided into the divided words or phrases. If included, the headword table 42a may be searched for the word or phrase to display the kana. For example, in FIG. 19B, the explanation information “old in China ...” is divided into the words “old”, “China”, and “in”. Then, the headword table 42a is searched for each of “old” and “China” containing kanji, and the reading of the searched headword is displayed. In the same manner, the kana KN25 “Hinomoto” is displayed in “Hinomoto”. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5B, it is possible to display the kana KN23 including the sending pseudonym of “old” in “old”.

  Further, the data structure of the national language dictionary DB 42 is not limited to the table structure as described above. For example, a headword reading table (illustrated) that stores headwords and readings of the headwords in association with each other. A headword explanation information table for storing the headwords, headwords, and explanation information of the headwords in association with each other. In this case, the same effect as the above-described embodiment can be obtained by searching the headword including the kanji specified by the user from the headword reading table and displaying the reading of the searched headword. .

(A) is an example of an overview diagram of the electronic dictionary, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of a key arrangement of the electronic dictionary. The block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of an electronic dictionary. The figure which shows an example of the data structure of a headword table. The figure which shows an example of a data structure of an explanatory information table. The flowchart for demonstrating the dictionary search process in 1st Embodiment. The flowchart for demonstrating the 1st furigana display process in 1st Embodiment. The 1st figure which shows the example of a screen of the electronic dictionary in 1st Embodiment. The 2nd figure which shows the example of a screen of the electronic dictionary in 1st Embodiment. The 3rd figure which shows the example of a screen of the electronic dictionary in 1st Embodiment. FIG. 4 is a fourth diagram showing an example screen of the electronic dictionary in the first embodiment. The 5th figure which shows the example of a screen of the electronic dictionary in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of a structure of ROM in 2nd Embodiment. The flowchart for demonstrating the 2nd furigana display process in 2nd Embodiment. The 1st figure which shows the example of a screen of the electronic dictionary in 1st Embodiment. The 2nd figure which shows the example of a screen of the electronic dictionary in 1st Embodiment. The 3rd figure which shows the example of a screen of the electronic dictionary in 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of a structure of ROM in 3rd Embodiment. The flowchart for demonstrating the 3rd pseudonym display process in 3rd Embodiment. The figure which shows the example of a screen of the electronic dictionary in 3rd Embodiment. The figure which shows the schematic structural example of the system comprised with an electronic dictionary terminal and a server. (A) is an example of the outline figure of the conventional electronic dictionary, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the key arrangement | sequence of the conventional electronic dictionary. The figure which shows the example of a screen of the conventional electronic dictionary.

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1 Electronic Dictionary 3 Display 5 Operation Input Key Group 10 CPU
20 Input unit 30 Display unit 40 ROM
42 Japanese language dictionary DB
42a Headword table
42b Explanation information table 44 Dictionary search program
44b Jump program
44a First pseudonym display program 50 RAM
52 Input character string 54 Extracted character string 56 Selected headword
56a reading
56b phrase 60 bus

Claims (3)

A storage means in which a headword, a reading of the headword, and explanation information of the headword are associated and stored as dictionary information;
A selection means for selecting one headword out of the headwords in the dictionary information stored in the storage means;
Explanation information display control means for performing control to display explanation information corresponding to the headword selected by the selection means;
An identification display moving means for identifying and displaying any character in the explanation information controlled by the explanation information display control means as a selected character in accordance with a user operation;
Each time the character identified and displayed by the identification display moving means is moved, if the character is a kanji, it is composed of continuous kanji characters including the kanji and is included in the dictionary information A character string extracting means for extracting the longest matching character string from the explanation information whose display is controlled by the explanation information display control means;
Character string reading display control means for performing control to read and display the reading of the headword coinciding with the character string extracted by the character string extracting means ;
When a determination operation is performed when the character identified and displayed by the identification display moving unit is a Chinese character, the character string or the character string extracted when the Chinese character is identified and displayed by the character string extracting unit Reading candidate list display control means for searching and displaying a list of all headwords that match each character string formed by sequentially deleting the last character one by one from the dictionary information together with the headword;
An information display control device comprising: Reading candidate selection means for selecting a headword whose display is controlled by the reading candidate list display control means;
Explanation information jump display control means for controlling to read out and display the explanation information corresponding to the headword selected by the reading candidate selection means;
Information display control device according to claim 1, further comprising a. On the computer,
A storage function for storing the headword, the reading of the headword, and the explanation information of the headword as dictionary information in association with each other;
A selection function for selecting one headword out of the headwords in the dictionary information stored by the storage function;
An explanation information display control function for performing control to display explanation information corresponding to the headword selected by the selection function;
An identification display moving function for identifying and displaying an arbitrary character in the explanation information controlled by the explanation information display control function as a selected character in accordance with a user operation;
Each time a character identified and displayed by the identification display moving function is moved, if the character is a kanji, it is composed of continuous kanji characters including the kanji and is included in the dictionary information A character string extraction function that extracts the longest matching character string from the explanation information that is displayed and controlled by the explanation information display control function;
A character string reading display control function for performing control to read and display the reading of the headword coinciding with the character string extracted by the character string extraction function ;
When the determination operation is performed when the character identified and displayed by the identification display control function is a Chinese character, the character string or the character string extracted when the Chinese character is identified and displayed by the character string extraction function Reading candidate list display control function for searching and displaying a list of all headwords that match each character string formed by sequentially deleting the last character one by one from the dictionary information together with the headword,
A program to realize

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