JP6451790B2 - Electronic device having dictionary function, control program thereof, and display method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic device with a dictionary function, a control program, and a display method.

  Conventionally, a character input device that directly operates a character input key like a word processor to input a desired character and a touch panel type handwriting input unit, and a handwritten locus input by pen touch at the handwriting input unit And a handwritten character input device for recognizing and inputting the character of the character.

  On the other hand, an electronic dictionary device is practically used, in which key words displayed by key input and display are used as search words to search for dictionary words corresponding to the search words from the dictionary data and display the explanation information of the searched keyword. Has been.

  In addition to providing a key input unit (keyboard) and a handwriting input unit for inputting a search term for the dictionary search, a kanji that cannot be read by the user can be input by handwriting with this penwriting input unit. An electronic dictionary device with a handwriting input function that can be recognized, input as the search word, searched for a dictionary, and displayed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-165533 A

  In the conventional electronic dictionary device with a handwriting input function, a handwriting input unit for handwriting input and character recognition is provided separately from the display unit. However, in recent years, an electronic dictionary in which a main display unit is also equipped with a touch panel Devices are also emerging. In such a situation where the touch function is expanded, a new operation method of the electronic dictionary is required.

An electronic device according to the present invention is an electronic device including a control unit,
The controller is
A first input receiving means for receiving an input of a character, and a second input receiving means for receiving an input of a character on the lower side of the first input receiving means, is displayed on the display unit,
In response to the touch input function being set to ON, the first input receiving unit and the second input receiving unit are displayed on the display unit, and touch input is performed on the first area of the display unit. Display the board,
When the accepting an character input operation to the first input receiving means according to the operation of the touch input board, displaying the touch input board of the first input receiving means and said first area on the display unit while keeping said second input receiving means to hide from the display unit, the first input receiving unit in the second region at least said second input receiving means was displayed of said display unit to display one or more words corresponding to the characters entered to this time, even without displaying on the display unit any explanation corresponding to the one or more words,
In response to the touch input function being set to OFF, the touch input board is hidden from the display unit while the first input receiving unit is displayed on the display unit, and the display unit The first region and the third region including the second region are divided into left and right regions, and the one or more words and the explanation corresponding to one word of the one or more words are And display on the other,
It is characterized by that.

The front view which shows the external appearance structure of the electronic dictionary apparatus 10 which concerns on embodiment of the electronic device provided with the dictionary function of this invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device 10. FIG. The figure which shows the content of the input board table 22c memorize | stored in the memory | storage device 22 of the said electronic dictionary apparatus 10. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing touch input function setting processing by the electronic dictionary device 10; 7 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing according to ON / OFF setting of the touch input function by the electronic dictionary device 10; The figure which shows the display operation of the touch input board according to the input character type of the Japanese-type search word accompanying the dictionary search process in the state in which the touch input function was set to ON in the said electronic dictionary device. The figure which shows the display operation of the touch input board according to the input character type of the English / Latin word search word accompanying the dictionary search process in the state where the touch input function is set to ON in the electronic dictionary device 10. The figure which shows the display operation of the touch input board according to the input character type of the Korean-type search word accompanying the dictionary search process in the state in which the touch input function was set to ON in the said electronic dictionary device. The figure which shows the display operation of the touch input board according to the input character kind of the Russian-type search word accompanying the dictionary search process in the state in which the touch input function was set to ON in the said electronic dictionary device. The figure which shows the display operation of the touch input board according to the input character kind of the numerical search word accompanying the dictionary search process in the state in which the touch input function was set to ON in the said electronic dictionary apparatus. The figure which shows the display operation of a touch input board in case the dictionary selected after the touch input function was set to ON in the said electronic dictionary device 10 was changed into another dictionary. In the electronic dictionary device 10, the simultaneous display operation of the headword list area Lm accompanying the dictionary search process in the state where the touch input function is set to ON, and the simultaneous display operation of the preview area Pv after the touch input board is closed, FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration of an electronic dictionary device 10 according to an embodiment of an electronic apparatus having a dictionary function of the present invention.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 is configured as a portable device dedicated to the electronic dictionary described below, or a touch panel PDA (personal digital assistants), a PC (personal computer), a cellular phone, an electronic book, It is configured as a portable game machine or the like.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 includes a foldable case in which a main body case 11 and a lid case 12 can be expanded / closed via a hinge portion 13. On the surface of the main body case 11 where the folding case is unfolded, a key input unit 14 having a character input key 14a, a dictionary specifying key 14b, a [decision] key 14c, a [return] key 14d, a cursor key 14e, and the like; A touch panel sub-display unit 15 is provided.

  The touch panel type sub-display unit 15 has a structure in which a touch position detection device that detects a position touched by a user with a pen, a finger, and the like and a display device are integrated. For example, 256 × A transparent touch panel 15t is overlaid on a 64-dot backlit color liquid crystal display screen 15d. The sub display unit 15 is switched to a handwritten character input area for inputting handwritten characters, a key input area for various functions, or an area in which the areas are mixed, as necessary.

  And the locus | trajectory accompanying the handwriting input in the state which the said sub display part 15 was switched to the handwritten character input area is echoed back and displayed on the color liquid crystal display screen 15d with a backlight.

  Further, on the surface of the lid case 12, a touch panel type main display unit 16 with a backlight of, for example, 480 × 320 dots is provided for almost the entire surface.

  Similarly to the sub display unit 15, the touch panel main display unit 16 has a structure in which a touch position detection device that detects a position touched by a user with a pen, a finger, and the like and a display device are integrated. A transparent touch panel 16t is overlaid on the attached color liquid crystal display screen 16d.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 divides the screen of the touch panel type main display unit 16 into an upper screen and a lower screen with the touch input function set to ON, and displays a search word input screen on the upper screen. And a function to display a touch input board (handwriting board, 50-note keyboard, QWERTY keyboard, Pinyin keyboard, Hangul keyboard, etc.) corresponding to the input character type on the search word input screen on the lower screen (see FIG. 6), A function of searching for a dictionary entry corresponding to the search word for each character input of the search word by the touch input board and displaying the list on the upper screen (see FIG. 12), and a touch input board displayed on the lower screen The type is stored in association with the input character type displayed on the search word input screen displayed on the upper screen at that time, and another dictionary is selected and checked. When the word input screen is switched to the upper screen, the touch input board of that type is displayed on the lower screen according to the type of the previous touch input board stored in association with the input character type in the other dictionary. It has a function for switching display (see FIG. 11) and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  The electronic dictionary device 10 is configured by a computer that reads a program recorded on various recording media and whose operation is controlled by the read program. The electronic circuit includes a CPU (central processing unit) 21. It is done.

  The CPU 21 is a device control program 22a stored in advance in the storage device 22, or a device control program 22a read from the external recording medium 23 such as a ROM card into the storage device 22 via the recording medium reading unit 24, or the Internet. The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled by using the RAM 26 as a working memory in accordance with a device control program 22a read into the storage device 22 from the N web server (in this case, the program server) 30 via the communication unit 25.

  The device control program 22 a stored in the storage device 22 is connected via an input signal according to a user operation from the key input unit 14, the touch panel type sub display unit 15, or the touch panel type main display unit 16, or the communication unit 25. Activated in response to a communication signal with each Web server 30 on the Internet N.

  Thus, the storage device 22, the recording medium reading unit 24, the communication unit 25, the RAM 26, the key input unit 14, the touch panel type sub display unit 15, and the touch panel type main display unit 16 are connected to the CPU 21.

  In the storage device 22, as a device control program 22 a, a system program that controls the overall operation of the electronic dictionary device 10, each Web server 30 on the Internet N via the communication unit 25, and a user PC (Personal Computer) (not shown). A communication program or the like for data communication is stored. Further, as the device control program 22a, touch input function ON / OFF setting processing, search word input processing according to ON / OFF of the touch input function, headword search processing corresponding to the search word, search headword list display Content DB (dictionary database) 22b, input board table 22c, and touch input in the storage device 22 such as processing, reading and displaying various explanatory information such as translations, meaning contents, examples, and explanations corresponding to the selected headword A dictionary search program for controlling the entire input / search / display processing based on the function setting memory 22d and the final use input board memory 22e is stored.

  In the content DB 22b, for example, [Japanese dictionary] in which Japanese explanation information is described in association with Japanese headwords arranged in alphabetical order, and English headwords arranged in alphabetical order are associated with each other. [English-Japanese dictionary] in which explanation information in Japanese is described, [Japanese-English dictionary] in which explanation information in English is described in association with Japanese headwords, and explanation information in correspondence with headwords in various genres A plurality of types of dictionary data including the described [encyclopedia] are stored in advance or downloaded and stored.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the input board table 22 c stored in the storage device 22 of the electronic dictionary device 10.

  The input board table 22c is associated with the input character type (Japanese / English / Latin / Korean / Chinese /...) Of each search word stored in the content DB 22b in association with the input character type. Types of touch input boards that can input characters (Japanese: handwritten input / 50 sound / QWERTY / English / Latin: handwritten input / QWERTY / Korean: handwritten input / Hangul / Chinese: handwritten input / pinyin / ...) Is memorized.

  Each time the touch input icon Dt (see FIG. 6) displayed in the icon display area 16A of the touch panel main display unit 16 is touched, the touch input function setting memory 22d is ON, which is setting data for the touch input function. And OFF are switched and stored.

  When the type of the touch input board is switched during the dictionary search process in which the touch input function is set to ON, the last use input board memory 22e is switched in association with the input character type of the search word at that time. The type of touch input board that has been received is stored.

  In the RAM 26, an input data memory 26a, a main display data memory 26b, a sub display data memory 26c, and the like are secured.

  In the input data memory 26a, individual input data corresponding to user operations of the key input unit 14 and the touch panels 15t and 16t are sequentially stored.

  In the main display data memory 26b, display data to be displayed on the screen of the touch panel type main display unit 16 is expanded and stored in a bitmap pattern.

  In the sub display data memory 26c, display data to be displayed on the screen of the touch panel type sub display unit 15 is developed and stored in a bitmap pattern.

  In the electronic dictionary device 10 configured as described above, the CPU 21 uses the device control program 22a (touch input function ON / OFF setting processing, search word input processing, headword search processing, headword list display processing, selected headword The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled in accordance with the instructions described in (including a program for executing explanation information display processing, etc.), and the software and hardware operate in cooperation. Realize the function.

  Next, the operation of the electronic dictionary device 10 configured as described above will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing touch input function setting processing by the electronic dictionary device 10.

  When the apparatus control program 22a is started to move to the dictionary search process, the touch input icon Dt is displayed in the icon display area 16A on the left end of the touch panel main display unit 16 (see FIG. 6). When the touch input icon Dt is touched (step T1 (Yes)), when the setting data stored in the touch input function setting memory 22d is OFF (step T2 (OFF)), the setting data is turned ON. (Step T3), the preview function for displaying the description information of the headword searched in the dictionary together with the input of the search word is set to OFF (step T4). When the touch input function is turned on, the electronic dictionary device 10 enters an operation mode in which a dictionary search is performed by a touch operation on the main display unit 16 without requiring a key operation on the keyboard 14.

  On the other hand, when the touch input icon Dt is touched (step T1 (Yes)) and the setting data stored in the touch input function setting memory 22d is ON (step T2 (ON)), the setting is performed. The data is switched off (step T5), and the preview function is set on (step T6).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing dictionary search processing according to ON / OFF setting of the touch input function by the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display operation of the touch input board according to the input character type of the Japanese-based search word accompanying the dictionary search process in a state where the touch input function is set to ON in the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display operation of the touch input board according to the input character type of the English / Latin word search word accompanying the dictionary search processing in a state where the touch input function is set to ON in the electronic dictionary device 10. .

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display operation of the touch input board according to the input character type of the Korean-based search word accompanying the dictionary search process in a state where the touch input function is set to ON in the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display operation of the touch input board according to the input character type of the Russian-language search word accompanying the dictionary search process in a state where the touch input function is set to ON in the electronic dictionary device 10.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display operation of the touch input board in accordance with the input character type of the numeric search word accompanying the dictionary search process in a state where the touch input function is set to ON in the electronic dictionary device 10.

  When a dictionary desired by the user, for example, [Japanese dictionary] is selected by the dictionary designation key 14b (step S1 (Yes)), the input character type of the search word of the selected dictionary [national dictionary] is determined as Japanese. The type of touch input board (any one of handwritten input / 50 sounds / QWERTY) in the previous dictionary search process stored in association with the Japanese character type in the final use input board memory 22e is set (step S2). ).

  In the last used input board memory 22e, when the type of touch input board in the previous dictionary search process is not stored, it corresponds to the Japanese character type stored in the input board table 22c (see FIG. 3). Of the attached touch input boards, the default handwriting input board is set as the default.

  Then, in the touch input function setting memory 22d, it is determined whether or not the touch input function setting data is ON (step S3), and if it is determined to be ON (step S3 (Yes)), the key input unit The signal input from 14 is invalidated (step S4).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6A, the search word input screen Gj of the selected dictionary [Japanese dictionary] is displayed on the upper screen divided into upper and lower parts of the main display unit 16 and the search word is displayed. The type of touch input board (here, handwriting board Bh) set in step S2 according to the input character type is displayed on the lower screen (step S5).

  When the touch input board is displayed on the lower screen of the main display unit 16, it is associated with the input character type (in this case, Japanese) of the search word in the input board table 22c (see FIG. 3). A board switching icon (handwritten icon Dh / 50 sound icon Da / QWERTY icon Dq) for switching to and displaying any type of touch input board is displayed at the left end of the board together with the board closing icon Dc.

  For example, when the 50 sound icon Da is designated by touch (step S6 (Yes)), the handwriting board Bh displayed on the lower screen is switched to the 50 sound board Ba as shown in FIG. 6B. Is displayed (step S7). Then, the type (50 sounds) of the switched touch input board is stored in the final use input board memory 22e in association with the input character type (Japanese language) of the search word at that time (step S8). .

  Further, for example, when the QWERTY icon Dq is designated by touch (step S6 (Yes)), the 50 sound board Ba displayed on the lower screen is switched to the QWERTY board Bq as shown in FIG. 6 (C). Is displayed (step S7). Then, the type (QWERTY) of the switched touch input board is stored in the final use input board memory 22e in association with the input character type (Japanese language) of the search word at that time (step S8).

  As shown in FIG. 7, even when [English-Japanese Dictionary] is selected and the search word input screen Ge is displayed on the upper screen, the handwritten icon Dh or the QWERTY icon Dq displayed on the lower screen is selectively displayed. By touching, the handwriting board Bh and the QWERTY board Bq can be switched and displayed as appropriate (steps S1 to S8).

  Also, as shown in FIG. 8, when [Korean Dictionary] is selected and the search word input screen Gk is displayed on the upper screen, the handwritten icon Dh or the Hangul icon Dk displayed on the lower screen is selected. By touching, the handwriting board Bh and the Hangul board Bk can be switched appropriately and displayed (steps S1 to S8).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, even when [Russian dictionary] is selected and the search word input screen Gr is displayed on the upper screen, the handwritten icon Dh or the Cyrillic icon Dr displayed on the lower screen is selected. By manually touching, the handwriting board Bh and the Cyrillic board Br can be switched and displayed as appropriate (steps S1 to S8).

  As shown in FIG. 10, even when [Kanji Dictionary] is selected and the search word input screen Gc is displayed on the upper screen and the stroke number input item is specified, the handwritten icon displayed on the lower screen is displayed. By selectively touching Dh or the number icon Dn, the handwriting board Bh and the number board Bn may be switched appropriately and displayed.

  When a dictionary in another language is selected, a search word input screen for the selected dictionary is displayed on the upper screen of the main display unit 16 as described above, and a handwriting board is displayed on the lower screen. Bh and the board of characters corresponding to the language can be switched as appropriate (steps S1 to S8).

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display operation of the touch input board when the dictionary selected after the touch input function is set to ON in the electronic dictionary device 10 is changed to another dictionary.

  As shown in FIGS. 11A to 11B, after [Japanese dictionary] is selected and the search word input screen Gj is displayed on the entire screen of the main display unit 16, the touch input function is set to ON. Then, the main display unit 16 is divided vertically and according to the type (50 sounds) of the touch input board stored in the final use input board memory 22e in association with the input character type (Japanese type) of the search word. The 50 sound board Ba is displayed on the lower screen (steps S1 to S5).

  Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 11B to 11C, the selected dictionary [Japanese dictionary] is changed to another dictionary [old dictionary], and the search term input screen for the [old dictionary] is displayed on the upper screen. Even when Gd is displayed, the last used input board memory 22e stores and holds the touch input board type (50 sounds) in the previous search process corresponding to the input character type (Japanese). The 50 sound board Ba is displayed on the screen as described above (steps S1 to S5).

  For this reason, even if the dictionary is changed, the type of touch input board used according to the input character type of the search word is stored and held in the final use input board memory 22e. According to the input character type, a touch input board that is easy for the user to input can be displayed.

  Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 6, an embodiment in which [Japanese dictionary] is selected will be described as a representative example.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, in the state where the search word input screen Gj of [Japanese dictionary] is displayed on the upper screen of the main display unit 16 and the handwriting board Bh is displayed on the lower screen, the handwriting board When a handwritten character is input to the Bh character input area (steps S9 and S10 (Yes)), each time the recognition button N is touched or input of a handwritten character to the next character input area is started, The handwritten character input immediately before is recognized and displayed in the search character input area of the search word input screen Gj (step S11).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6 (B) or FIG. 6 (C), with the 50 sound board Ba or the QWERTY board Bq displayed on the lower screen of the main display unit 16, the 50 sound key directly or Roman characters are used. When a kana character is input in the format (steps S9 and S10 (No)), the input kana character is displayed in the search character input area of the search word input screen Gj (step S12).

  FIG. 12 shows the simultaneous display operation of the headword list area Lm associated with the dictionary search process in the state where the touch input function is set to ON in the electronic dictionary device 10 and the preview area Pv after the touch input board is closed. It is a figure which shows simultaneous display operation | movement.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12 (A), the search word input screen Gj of [Japanese dictionary] is displayed on the upper screen and the 50 sound board Ba is displayed on the lower screen (steps S1 to S8). When the search terms “A”, “I”, “SA”, and “TSU” are sequentially input by the key touch operation of the 50 sound board Ba (steps S9, S10, S12), as shown in FIG. The character strings of the input search terms are sequentially displayed in the search character input area Ja (step S13).

  Then, a headword that is forward-matched with the character string of the search word sequentially input and displayed in the search character input area Ja is searched from the [Japanese dictionary] of the content DB 22b (step S14), and the headword list area Lm is displayed on the upper screen. Are displayed together with the search character input area Ja (step S15).

  Thereby, in a state where the touch input function is set to ON, the touch input board displayed on the lower screen of the main screen 16 is touched, and the character of the search word is displayed in the search character input area Ja displayed on the upper screen. By sequentially inputting and displaying the columns, the headwords corresponding to the character strings of the input search terms are immediately searched and displayed in parallel as the headword list area Lm.

  Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 12B, among the headwords displayed in the headword list area Lm, an arbitrary headword “greeting [greeting]” is touched and designated and displayed by inversion. Then (step S16 (Yes)), the explanation information of the headword “greeting [greeting]” that has been designated and displayed is read from the [Japanese dictionary] of the content DB 22b and expanded on the entire screen of the main display unit 16. Are displayed (step S17).

  On the other hand, for example, as shown in FIG. 12B, the character strings of the search words are sequentially displayed in the search character input area Ja on the upper screen in response to the character input by the touch input board (50 sound board Ba) on the lower screen. The board closing icon Dc displayed at the left end of the touch input board (Ba) is displayed in a state where the list area Lm of headwords that are input and displayed and that matches the character string of the search term is displayed in parallel. If touched (step S18 (Yes)), it is determined whether the headword list area Lm is being displayed (step S19).

  Here, if it is determined that the headword list area Lm is being displayed on the upper screen of the main display unit 16 (step S19 (Yes)), the preview function is set to OFF as shown in FIG. Is canceled, and the search character input area Ja, the headword list area Lm, and the preview area Pv of explanation information corresponding to the headword specified and displayed in the headword list area Lm are developed on the entire screen. The display mode is changed (step S20).

  Then, for example, when any headword is touched and designated and displayed by inversion among the headwords displayed in the headword list area Lm shown in FIG. 12B (step S21 (Yes)). ), The description information of the headword that has been designated and displayed is read from the [Japanese dictionary] of the content DB 22b, and is expanded and displayed on the entire screen of the main display unit 16 (step S17).

  On the other hand, the search character input area Ja, the headword list area Lm, and the preview area Pv of explanation information corresponding to the headword designated and displayed in the headword list area Lm shown in FIG. In the display state developed on the entire screen of the main display unit 16, it is determined that the touch input icon Dt displayed in the icon display area 16A of the main display unit 16 is touched and an instruction to open the touch input board is given. When this is done (step S22 (Yes)), as shown in FIG. 12B, the preview function is returned to the OFF setting, and the search character input area Ja and the headword list area Lm are displayed in parallel on the upper screen. Then, the screen returns to the original screen development state in which the touch input board (50 sound board Ba) is displayed on the lower screen (step S23).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that the touch input function setting data stored in the touch input function setting memory 22d is OFF instead of ON (step S3 (Yes)), the selected dictionary corresponds to the selected dictionary. A search word input screen (for example, a search word input screen Gj of [Japanese dictionary]) is expanded and displayed on the entire screen of the main display unit 16 (see FIG. 11A) (step S24).

  Thereafter, the search character input area Ja, the headword list area Lm, and the preview area Pv are expanded on the entire screen based on a key input signal corresponding to a user operation from the key input unit 14 (see FIG. 12C). A normal dictionary search process is executed (step S25).

  Therefore, according to the dictionary search control process having the touch input function of the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above-described configuration, the touch input icon Dt displayed in the icon display area 16A of the main display unit 16 is touched and the touch input function is turned on. When an arbitrary dictionary (for example, [Japanese dictionary]) is selected in the set state, a search word input screen (Gj) corresponding to the selected dictionary is displayed on the upper screen of the display screen divided into two. At the same time, a touch input board (handwriting board Bh, 50-sound board Ba, or QWERTY board Bq) for inputting characters (kana) corresponding to the input character type of the search word by a touch operation is displayed on the lower screen. When the character string of the search word sequentially input by the touch input board is input and displayed in the search character input area Ja of the search word input screen, the headword corresponding to the character string of the search word is selected. The entry word list area Lm is displayed side by side in the search character input area Ja on the upper screen.

  For this reason, every time a character (string) of a search word is input by a touch operation, it is possible to search for a list of headwords corresponding to the input search word and display them in a list. This eliminates the troublesomeness.

  Further, according to the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above configuration, in the input board table 22c, the input character type of the search word and the type of the touch input board capable of inputting characters of the character type are stored in association with each other for each type of dictionary. Then, each board switching icon corresponding to the type of touch input board corresponding to the input character type (in the case of Japanese character type, handwritten icon Dh / 50 sound icon Da / QWERTY icon Dq) is displayed on the lower screen. Then, according to the touch operation of the board switching icon, the type of the touch input board is appropriately switched and displayed so that the user can input the character string of the search word in a touch input form arbitrary.

  Further, according to the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above-described configuration, the headline searched from the currently selected dictionary corresponding to the character string of the search word input in response to the touch operation of the touch input board displayed on the lower screen. When the board close icon Dc displayed together with the touch input board on the lower screen is touched while the word list area Lm is displayed on the upper screen, the vertical division of the display screen is canceled and the selected dictionary is displayed. A corresponding search character input area Ja, headword list area Lm, and a preview area Pv of explanation information corresponding to headwords selectively designated and displayed from the same list are expanded and displayed on the entire screen.

  For this reason, for example, when the input of the search word by the touch input board is completed, the headword list area Lm corresponding to the search word can be immediately displayed on the full screen to quickly find the desired headword.

  Further, according to the electronic dictionary device 10 having the above-described configuration, the type of the touch input board displayed on the lower screen of the main display unit 16 in association with the dictionary search processing is the search word input screen displayed on the upper screen at that time. And is stored in the final use input board memory 22e. Thereafter, when the selected dictionary is changed to another type of dictionary, the touch stored in the last used input board memory 22e in association with the input character type of the search word in the changed dictionary. The touch input board corresponding to the type of the input board is switched to the lower screen and displayed.

  For this reason, when the touch input function is set to ON, even when the dictionary to be used is switched, the touch input board of the type used last time is displayed on the lower screen according to the input character type of the search word. Therefore, the user can input the character string of the search word by the touch input operation that is used in the past.

  It should be noted that each processing method and database by the electronic dictionary device 10 described in the above embodiment, that is, each method such as touch input function setting processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 and dictionary search processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. The database including the input board table 22c and the like is a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, etc.), magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical disk (CD-ROM) as programs that can be executed by a computer. , DVD, etc.) and can be stored and distributed in an external recording medium 23 such as a semiconductor memory. And the computer of the electronic device provided with the touch panel display unit (15, 16) reads the program recorded in the external recording medium 23 into the storage device 22, and the operation is controlled by the read program. The dictionary search control process having the touch input function described in the embodiment can be realized, and the same process can be executed by the method described above.

  Further, program data for realizing each of the above methods can be transmitted on the network N in the form of a program code, and this program data is transmitted to an electronic device having a touch panel display unit (15, 16). The dictionary search control process having the touch input function described above can also be realized by loading the information into the computer by the communication unit 25.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. For example, in the embodiment, the display screen is divided into upper and lower parts and the touch input board is displayed on the lower screen, but may be displayed separately in a window format. Further, the embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment or some constituent requirements are combined in different forms, the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention are not solved. When the effects described in the column “Effects of the Invention” can be obtained, a configuration in which these constituent requirements are deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

  Hereinafter, the invention described in the scope of claims of the present application will be appended.

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A touch panel display,
Dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of types of dictionary data;
A search word input screen corresponding to a dictionary selected from a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in the dictionary storage means and a touch input board for inputting the search word are divided into the display section. Input screen display control means to be displayed;
A dictionary search means for searching a headword corresponding to the character of the search word input by the user operation of the touch input board displayed by the input screen display control means, from the selected dictionary;
A headword list for displaying a list of headwords searched by the dictionary search means on the search word input screen in response to a search word input from the touch input board displayed by the input screen display control means. Display control means for changing to a screen;
An electronic device having a dictionary function characterized by comprising

[2]
For each of a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in the dictionary storage unit, an input character type of a search word corresponding to the dictionary and a touch input board type capable of touch-inputting characters corresponding to the input character type are stored in association with each other. Input board storage means,
Based on the type of the touch input board stored in the input board storage unit in association with the input character type of the search word, the touch input board displayed by the input screen display control unit is changed according to the user operation. Board switching display control means for switching to and displaying different types of touch input boards;
An electronic device provided with the dictionary function according to [1].

[3]
Touch input setting means for setting the touch input function ON / OFF according to a user operation,
The input screen display control means has a touch word input screen corresponding to the selected dictionary and an input character type of the search word in a state where the touch input function is set to ON by the touch input setting means. The touch input board is displayed separately on the upper screen and the lower screen of the display unit.
An electronic device provided with the dictionary function according to [1] or [2].

[4]
While the list of searched headwords is displayed by the display control means, the displayed touch input board is closed according to a user operation, and the list of searched headwords is displayed on the display unit. Equipped with full screen display control means to display on the full screen,
An electronic device provided with the dictionary function according to any one of [1] to [3].

[5]
A board storage unit used last time for storing the type of touch input board displayed on the lower screen by the input screen display control unit in association with the input character type on the search word input screen displayed on the upper screen;
When the touch input function is set to ON by the touch input setting unit and the selected dictionary is changed to another dictionary according to a user operation, the input screen display control unit The search word input screen corresponding to the dictionary is displayed on the upper screen, and based on the type of touch input board stored in the last-used board storage means in association with the input character type of the search word Display the touch input board on the lower screen,
An electronic device provided with the dictionary function according to [3].

[6]
A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device provided with a touch panel display unit,
The computer,
Dictionary storage means for storing a plurality of types of dictionary data in a memory;
The display unit is divided into a search word input screen corresponding to a dictionary selected from a plurality of types of dictionaries stored in the memory by the dictionary storage means and a touch input board for inputting the search word. Input screen display control means to be displayed,
A dictionary search unit that searches the selected dictionary for a headword corresponding to a character of a search term input by a user operation of the touch input board displayed on the display unit by the input screen display control unit;
A headword list for displaying a list of headwords searched by the dictionary search means on the search word input screen in response to a search word input from the touch input board displayed by the input screen display control means. Display control means for changing to a screen,
Program to function as.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic dictionary apparatus 11 ... Main body case 12 ... Cover body case 13 ... Hinge part 14 ... Key input part 14a ... Character input key 14b ... Dictionary designation key 14c ... [Translation / determination] key 14d ... [Back] key 14e ... Cursor Key 15 ... Touch panel type sub display 15d ... Color liquid crystal display (with backlight)
15t ... Transparent touch panel 16 ... Touch panel main display unit 16d ... Color liquid crystal display unit (with backlight)
16t ... Transparent touch panel 16A ... Icon display area 21 ... CPU
22 ... Storage device 22a ... Device control program 22b ... Content DB
22c ... Input board table 22d ... Touch input function setting memory 22e ... Final use input board memory 23 ... External recording medium 24 ... Recording medium reading unit 25 ... Communication unit 26 ... RAM
26a ... Input data memory 26b ... Main display data memory 26c ... Sub display data memory 30 ... Web server N ... Communication network Gj ... Search word input screen [Japanese dictionary]
Dt ... touch input icon Dh ... handwritten icon Da ... 50 sound icon Dq ... QWERTY icon Dc ... board close icon Bh ... handwritten board Ba ... 50 sound board Bq ... QWERTY board Ge ... search word input screen [English-Japanese Dictionary]
Gk ... Search term input screen [Korean dictionary]
Dk ... Hangul icon Bk ... Hangul board Gr ... Search word input screen [Russian dictionary]
Dr ... Cyrillic icon Br ... Cyrillic board Gc ... Search term input screen [Kanji dictionary]
Dn ... number icon Bn ... number board Gd ... search word input screen [old language dictionary]
Ja ... Search character input area Lm ... Headword list area h ... Designation display Pv ... Preview area

Claims (5)

An electronic device including a control unit,
The controller is
A first input receiving means for receiving an input of a character, and a second input receiving means for receiving an input of a character on the lower side of the first input receiving means, is displayed on the display unit,
In response to the touch input function being set to ON, the first input receiving unit and the second input receiving unit are displayed on the display unit, and touch input is performed on the first area of the display unit. Display the board,
When the accepting an character input operation to the first input receiving means according to the operation of the touch input board, displaying the touch input board of the first input receiving means and said first area on the display unit while keeping said second input receiving means to hide from the display unit, the first input receiving unit in the second region at least said second input receiving means was displayed of said display unit to display one or more words corresponding to the characters entered to this time, even without displaying on the display unit any explanation corresponding to the one or more words,
In response to the touch input function being set to OFF, the touch input board is hidden from the display unit while the first input receiving unit is displayed on the display unit, and the display unit The first region and the third region including the second region are divided into left and right regions, and the one or more words and the explanation corresponding to one word of the one or more words are And display on the other,
Electronics. The controller is
When the touch input board is not displayed, in response to the touch input function being set to ON, the first input receiving unit is displayed on the display unit, and the one or more words The explanation corresponding to one word / phrase is hidden from the display unit, and one of the one or more words / phrases and the one or more words / phrases are displayed in the second area of the display unit where the explanation is displayed. And displaying the touch input board in the first area of the display unit,
The electronic device according to claim 1. The controller is
A plurality of words and information related to each word are selected from two or more databases stored in association with each other, and the first input receiving unit and the second input receiving unit are configured to display the display. Receiving the input of the character of the type corresponding to the one database to be searched when displayed in the section by the first input receiving means and the second input receiving means,
The type of the touch input board displayed on the display unit is stored in association with the character type that the input receiving unit displayed on the display unit receives input,
When the touch input board is displayed on the display unit, when the first database is changed from the first database to the second database among the two or more databases, the input receiving unit according to the second database Is displayed on the display unit, and based on the type of the touch input board stored in association with the character type that the input receiving unit corresponding to the second database receives input, the touch input board of that type is Display on the display,
The electronic device according to claim 1 or 2. A program for controlling a computer of an electronic device,
In the computer,
A first input receiving means for receiving an input of a character, and a second input receiving means for receiving an input of a character on the lower side of the first input receiving means, is displayed on the display unit,
In response to the touch input function being set to ON, the first input receiving unit and the second input receiving unit are displayed on the display unit, and touch input is performed on the first area of the display unit. Display the board,
When the accepting an character input operation to the first input receiving means according to the operation of the touch input board, displaying the touch input board of the first input receiving means and said first area on the display unit while keeping said second input receiving means to hide from the display unit, the first input receiving unit in the second region at least said second input receiving means was displayed of said display unit to display one or more words corresponding to the characters entered to this time, even without displaying on the display unit any explanation corresponding to the one or more words,
In response to the touch input function being set to OFF, the touch input board is hidden from the display unit while the first input receiving unit is displayed on the display unit, and the display unit The first region and the third region including the second region are divided into left and right regions, and the one or more words and the explanation corresponding to one word of the one or more words are And display on the other,
Program for. A display method executed by a control unit of an electronic device,
A first input receiving means for receiving an input of a character, and a second input receiving means for receiving an input of a character on the lower side of the first input receiving means, is displayed on the display unit,
In response to the touch input function being set to ON, the first input receiving unit and the second input receiving unit are displayed on the display unit, and touch input is performed on the first area of the display unit. Display the board,
When the accepting an character input operation to the first input receiving means according to the operation of the touch input board, displaying the touch input board of the first input receiving means and said first area on the display unit while keeping said second input receiving means to hide from the display unit, the first input receiving unit in the second region at least said second input receiving means was displayed of said display unit to display one or more words corresponding to the characters entered to this time, even without displaying on the display unit any explanation corresponding to the one or more words,
In response to the touch input function being set to OFF, the touch input board is hidden from the display unit while the first input receiving unit is displayed on the display unit, and the display unit The first region and the third region including the second region are divided into left and right regions, and the one or more words and the explanation corresponding to one word of the one or more words are And display on the other,
Display method.

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