JPS6336665B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an accent learning machine, and more specifically, the present invention relates to an accent learning machine, and more specifically, it stores accent information together with word spelling information in a memory, and stores accent information together with accent information input in response to an external operation. The present invention relates to a learning machine that determines whether or not accent information matches.

Conventionally, electronic translators equipped with word learning functions have focused on learning the spelling of words, etc., but none have focused on learning the accents of words.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances regarding an electronic translation machine equipped with a word learning function, and an object of the present invention is to provide a learning machine that performs accent learning in a test format.

Therefore, the present invention provides a memory for storing accent information together with word spelling information, a spelling information display means for reading and displaying the word spelling information from the memory in response to an external operation, and displaying by the spelling information display means. a designation key for specifying a character in order to add an accent mark to an arbitrary character in the spelling of a word; and an accent mark display means for displaying an accent mark near the character specified by the designation key; a match determining means for determining whether the accent information displayed by the accent mark display means matches the accent information of the word stored in the memory; and a determination result display means for displaying the determination result of the match determining means. It is characterized by consisting of.

The match determining means determines whether the accent information specified by the designation key and displayed by the accent symbol display means matches the accent information of the word stored in the memory. This determination result is displayed on the determination result display means. Then,
By displaying this discrimination result display means, the learner can
It is possible to know whether the accent information specified by the specified key is correct or not.

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

FIG. 1 shows a schematic plan view of an embodiment of a learning machine according to the present invention.

The learning machine shown in Figure 1 has a Japanese-English mode for translating Japanese words into English words, an English-Japanese mode for translating English words into Japanese words, an accent learning mode for learning the accents of English words, and a learning mode for learning the conjugation of verbs, adjectives, etc. It has five learning modes: a change learning mode to learn English words and changes, and a related learning mode to learn synonyms and antonyms of English words.

The learning machine shown in FIG. 1 has, in addition to a 9-digit 5×7 dot matrix display 11, various keys for executing the five learning modes described above.

Among the above keys, those related to the present invention are:
An accent key 12 for selecting an accent learning mode, a character input key 13 which also functions as a key for specifying characters for accent in the accent learning mode, question keys 14, 14 for submitting questions, and answering the submitted questions. Answer keys 15, 15 to be displayed on the display section 11,
Clear key 16.

12 accent keys, 1 character input key
3, Question key 14, 14, Answer key 1
5 and clear key 16,
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, accent learning is performed by performing operations [1] to [9].

[1] First, clear key 16, accent key 1
2. If you press the key 13a with "a" displayed on the surface of the character input keys 13 and the question key 14 in that order, you will be able to read the English words stored in the memory of the learning machine, as described later. An accented English word with the initial letter "a" is selected at random. For example, "abandon" is displayed on the display unit 11.

[2] Next, write "o" on the surface of the character input key 13.
When you press the key 13o displayed, the display section 11
is displayed as "abando´n", and an accent mark "'" is added above "o". In other words,
In accent mode, character input key 13
functions as a specification key for specifying a character in order to add an accent mark to any character in the displayed word, and also serves as a key for character input and for specifying characters for accent. .

[3] When key 13a is pressed in the above state, display 1
1 is displayed as "a'bandon", and the position of the accent mark "'" is changed above the first "a".

[4] Now, press the answer key 15 to find out whether "a'bandon" on the display 11 is correct. "TRY AGAIN" will be displayed on the display 11, and "a'bandon" is incorrect. is displayed.

[5] After displaying "TRY AGAIN" for a certain period of time, the display unit 11 displays "abandon" again.

[6] Next, when the key 13a is pressed, the display on the display section 11 becomes "a'bandon".

[7] When the key 13 is pressed again, the display on the display section 11 becomes "aba'ndon".

From the above, if there are multiple same letters in a word, such as "a" and "n" in "abandon", an accent mark "´" is added above the second "a" in "abandon". To do this, first press the key 13a once to add the accent mark "'" to the first "a", then press the key 13a to 2.
If you press it twice, an accent mark "'" will be added above the second "a". If you press key 13a three times, the accent mark “ ´” will be placed above the first “a” again.
is added.

In this way, in the case of a word with multiple identical characters, if you press the key on which the above character is displayed in the character keys 13 successively, the accent mark "
'' shifts the same character above to the right, and when there are no more characters to the right, it returns to the starting position.

[8] Next, when the answer key 15 is pressed when the display section 11 shows "aba´ndon", the display section 11 shows "OK", indicating that the answer is correct. Ru.

[9] After displaying "OK" for a certain period of time, the display unit 11 displays the correct answer "aba'ndon".

By performing the operations [1] to [9] above, accent learning of the word "abandon" can be performed. Accent learning can be performed for other words in the same manner as above.

Next, a block diagram showing the configuration of the learning machine shown in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 3.

In FIG. 3, 21 is a microprocessor;
22 is a key input device consisting of an accent key 12, a character input key 13, etc.; 23 is a memory that stores word spelling information together with the accent information;
24 is a display control unit that controls the display on the display unit 11.

The microprocessor 21 includes a read-only memory (ROM) 25 that stores a control program created according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, a random access memory (RAM) 26 that is used as registers and flags, and an arithmetic control section. 27, an input/output buffer (not shown) and an internal bus (not shown) that connects these input/output buffers.

The microprocessor 21 outputs a Stroop signal to the key input device 22, and
The key input signal output from 2 is read, and the presence or absence of a pressed key and the type of key are determined.

The display control section 24 is a type of memory that stores lighting and non-lighting corresponding to the outer segments of the display section 11, and the microprocessor 21 writes the display pattern to the display control section 24 to display the necessary information. Perform display.

Next, using the flowchart in FIG. 4, the operation of the learning machine having the configuration shown in FIG. 3 in the accent learning mode will be explained in correspondence with the operations [1] to [9] explained in FIG. .

When the power switch 17 of the learning machine is turned on at step 100 in FIG. 4, the microprocessor 21 reads the key input signal output from the key input device 22 at step 101.

[1] Here, when accent key 12 is pressed,
The microprocessor 21 determines in step 102 that the accent key 12 has been pressed, sets a flag FA to remember that the accent key 12 has been pressed in step 103, and then returns to step 104.
Input 1 to the pointer n indicating the character number of the spelling of the word.

While the accent key 12 is pressed, the microprocessor 21 repeats the operations of steps 101 to 104 described above.

Next, when the accent key 12 is stopped being pressed, the microprocessor 21 executes step 110.
It is determined whether or not the question key 14 is pressed.

By the way, at this time, question key 14
Since has not been pressed yet, the microprocessor 21 moves to step 105.

Here, for example, key 13 of the character input key 13
If a is pressed, the microprocessor 21 determines in step 105 that the character input key 13 has been pressed, and in step 106 inputs the character, which is the initial condition for random number generation, into the character buffer B.
In step 108, a flag F1 for recording the input of the initial condition of the random number or the operation of the question key 14 is set, and in step 109 it is displayed, and the process returns to step 101.

When the question key 14 is pressed in the above state, the microprocessor 21
It is determined in step 110 that the question key 14 has been pressed, a random number is generated in step 111, and a word near the address is read out from the memory 23 in step 112 using that value as an address.

At this time, the microprocessor 21 determines whether the flag FA is set in step 113, that is, whether the accent key 12 is pressed and the accent learning mode is set. Other processing is performed, and if the mode is accent learning mode, the process moves to step 114.

The microprocessor 21 performs the above steps.
In step 114, it is determined whether the word read by random number generation has accent data or not. If the word does not have accent data, address up is performed in step 115, and then The process returns to step 112 again and the next word is read out from the memory 23.

By repeating the loop from steps 112 to 115 above, the microprocessor 21 searches for words with accent data and
In step 116, the flag F1 is set, and in step 117, the searched word, for example, "abandon" is displayed on the display section 11.
to be displayed.

The above display is the display of the question, and thereafter, the process returns to step 101 and the answer is given by operating the character input key 13.

[2] Next, when, for example, the key 13o of the character input keys 13 is pressed in the above state, the microprocessor 21 moves from steps 101, 102, and 110 to step 105, and inputs the character code of the key 13o. Enter buffer B and step 107.
It is determined whether the flag F1 is set.

At this time, since the question key 14 has already been pressed and the flag F1 has been set, the microprocessor 21 sets the flag F1 to remember that the accent position was specified in step 118.
2 is set.

At this time, since the flag F2 is not set, the microprocessor 21 converts the character code of the key 13o stored in the buffer B in step 119 to the word ("abandon") already displayed on the display section 11. Matching is determined character by character starting from the first letter of the spelling W.

If the character code of the key 13o stored in the buffer B matches the character in the spelling W of the word displayed on the display section 11, the microprocessor 21 sets the flag F2 in step 122,
An accent mark "'" is displayed at the digit position corresponding to the character n (n=6 in the case of "abandon") of the character "o" that matches in steps 123 and 124.

Note that the process at step 123 is for resetting (erasing) the accent codes of all digits.

[3] Next, in order to move the accent mark “ ´” from above the spelling letter “o” to above the first spelling letter “a” in the word “abandon”, press key 13a among the character input keys. , microprocessor 2
1 is steps 118, 120, 121, 119, 120,
Execute 121, 125, 126, 119, 122, ... in sequence,
It is determined again whether or not the spelled letter "a" that matches the key code of the key 13a exists in the word "abandon", and the display unit 11 displays "a'bandon".

[4] If the answer key 15 is pressed in the above state, the microprocessor 21 determines in step 127 that the answer key 15 has been pressed, and proceeds to step 127.
At 128, flag F2 is set. That is,
After determining that the accent position has been specified, in step 129 the accent position n (=
1) and the accent position read from the memory 23 is determined.

In this case, since the accent mark "'" in "a'bandon" is in the wrong position, the microprocessor 21 changes the display section 11 in step 130.
The incorrect answer display “TRY AGAIN” is displayed, and the process returns to step 101.

[5] At this time, the microprocessor 21 displays the above incorrect answer “TRY AGAIN” on the display unit 11.
After being displayed for a certain period of time, the problem is presented again.

[6] Next, when the key 13a of the character input keys 13 is pressed, the microprocessor 21 executes the steps already described in [3] again,
The display on the display unit 11 is assumed to be "a'bandon".

[7] When the above key 13a of the character keys 13 is pressed again, the microprocessor 21 executes steps 118, 120, 121, 119, 120, 121, 125, 126,
Execute 119, 122... sequentially, and add the accent mark "
´” is shifted from above the first character “a” of “abandon” to the same character as “a” that exists to the right of it, and the display unit 11 displays “aba´ndon”.
becomes.

At this time, if the key 13a is pressed repeatedly, the accent mark "'" is added cyclically to the same character "a".

If the answer key 15 is pressed when the display section 11 shows "aba'ndon", the microprocessor 21
Steps 127, 128, explained in [4]
129 is executed to determine whether the accent position n (=3) and the accent position read from the memory 23 match.

In this case, "aba´ndon" is the accent mark "
´” position is correct, microprocessor 2
1 causes the display section 11 to display the correct answer "OK" in step 131, and after displaying the correct answer for a certain period of time in step 132, returns to step 111 again in order to update the question.

In the above embodiment, in order to add an accent mark to any character in a word, the designation key for specifying that character is also used as the character input key 13, so there is no need for a special key for learning accents. , and it is easier to specify characters to add accent marks.

Note that without operating the character input keys 13,
If you want to know the accent position of the presented problem "abandon", press the answer key 15 and the microprocessor 21 will execute steps 133 and 132 and directly display the correct answer "aba'ndon" on the display section 11. do.

In this way, English word accent learning can be performed without specifying the accent position.

In the above explanation, basic embodiments of the present invention have been described, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various configurations can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

For example, in addition to learning the accents of English words, it can be applied to learning additional symbols such as accents of words in other languages such as German and French, and the learning results can be calculated and displayed as scores. You can also do it.

As is clear from the detailed explanation above, the present invention learns by determining whether or not the accent information input by the learner matches the accent information written in the memory along with the spelling information of the word. Since the accuracy of the accent information input by the user is displayed, it is possible to easily learn accents, which has rarely been done in learning machines in the past.

Furthermore, it is possible to determine whether the accent specified by the character input keys is correct or incorrect with a simple operation, increasing the learner's motivation to learn.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the outline of a learning machine to which the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the learning machine of Fig. 1 in accent learning mode, and Fig. 3 is a configuration of the learning machine of Fig. 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of the learning machine of FIG. 1 in accent learning mode. 11...Display section, 12...Accent key, 1
3...Character input key, 14...Question key, 15...Answer key, 16...Clear key,
21...Microprocessor, 23...Memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A memory for storing accent information together with word spelling information, a spelling information display means for reading and displaying word spelling information from the memory in response to an external operation, and an arbitrary spelling of the word displayed by the spelling information display means. In order to add an accent mark to a character, a specification key for specifying the character, an accent mark display means for displaying an accent mark near the character specified by the specification key, and the accent mark display means It is characterized by comprising a match determining means for determining whether the displayed accent information matches the accent information of the word stored in the memory, and a determination result display means for displaying the determination result of the match determining means. A learning machine.