CN107870967B

CN107870967B - Information search device, information search method, information search system, and recording medium

Info

Publication number: CN107870967B
Application number: CN201710708913.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 山本敦
Original assignee: Casio Computer Co Ltd
Current assignee: Casio Computer Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-09-23
Filing date: 2017-08-17
Publication date: 2022-11-25
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-17
Also published as: CN107870967A; JP6468268B2; JP2018049515A

Abstract

The invention provides an information retrieval device, an information retrieval method, an information retrieval system, and a recording medium. The information retrieval device executes retrieval processing in cooperation with an external device, and when a specific processing is not being executed when a text is received from the external device, the received text is not saved in a specific saving area, and information corresponding to the received text is retrieved from a storage unit and output, when the specific processing is being executed when a text is received from the external device, the execution of the specific processing is not interrupted, the received text is saved in the specific saving area, and when the specific processing is not being executed and a text is saved in the specific saving area, the information corresponding to the saved text is retrieved from the storage unit and output.

Description

Information search device, information search method, information search system, and recording medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an information retrieval device, an information retrieval method, an information retrieval system, and a recording medium on which a control program thereof is recorded, for retrieving information corresponding to a specified text.

Background

In general, an electronic dictionary is used as a portable electronic device for searching the meaning or content of a word such as a word. The electronic dictionary has a dictionary database matching the language of the country used and the purpose of use. For example, a dictionary database having various dictionaries such as an english-japanese dictionary (english-chinese dictionary) when retrieving meaning of japanese (chinese) from english and a national dictionary (chinese dictionary) when retrieving meaning of japanese (chinese) from japanese (chinese) is searched for a vocabulary entry of the dictionary corresponding to a word input by operating a character input key, and explanatory information such as a meaning corresponding to the searched vocabulary entry (word) is displayed.

On the other hand, when a word desired by the user is designated on an english text displayed on a display unit of an information communication device such as a personal computer, the designated word is transmitted to a nearby electronic dictionary by infrared communication. In view of this, it is considered that an electronic dictionary searches the dictionary database and displays explanatory information of the specified word received from the information communication device in the electronic dictionary in a mode in which the electronic dictionary wirelessly cooperates with the information communication device (for example, see patent document 1).

In the above-described conventional electronic dictionary, when a transmission signal of a specified word is received from the information communication device, the mode is forcibly set to the wireless cooperation mode with the communication device, and the operation is shifted to the operation of retrieving the received explanatory information of the specified word from the dictionary database. Therefore, even when the user of the electronic dictionary performs another job via the electronic dictionary, the job is interrupted.

Patent document 1: japanese patent No. 4496581

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide an information retrieval device, an information retrieval method, an information retrieval system, and a recording medium that can reliably retrieve and output information related to content transmitted from an external communication device using a dictionary without forcibly shifting to a mode of wireless cooperation with the communication device.

An aspect of the present invention is an information search device including: a first retrieval control unit that, when text data is received from an external device and some processing unrelated to the text data is not being executed, retrieves information corresponding to the received text data from a storage unit without saving the received text data in a saving area and outputs the retrieved information; a save control unit that, when the certain process is being executed when text data is received from an external device, saves the received text data in the save area without interrupting execution of the certain process; and a second retrieval control unit that retrieves and outputs information corresponding to the saved text data from the storage unit when the certain process is not being executed and the text data is saved in the saving area.

Another aspect of the present invention is a retrieval system including an external device and the information retrieval apparatus described above, wherein when a part of displayed text data is designated as a retrieval target, the external device transmits the designated part of the text data to the information retrieval apparatus as text part data, and the information retrieval apparatus executes a retrieval with the text part data received from the external device as a target.

In addition, another aspect of the present invention is an information retrieval method that, when text data is received from an external device and no processing unrelated to the text data is being executed, retrieves information corresponding to the received text data from a storage unit and outputs the retrieved information, wherein when text data is received from an external device and the processing is being executed, the received text data is stored in the storage area and when the processing is not being executed and text data is being stored in the storage area, the information corresponding to the stored text data is retrieved from the storage unit and output the retrieved information without interrupting execution of the processing.

Another aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable storage medium that causes an apparatus that executes a program recorded in the storage medium to function as: a first retrieval control unit that, when text data is received from an external device and no processing unrelated to the text data is being executed, retrieves information corresponding to the received text data from a storage unit and outputs the retrieved information without storing the received text data in a storage area; a save control unit that, when the certain process is being executed when text data is received from an external device, saves the received text data in the save area without interrupting execution of the certain process; and a second retrieval control unit that retrieves and outputs information corresponding to the saved text data from the storage unit when the certain process is not being executed and the text data is saved in the saving area.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows an external configuration of a communication dictionary system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the dictionary terminal 10 in the communication dictionary system.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the communication device 30 in the communication dictionary system.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the dictionary terminal cooperation process of the communication device 30.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a communication interruption process between the dictionary terminal 10 and the communication device 30.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing the cooperation process (1 thereof) with the communication device 30 following the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing the cooperation process (2 thereof) with the communication device 30 following the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing the cooperation process (3) with the communication device 30 following the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 10 (a), 10 (B), and 10 (C) show the display operation (1) according to the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 11 (a), 11 (B), and 11 (C) show the display operation (2) according to the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 12 a, 12B, and 12C show a display operation (3) according to the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 13 a, 13B, 13C, and 13D show the display operation (4) according to the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 14 (a), 14 (B), and 14 (C) show display operations when the dictionary terminal 10 is powered off and the display unit 15 is closed, or when a designated text portion is transmitted from the communication device 30 during the operation in the non-cooperative processing mode.

Fig. 15 (a), 15 (B), 15 (C), and 15 (D) show display operations corresponding to transition to the cooperation processing mode when the dictionary terminal 10 stores text data of a designated text portion transmitted from the communication device 30 in the non-cooperation processing mode.

Fig. 16 a, 16B, and 16C show the display operation (1) according to the cooperation process after the dictionary terminal 10 receives or stores the designated text portion from the communication device 30.

Fig. 17 (a), 17 (B), 17 (C), and 17 (D) show the display operation (2) according to the cooperation process after the dictionary terminal 10 receives or stores the designated text portion from the communication device 30.

Fig. 18 (a), 18 (B), and 18 (C) show the display operation (3) according to the cooperation process after the dictionary terminal 10 receives or stores the designated text portion from the communication device 30.

Fig. 19 (a), 19 (B), and 19 (C) show display operations performed when the designated text portion from the communication device 30 is registered in the text folder in the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 20 (a), 20 (B), and 20 (C) show display operations when the designated text part registered in the text folder is viewed in the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 21 shows a display example (1) when the dictionary terminal 10 specifies and displays a specified text part registered in the text folder from a list.

Fig. 22 a and 22B show an example of display (2) when the dictionary terminal 10 specifies and displays a specified text part registered in the text folder from the list.

Detailed Description

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

The communication dictionary system (search system) is configured by combining a dictionary terminal 10 (information search device), a communication device 30 (external device) such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The dictionary terminal 10 and the communication device 30 each have a short-range wireless communication function such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or Wi-Fi (registered trademark).

The dictionary languages to be handled by the dictionary terminal 10 are not limited to english and japanese (chinese), but various combinations of chinese, french, spanish, and the like are also considered, and the following description will be given mainly taking english and japanese (chinese) dictionaries as an example.

The dictionary terminal 10 has a main body structure in which the main body case 11 and the lid case 12 can be opened and closed via the hinge 13. A key input unit 14 is provided on the surface of the main body casing 11, and the key input unit 14 includes an on (power) key, a menu key, a character input key, a dictionary selection key, a translation/determination key, a cooperation processing key 14a, and the like. The cover case 12 is provided with a display unit 15 with a touch panel substantially over the entire surface, and the display unit 15 has a color liquid crystal display screen with a backlight.

The cooperation processing key 14a is operated to shift to a cooperation processing mode in which the communication device 30 is connected to communicate and operates in cooperation therewith. The dictionary terminal 10 further includes: a single dictionary search process corresponding to an operation of a character input key (input means) by a user, a learning function process based on learning contents provided in the dictionary terminal 10, a book display process for displaying text of a book incorporated or obtained from the outside, and the like. In a state where these processes are executed, the non-cooperation process mode is set to the cooperation process mode, and the current dictionary search process and the like are not interrupted even if the text is transmitted from the communication device 30. Even in the dictionary retrieval processing, the learning function processing, the book display processing, and the like, when the above-described cooperation processing key 14a is pressed by the user operation, the mode shifts to the cooperation mode.

In the communication device 30, a display unit 31 with a touch panel is provided on substantially the entire surface of one surface thereof, and the display unit 31 has a color liquid crystal display screen with a backlight. The communication device 30 downloads and installs a dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b (see fig. 3) from a dedicated site related to the dictionary terminal 10 opened on the internet, for example, and the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b performs a process of establishing communication with the dictionary terminal 10 by the short-range wireless communication function to perform cooperation.

Then, the above-described communication device 30 has the following functions: a function of acquiring text data desired by a user such as news and books and displaying the text data as a text screen Gt, a function of designating a designated text portion arbitrarily designated by a user u among texts displayed on the text screen Gt by a display h through a reverse display or the like, a function of transmitting the text data of the designated text portion designated by the display h to the dictionary terminal 10 through the short-range wireless communication Bt in accordance with an operation of a [ transfer ] key F by the user, and the like.

Further, if the communication device 30 establishes a communication connection with the dictionary terminal 10, the text data of the designated text portion is transmitted regardless of whether the dictionary terminal 10 is shifted to the cooperation processing mode (non-cooperation processing mode). In addition, the above-described communication device 30 has the following functions: when communication connection cannot be established due to, for example, the fact that the dictionary terminal 10 is not in a communicable range, the text data of the designated text portion is temporarily stored and held in a cooperation storage area secured in the communication device 30, and the held text data is read and transmitted after communication connection with the dictionary terminal 10 is established.

The dictionary terminal 10 described above has the following functions: a function of receiving text data of a specified text portion transmitted from the communication device 30; a function of displaying the received specified text portion in a text area at of a text transfer retrieval screen Gf; a function of automatically designating a word showing h the beginning within the designated text portion displayed in the text area at or designating an arbitrary word (character string) showing h by the user; a function of searching for an entry/idiom/example/history corresponding to the word designated to be displayed h according to the dictionary selected by the dictionary selection tag dtn and the search method selected by the search method selection tag stn; a function of displaying the entry/idiom/example text/history of the search result in a list in the search result area ak; a function of automatically selecting and displaying the first character string in the character strings of the search results displayed in a list in the search result area ak by the hs through reverse display or the like, or selecting and displaying an arbitrary character string of the hs by the user; a function of displaying the explanatory information corresponding to the character string of the search result of the selection display hs in a preview area ae in a preview manner; the function of the explanatory information of the preview display is normally displayed in the explanatory information display area AE (see fig. 17C).

The dictionary terminal 10 has a function of establishing a communication connection with the communication device 30 with low power consumption even in a power-off state by the short-range wireless communication Bt, and a function of temporarily storing and saving text data of a designated text portion in a cooperation storage area provided in the dictionary terminal 10 when receiving text data of the designated text portion from the communication device 30 in a non-cooperation processing mode in which the communication device does not shift to a cooperation processing mode, and reading and displaying the saved text data in a text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf after shifting to the cooperation processing mode. Further, the dictionary terminal 10 has a function of automatically turning on the power (starting) and shifting to the cooperation processing mode by receiving a cooperation confirmation signal from the communication device 30 even when the power is turned off and the display unit 15 is turned on (display off) in the non-cooperation processing mode. The dictionary terminal 10 includes a single dictionary search process corresponding to a user's operation of a character input key (input means), a learning function process based on learning contents provided in the dictionary terminal 10, a book display process for displaying a text of a book incorporated or obtained from the outside, and the like. In a state where these processes are executed, the mode is set to a non-cooperation processing mode which is not the cooperation processing mode, and in a state where these processes are executed, the mode is prohibited from being automatically switched to the cooperation processing mode by receiving the cooperation confirmation signal from the communication device 30. This makes it impossible to forcibly change the processing of the current dictionary terminal from the outside.

The circuit of the dictionary terminal 10 includes a CPU16 as a computer. The CPU16 controls the operations of the circuit components according to the following program: the information display control program 17a stored in advance in the storage unit 17 such as a flash ROM, the information display control program 17a read from the external recording medium 18 such as a memory card by the recording medium reading unit 19 and stored in the storage unit 17, or the information display control program 17a downloaded from the external communication device 30 via the short-range wireless communication unit 20 and stored in the storage unit 17.

The CPU16 is connected to a short-range wireless communication unit (Bluetooth/Wi-Fi) 20 for performing communication with the communication device 30, in addition to the key input unit 14, the touch-panel display unit 15, the storage unit 17, and the recording medium reading unit 19.

The storage unit 17 stores the information display control program 17a and the dictionary database 17b, and also secures a communication device cooperation text part data area 17c, a history data area 17d, a text book data area 17e, and the like.

As the information display control program 17a, the following programs are stored: a system program for managing the overall operation of the dictionary terminal 10; a dictionary retrieval program for performing entry retrieval, idiom retrieval, example retrieval, history retrieval, and the like based on various dictionary data stored in the dictionary database 17b or retrieval history data stored in the history data area 17 d; and a communication device cooperation processing program or the like for performing the entry search, the idiom search, the example language search, the history search, and the like in cooperation with the communication device 30.

The dictionary database 17b stores dictionary data such as various english-japanese dictionaries, english-english dictionaries, common-language dictionaries, illustrative DBs (databases), and national-language dictionaries. In each of these dictionary data, explanatory information such as meaning and translation thereof is collected and recorded in correspondence with a plurality of words and sentences which are entries.

The communication device cooperation text portion data area 17c stores text data of the designated text portion received from the communication device 30 according to the communication device cooperation processing program.

When explanatory information of the search result is displayed based on the entry search, the idiom search, and the example sentence search, the entry, the idiom, and the example sentence of the search result are stored in the history data area 17d in association with the dictionary that is the search target.

The text book data area 17e has a plurality of text folders selected by the user u, and stores the text data of the designated text portion received from the communication device 30 in the selected text folder. In this case, history data obtained by performing entry search, idiom search, and example text search based on the text data is added to and stored in the text data of the designated text portion stored in the text folder. Further, the entry, the idiom, and the example sentence stored as the history data are each added with check data for checking the importance or the comprehension of the user himself or herself and checking whether or not the user has grasped the corresponding entry, idiom, and example sentence, and the check data are stored.

In the dictionary terminal 10 configured as described above, the CPU16 controls the operation of each circuit unit in accordance with the commands described in the information display control program 17a, and the cooperation function with the communication device 30 and the information display control function including the dictionary search function described in the following operation description are realized by operating in cooperation with software and hardware.

The circuit of the communication device 30 includes a CPU32 as a computer. The CPU32 controls the operations of the circuit units in accordance with the following program: a communication device control program 33a stored in advance in a storage unit 33 such as a flash ROM, a communication device control program 33a and a dictionary terminal cooperation processing application program 33b read from an external recording medium 35 such as a memory card by a recording medium reading unit 36 and stored in the storage unit 33, or an information display control program 33a and a dictionary terminal cooperation processing application program 33b downloaded from a Web server (in this case, a program server 40) on a communication network N via a wireless communication unit (Wi-Fi communication/mobile communication) 34 and stored in the storage unit 33.

The CPU32 is connected to a short-range wireless communication unit (Bluetooth/Wi-Fi) 37 for communicating with the dictionary terminal 10, in addition to the storage unit 33, the wireless communication unit 34, and the recording medium reading unit 36.

In addition to the program areas of the communication device control program 33a, the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application program 33b, and the like, the storage unit 33 secures a work data area for storing various kinds of work data, and secures a text data area 33c for dictionary terminal cooperation, and the like.

The communication device control program 33a stores a system program for managing the overall operation of the communication device 33, a Web browser program for performing communication connection with a Web server (other than the information server) 40 on the communication network N and performing data communication with each other based on user operation, and the like.

When the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b cannot establish communication connection with the dictionary terminal 10, the text data of the designated text portion is temporarily stored and held in the dictionary terminal cooperation text portion data area 33 c.

In the communication device 30 configured as described above, the CPU32 controls the operations of the circuit components in accordance with the commands described in the communication device control program 33a and the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application program 33b, and operates in cooperation with hardware by software, thereby realizing the Web browser function and the dictionary terminal cooperation function described in the following operation description.

Next, an operation of the communication dictionary system configured as described above will be described.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a communication interrupt process with the communication device 30 by the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 7 to 9 are flowcharts showing the cooperation process (1 to 3 thereof) with the communication device 30 in association with the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10.

First, an operation associated with the activation of the wireless communication function between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10 will be described.

The dictionary terminal 10 is set to the following processing state (step S1): in a state where the power supply is off (display is off) when the operation is stopped on the surface, the detection processing of the on key and the detection processing of receiving the communication connection request signal transmitted from the communication terminal 30 by the short-range wireless communication Bt are continuously performed with low power consumption.

In the communication device 30, when the dictionary terminal 10 is selected as a communication partner by the activation of the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b or the user operation after the activation of the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application instructing the activation of the short-range wireless communication function, a communication connection request signal to the dictionary terminal 10 is transmitted from the short-range wireless communication unit 37 (step T01).

Then, it is determined whether or not a communication connection response signal is received from the dictionary terminal 10 (step T02).

Here, when the communication connection response signal is not received from the dictionary terminal 10 (no at step T02), the communication connection request signal is repeatedly transmitted from the short-range wireless communication unit 37 to the dictionary terminal 10 (step T01).

In the communication device 30, when the user u operates the "transfer" key F to instruct the dictionary terminal 10 to transmit the text data of the designated text portion h arbitrarily designated by the user u in the text displayed as the text screen Gt, for example, as shown in fig. 1, in a state where the communication connection response signal from the dictionary terminal 10 is not received (step T01, step T02 (no)), the text data of the designated text portion h is temporarily stored in the dictionary terminal cooperation text portion data area 33c (step T04).

On the other hand, in the communication device 30, when the communication connection response information number is received from the dictionary terminal 10 (yes in step T02), a cooperation confirmation signal is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 (step T1), and it is determined whether or not a signal indicating a cooperation processing mode is received from the dictionary terminal 10 (step T2).

Here, when the dictionary terminal 10 does not receive a signal indicating the cooperation processing mode (no in step T2), the dictionary terminal 10 notifies the non-cooperation processing mode by display and sound (step T3).

Then, regardless of whether a signal indicating the cooperation processing mode is received from the dictionary terminal 10 (yes in step T2) or not (no in step T2), for example, as shown in fig. 1, when the user u operates the "transfer" key F to instruct the dictionary terminal 10 to transmit the text data of the designated text portion h arbitrarily designated by the user u to the dictionary terminal 10 (yes in step T4), the text data of the designated text portion h is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 (step T5).

Further, according to the processing of the above steps T01 to T04, when the text data having the designated text portion h temporarily stored (held) in the text portion data area for dictionary terminal cooperation 33c is included in the state where the communication connection with the dictionary terminal 10 is disabled, it is determined as the transmission instruction in the above step T4 (yes in step T4), and the text data of the designated text portion h temporarily stored (held) is read and transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 (step T5).

Thereafter, in a state where the dictionary terminal cooperation processing application 33b is not ended by the user operation (no at step T6), the text data of the designated text portion h arbitrarily designated by the user u is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 regardless of whether the dictionary terminal 10 is in the cooperation processing mode or the non-cooperation processing mode (steps T4 to T6).

On the other hand, in the dictionary terminal 10, when the communication connection request signal transmitted from the communication device 30 is received (yes in step S2), a communication interruption process is executed (step SJ).

In the communication interrupt process (see fig. 5), when it is determined that the communication connection request signal from the communication device 30 is received (yes in step J1), a communication connection response signal is transmitted to the communication device 30 (step J2), and it is determined whether or not the cooperation confirmation signal from the communication device 30 is received (step J3).

Here, when the cooperation confirmation signal is received from the communication device 30 (yes in step J3), it is determined whether or not the mode is the non-cooperation processing mode (cooperation processing mode) (step J4), and when the mode is determined to be the non-cooperation processing mode (yes in step J4), it is determined whether or not the state is a state in which the power is turned off (display off) (step J5), and if the state is a state in which the power is turned off (display off) (yes in step J5), it is determined whether or not the display unit with touch panel 15 is in the closed state (step J9).

Here, when it is assumed that the user is not in a power-off (display-off) state (no in step J5), that is, when the user is performing a certain work while the power is on (display-on), or when it is assumed that the user is in a power-off (display-off) state (yes in step J5) and the touch-panel-equipped display unit 15 is closed (yes in step J9), a signal indicating that the user is in the non-cooperative processing mode is transmitted to the communication device 30 (step J6).

Then, in the non-cooperative processing mode, when the text data of the designated text portion h transmitted from the communication apparatus 30 in accordance with the processing of steps T4 to T6 of the communication apparatus 30 is received (yes in step J7), the received text data of the designated text portion h is temporarily stored in the communication apparatus cooperation text portion data area 17c (step J8).

Thereafter, in the dictionary terminal 10, in a state where the communication connection with the communication device 30 is made in the non-cooperative processing mode (yes in step J10), the text data of the designated text portion h received from the communication device 30 is temporarily stored in the communication-device-cooperation-text-portion data area 17c (step J8).

On the other hand, in steps J5 and J9, even if the dictionary terminal 10 is in a power-off (display-off) state (yes in step J5), if the touch-screen display unit 15 is assumed to be on (no in step J9), and the user can always perform a job, the dictionary terminal is automatically turned on (display-on) (step J11), and the dictionary terminal shifts to a cooperation processing mode with the communication device 30 (see fig. 7 to 9) (step J12).

If it is determined in step J4 that the dictionary terminal 10 is not in the non-cooperation processing mode (no in step J4), that is, in the cooperation processing mode, the processing shifts to the cooperation processing mode with the communication device 30 (see fig. 7 to 9) (step J12).

That is, in the operation described so far associated with the activation of the wireless communication function between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10, first, in a state where the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10 are not communicably connected (such as when the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10 are not in a communicable range), when the user u instructs the communication device 30 to transmit the designated text portion h, the text data of the designated text portion h is temporarily stored in the dictionary-terminal-cooperation text portion data area 33c of the communication device 30.

When the communication device 30 instructs the user u to transmit the designated text portion h in a state where the communication device 30 is communicatively connected to the dictionary terminal 10 (including a case where the text data of the designated text portion h is stored in the dictionary-terminal-cooperation text portion data area 33 c), the text data of the designated text portion h is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 regardless of whether the dictionary terminal 10 is in the non-cooperation processing mode or the cooperation processing mode.

Then, when the dictionary terminal 10 receives the text data of the designated text portion transmitted from the communication device 30 in the non-cooperation processing mode, the received text data is temporarily stored in the communication device cooperation text portion data area 17 c.

Thus, in the communication device 30, even in a state where the communication device is not communicatively connected to the dictionary terminal 10, the operation of transmitting the designated text portion h to the dictionary terminal 10 can be efficiently performed, and even in a state where the dictionary terminal 10 is in the non-cooperation processing mode (the user is working), the user's work does not have to be interrupted, and the designated text portion h can be surely transferred to the dictionary terminal 10.

Further, when the communication device 30 is in communication connection with the dictionary terminal 10, and the display unit 15 with a touch panel is in an on state in which the dictionary terminal 10 is powered off (display off) and the user can always perform a job, the dictionary terminal 10 can be quickly powered on (display on) and shifted to the cooperation processing mode.

On the other hand, in the dictionary terminal 10, when the input of the on key of the key input unit 14 is detected in the power-off (display-off) state (yes in step S3), the display of the touch-panel display unit 15 is turned on, and the operation state corresponding to the user operation in the non-cooperative processing mode is shifted (step S4).

When a dictionary is selected by the operation of the dictionary selection key (step S5), a dictionary search process is executed based on the selected dictionary (step S6). For example, a vocabulary entry corresponding to a character string input or designated by the user on the display unit 15 with a touch panel is searched for from the selected dictionary, and explanatory information of the searched vocabulary entry is displayed.

When the user selects any learning function or selects a book from the menu of various learning functions or the menu of books displayed by the user operating the menu key of the key input unit 14 (step S8), the selected learning function is processed or the content information of the selected book is displayed on the display unit 15 with a touch panel (step S9).

When an input is made to the cooperation processing key 14a of the key input unit 14 (yes in step S11), the operation proceeds to the cooperation processing mode (steps S12 and SA).

When another key is input (yes in step S20), another process corresponding to the content of the input key is executed.

Further, the processing (steps S13 to S19) relating to the above-described text folder will be described later.

Next, a description is given of the cooperation process with the communication device 30 performed by the dictionary terminal 10 in the following manner: the non-cooperative processing mode in the state where the power supply is turned on (display is on) is shifted to the cooperative processing mode based on the operation of the cooperative processing key 14a by the user (steps S11 and S12), or the non-cooperative processing mode in the state where the display unit 15 is turned on (display off) is shifted to the cooperative processing mode in accordance with the communication interrupt processing corresponding to the communication connection request from the communication device 30 (step S2 → SJ) (steps J9 → J11 and J12).

When the dictionary terminal 10 shifts to the cooperation processing mode and determines that the cooperation confirmation signal from the communication device 30 is received (or is being received) (yes in step A1), a signal indicating the cooperation processing mode is transmitted from the short-range wireless communication unit 20 to the communication device 30 (step A2).

Then, it is determined whether or not the text data of the designated text portion (see fig. 1) designated and displayed in the designated display h based on the user operation is received from the communication device 30, or whether or not the text data of the designated text portion received from the communication device 30 in the non-cooperative processing mode is stored and stored in the communication device cooperation text portion data area 17c (specific storage area) (step A3).

When it is determined that the designated text portion transmitted from the communication device 30 is received or stored (yes in step A3), the dictionary search processing in the cooperation processing mode is executed in accordance with the processing of step A5 and subsequent steps described below, the text data of the designated text portion being received or stored.

Here, when executing the dictionary retrieval processing with the received text data as the object, the dictionary retrieval processing is executed without making the text data as the object to be processed into a pending state (without storing the pending state in the communication device cooperation text partial data area 17 c). When executing the dictionary search processing with the stored text data as an object, the text data to be processed is shifted from the standby state to the processed state (the text data to be processed is deleted from the text part data area 17c for communication device cooperation).

Fig. 10 a, 10B, and 10C show the display operation (1 thereof) according to the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

In the communication device 30, the user-selected text data "Inventors experienced \8230astypists" such as news and books is downloaded and displayed on the text screen Gt of the display unit 31 with a touch panel, as shown in fig. 10 (a), by accessing the information server 40 on the communication network N.

Then, the word "entries" (1 word) that the user u wants to investigate in the text data displayed on the text screen Gt is touched to designate and display h, and as shown in fig. 10B, the [ transfer ] key F is touched.

Then, it is determined that the transmission of the specified text portion "entries" of the above specified display h to the dictionary terminal 10 is instructed (yes in step T4), and the specified text portion "entries" is transmitted to the communication-connected dictionary terminal 10 (step T5).

When the dictionary terminal 10 receives the designated text portion "entries" transmitted from the communication device 30 (yes in step A3), it determines which of english and japanese the head of the designated text portion is (steps A5 and A7).

When it is determined that the beginning of the designated text portion "entries" is english (yes in step A5), a plurality of dictionaries of english system stored in the dictionary database 17b (here, "research english-japanese dictionary", "english-japanese dictionary", and "OA-english dictionary") are set as a retrieval target dictionary (step A6). When it is determined that the top of the designated text portion is japanese (yes in step A7), a plurality of dictionaries of japanese family stored in the dictionary database 17b are set as a dictionary to be searched (step A8).

Then, as shown in fig. 10 (C), a text transfer search screen Gf is displayed in which a text area at for displaying the received designated text portion "entries" is combined in the upper stage, a search result area ak for displaying a dictionary search result for listing the character string designated for display h in the text area at is combined in the left side of the lower stage, and a preview area ae for previewing and displaying explanatory information corresponding to the search result selected for display hs in the search result area ak is combined in the right side of the lower stage.

Then, on the text transmission search screen Gf, dictionary selection tags [ research institute ] dt1, [ english-japanese ] dt2, [ english-japanese ] dt3, [ OA-english ] dt4 ] of a plurality of dictionaries to be searched are displayed in a horizontal direction along an intermediate section of the upper end of the search result area ak, and the left dictionary selection tag [ research institute ] dt1 is selectively displayed by coloring or the like selected by default (step A9).

In the text delivery search screen Gf, search method selection tags [ word ] st1, [ idiom ] st2, [ idiom ] st3, [ history ] st4 each composed of entry (word) search, idiom search, and example search, and history search are displayed in the vertical direction along the left side of the search result area ak, and the search method selection tag [ word ] st1 at the top of these search method selection tags is selected and displayed by a color or the like selected by default (step a 10).

When the word search is determined to have been performed on the entry of the selected word based on the search method selection label [ word ] st1 that has been selectively displayed (yes in step a 11), a longest match search is performed from the beginning of the specified text portion "entries" using the "japanese dictionary" corresponding to the dictionary selection label [ research society ] dt1 that has been selectively displayed as a search target dictionary, and the entries (here, "entries") searched in the longest match order are displayed in a list in the search result area ak.

Then, a selective display hs is performed on the first entry "Inventor" listed in the search result area ak, and explanatory information corresponding to the entry "Inventor" is previewed and displayed in the preview area ae (step a 12).

The entry searched by the longest match search also includes a compound word (for example, "United States" in the case of english) composed of a plurality of words (english)/texts (japanese).

Fig. 11 a, 11B, and 11C show the display operation (2) according to the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

Fig. 11 (a), 11 (B), and 11 (C) show the display operation in a state where the vocabulary entry search is performed in the dictionary terminal 10 by transmitting the next designated text portion "executed" in accordance with the same processing as described above after the vocabulary entry search is performed in the dictionary terminal 10 by transmitting the designated text portion "entries" from the communication device 30 as shown in fig. 10 (a), 10 (B), and 10 (C).

As described above, when the communication device 30 continues to transmit a new designated text portion designated by the user u to the dictionary terminal 10 and entry search is performed, as shown in fig. 11 (C), the designated text portion "Inventors" transmitted from the communication device 30 last time is displayed in a line below the designated text portion "experienced" transmitted from the communication device 30 this time in the text area at of the text transmission search screen Gf of the dictionary terminal 10. In this case, the user u can search for a vocabulary entry corresponding to a character string of the designated text portion displayed in the text area at by designating and displaying h any one of the designated text portions "Inventors" and "identified" in the text area at.

In the designated text portion displayed in the text area at, the first character of h is automatically designated and displayed regardless of whether the text is english or japanese (step a 13).

Fig. 12 a, 12B, and 12C show the display operation (3) according to the cooperation process between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10.

Similarly to fig. 10 (a), as shown in fig. 12 (a), a range "entries executed _8230inthe text data" entries executed _, as "typed", which includes a plurality of words that the user wishes to investigate, in the text screen Gt displayed on the communication device 30 is touched to specify the display h, and as shown in fig. 12 (B), the [ transfer ] key F is touched.

Then, the designated text portion "Inventors experienced \8230; in the early type writers." of this designated display h is transmitted to the communication-connected dictionary terminal 10 in the same manner as described above (steps T4, T5).

In the dictionary terminal 10, the designated text portion "Inventors experienced \8230andin the early type writers." is displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf as shown in fig. 12C in accordance with the same processing as described above (steps A3, A5 to a 10).

Then, a longest match search is performed from the beginning of the specified text portion "entries experienced \8230inthe early type writers.", the searched entry "is displayed in a list in the search result area ak, and explanatory information corresponding to the entry" is displayed in the preview area ae in a preview manner (steps a11 and a 12).

Then, in the specified text portion displayed in the above-mentioned text area at, the word "entries" showing the beginning of h is automatically specified.

That is, when 1 word "entries" in the text data "entries executed _8230as" as types ", displayed on the text screen Gt of the communication device 30 is transmitted as a specified text portion to the dictionary terminal 10, it is needless to say that when a range" entries executed 8230that includes a plurality of words in the text data is transmitted as a specified text portion to the dictionary terminal 10, a word "entry" searched for by longest matching from the head thereof may be displayed in the search result area ak, and the preview explanatory information thereof may be displayed in the preview area ae.

Next, as in fig. 13 (a), similarly to fig. 12 (a), the range "United States, \ 8230; as typsts." containing a plurality of words that the user u wishes to investigate in the text data "Inventors experienced \/8230;" as typsts. "displayed on the text screen Gt of the communication device 30 is touched to perform the designation display h, and the [ transfer ] key F is touched as in fig. 13 (B).

At this time, in the dictionary terminal 10, in accordance with the same processing as described above, as shown in fig. 13 (C), the designated text portion "United States, \8230:" as typists "received from the communication device 30 is displayed in the text area at of the text transmission search screen Gf (steps A3, A5, A6, A9, a 10).

Then, the longest match search is performed from the head of the specified text portion "United States, \8230;. As typists.", the searched entry "United States" is displayed in a list in the search result area ak, and explanatory information corresponding to the entry "United States" is displayed in a preview in the preview area ae (steps a11, a 12).

Then, in the specified text portion displayed in the text area at, the word "United" at the head of the text area h is automatically specified and displayed (step a 13).

Here, as shown in fig. 13D, in the specified text portion "United States, \8230;. As types." displayed in the text area at, when the character string "United States" including 1 or more words is specified by the user u and the display h is specified (yes in step a 14), the entry "United States" completely matching the character string of the specified display h is searched for, the searched entry "United States" is displayed in a list in the search result area ak, and explanatory information corresponding to the entry "United States" is displayed in a preview in the preview area ae (step a 16).

That is, as shown in fig. 13 (B), immediately after the specified text portion "United States, \8230astypists" of the user u is transmitted to the dictionary terminal 10 and displayed in the text area at of the text transmission search screen Gf, the entry "United States" is searched for by the longest match search from the head of the specified text portion, and the word "United" at the head is automatically specified and displayed as h. Thereafter, as shown in fig. 13 (D), when a character string "United States" including 1 or more words in the specified text portion "United States, \8230; as types." displayed in the text area at is specified and displayed, a term "United States" completely matching the character string of the specified display h is searched.

Fig. 14 (a), 14 (B), and 14 (C) show display operations when a designated text portion is transmitted from the communication device 30 in a state where the dictionary terminal 10 is powered off and the display unit 15 is closed or when the operation is being performed in the non-cooperative processing mode.

As in the case of fig. 10B, when the designated text portion "entries" indicating that the designated display h is performed on the text screen Gt is instructed to be transmitted as shown in fig. 14a, the communication device 30 does not receive a signal indicating the cooperation processing mode from the dictionary terminal 10 when the dictionary terminal 10 is in the state where the power is turned off and the display unit 15 is turned off or is operating in the non-cooperation processing mode as shown in fig. 14B (no) (step T2), and therefore, as shown in fig. 14C, the wireless interlock function of the electronic dictionary is not activated, and a message M1 indicating that the dictionary terminal 10 is in the non-cooperation processing mode is displayed on the text screen Gt of the communication device 30. The next time the start is performed, the transfer text is read in (step T3).

Then, even when the dictionary terminal 10 is in a state in which the power is off and the display unit 15 is closed or when the dictionary terminal is operating in the non-cooperative processing mode, the specified text portion "entries" is transmitted from the communication device 30 (steps T4 and T5), and the text data of the specified text portion "entries" received by the dictionary terminal 10 is stored in the communication device cooperation text portion data area 17c and saved (steps J7 and J8).

In the state where the dictionary terminal 10 is in the non-cooperation processing mode, for example, as shown in fig. 10B, the communication device 30 transmits the designated text portion "entries" (steps T4 and T5), and the text portion data area 17c for communication device cooperation of the dictionary terminal 10 is stored (steps J7 and J8), the dictionary terminal 10 is shifted to the cooperation processing mode (steps S11 and S12) based on the operation of the cooperation processing key 14a, or is automatically shifted to the cooperation processing mode (steps J5, J9 → J11 and J12) from the state where the power is off (display off) and the display unit 15 is on according to the communication interruption processing, as shown in fig. 15 a.

Then, as shown in fig. 15B, the dictionary terminal 10 determines that the specified text portion "entries" is stored in the communication device cooperation text portion data area 17c (yes in step A3), and displays a message M2 "that the text has been transmitted when the wireless interlock function is not activated on the text transmission search screen Gf. Read in text ".

Then, the specified text portion "entries" stored in the text portion data area 17C for communications device cooperation is read out and entry search is performed in the same manner as described above, and as shown in fig. 15C, a text transfer search screen Gf is displayed (steps A6, A9, and a 10) in which the following areas are combined: a text area at for the specified text portion "Inventors", a search result area ak for displaying a list of dictionary search results of the character string of the specified display h in the text area at, and a preview area ae for previewing and displaying explanatory information corresponding to the search result of the selected display hs in the search result area ak are displayed.

In the state where the dictionary terminal 10 is in the non-cooperation processing mode, for example, as shown in fig. 10B and 11B, when 2 designated text portions "entries" and "experienced" are transmitted in succession in the communication device 30 (steps T4 and T5), and the communication device cooperation text portion data area 17c of the dictionary terminal 10 is stored (steps J7 and J8), the stored text data portion is searched for when the communication device cooperation text portion data area is shifted to the cooperation processing mode based on the user 'S operation on the cooperation processing key (steps S11 and S12 in fig. 6), or when the communication device 30 is turned off (automatic power off) in a state where the display is on after the user' S operation is finished and a predetermined time has elapsed, and then the communication device 30 receives a cooperation confirmation signal to shift to the cooperation processing mode (steps J3 to J12 in fig. 5). That is, as shown in fig. 15D, a text transfer search screen Gf is displayed in which the following areas are combined (steps A6, A9, a 10): the latest designated text portion "experienced" is displayed on the upper side, the previously designated text portion "entries" is displayed on the lower side, a search result area ak for displaying a list of the dictionary search results of the character strings on which the designated display h is performed in the text area at, and a preview area ae for previewing and displaying explanatory information corresponding to the search results on which the selection display hs is performed in the search result area ak.

Thus, even when the dictionary terminal 10 is in another job or in the non-cooperation processing mode in which the power is turned off and the display unit 15 is closed when the transfer instruction to the dictionary terminal 10 is given arbitrarily by the user through the communication device 30, the dictionary terminal 10 can surely perform the dictionary search for the designated text portion to which the transfer instruction is given and display the retrieved text portion as the text transfer search screen Gf when the dictionary terminal 10 is shifted to the cooperation processing mode thereafter.

In a state where the designated text portion "inventoried executed 8230"; the early type writers. "designated by the user u and transferred to the dictionary terminal 10 in the communication device 30 as shown in fig. 14a, 14B and 14C is displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf of the dictionary terminal 10 as shown in fig. 16 a (steps A3, A5, A6, A9 to a 13), the user u touches the search method selection tab [ example ] st3 to select an example search (step a20 (yes) → a24 (yes)).

Then, the example sentence "the inventor of the vacuum cleaner", which corresponds to the word "Inventors" at the head of the specified text portion, is retrieved from the dictionary "research society english-japanese dictionary" and the example sentence database selected by the dictionary selection label "research society" dt1, and is displayed in a list in the retrieval result area ak. Then, the selection display hs is performed for the first example sentence among the example sentences displayed in the list, and the explanation information of the selected example sentence is previewed and displayed in the preview area ae (step a 25).

Next, as shown in fig. 16B, the user touches the dictionary selection tab [ OA ] english dt4 to select "OA english dictionary" (yes in step a 27).

Then, the example sentence "inventers are not the same as the word" inventers "corresponding to the head of the specified text portion is searched from the selected dictionary" OA english dictionary "and the example sentence database, and is displayed in the search result area ak in the same manner as described above in a list. Then, a selection display hs is performed for the first example sentence in the list of example sentences displayed, and the explanation information of the selected example sentence is displayed in a preview in the preview area ae (step a 28).

In addition, as shown in fig. 16 (C), the user specifies 1 or more words ("basic" here) in the specified text portion "Inventors executed \8230inthe early typewriters." displayed in the above text area at, and performs specified display h thereon (yes in step a 26).

Then, as described above, the example sentence "basic information/artifacts/ideal." corresponding to the word "basic" of the designation display h is retrieved from the selected dictionary "OA english dictionary" and the example sentence database, and displayed in the search result area ak in a list. Then, the selection display hs is performed on the first example sentence among the list-displayed example sentences, and the description information of the selected example sentence is displayed in a preview area ae in a preview manner (step a 28).

Even in such a preview display state of the example sentence search result (fig. 16C), when the translation/decision key is operated, the explanatory information of the example sentence "basic information/features/idea." selected and displayed hs in the search result area ak is not displayed in the preview area AE, but all the explanatory information is displayed as the explanatory information display area AE (see fig. 17C) similar to the entry search case (steps a29, a 30).

Next, history data of the example sentence "basic information/features/ideas", which is retrieved from the dictionary "OA english dictionary" and corresponds to the specified word "basic", is registered in the history data area 17d (step a 31).

After the example text search corresponding to the word "basic" specified above is performed from the "OA english dictionary", next, as shown in fig. 17a, the search method selection tag [ idiom ] st2 is touched by the user u to select an idiom search (step a32 (yes) → idiom search).

Then, the idiom search is executed in the same manner as the entry search process (steps a11 to a) or the example search process (step a24 to a), and the idiom "go/get back to basic" corresponding to the word "basic" of the designation display h is searched from the dictionary "OA english dictionary" and the idiom dictionary selected by the dictionary selection tag [ OA english ] dt4, and displayed in a list in the search result area ak. Then, hs is selectively displayed for the top phrase among the phrases displayed in the list, and explanatory information of the selected phrase is displayed in a preview area ae in a preview manner.

Here, as shown in fig. 17 (B), when the search method selection label [ word ] st1 is selected, the entry corresponding to the word "BASIC" of the designated display h is searched for by longest matching from the dictionary "OA english dictionary" selected by the dictionary selection label [ OA english ] dt4 based on the same entry search processing as described above, and is displayed as a list in the search result area ak as "BASIC", and "BASIC". Then, a selection display hs is performed on the first word "basic" in the list of the displayed entries, and explanatory information based on the "OA english dictionary" of the selected word is displayed in a preview area ae in a preview manner (steps a14 and a 16).

Here, the term "basic" is selected by the user u in the search result area ak and displayed in the selection display hs, and when the dictionary selection tag [ research agency ] dt1 is selected as shown in fig. 17 (C), the explanation information from the selected dictionary "research agency english-japanese dictionary" corresponding to the term "basic" of the selection display hs is displayed in the preview area ae in a preview manner as described above (steps a14, a15, a 16).

When the translation/determination key is operated, all the explanatory information corresponding to the entry "basic" of the selective display hs is displayed in the explanatory information display area AE (steps a17 and a 18).

Next, history data in which the entry "basic" is retrieved from the dictionary "research english-japanese dictionary" is registered in the history data area 17d (step a 19).

Next, as shown in fig. 17 (D), in a state where the entry (st 1) retrieved from the "research society english-japanese dictionary" (dt 1) is selected, when the character string (word) "typewriters" in the specified text portion displayed in the text area at is specified by the user u and specified display h is performed, the entry retrieval corresponding to the specified word "typewriters" is performed in the same manner as described above, and the entry "typewriters" retrieved from the "research society english-japanese dictionary" is displayed in the retrieval result area ak. Then, the specification information of the entry "typewriter" is displayed in a preview manner in the preview area ae (steps a14 and a 16).

As shown in fig. 18 a, in the text transfer search screen Gf on which the character string (word) "typewriters" of the designated text portion is designated and displayed h, and the entry search is performed based on the selected search method selection tag st1 from the dictionary "research societies dictionary" corresponding to the selected dictionary selection tag dt1 (steps a11 to a 16), the search method selection tag [ history ] st4 is selected (step a20 (yes) → history search).

Then, in the history data area 17d, the search histories ("typewriter", "experience", "inventory", and "early" in this case) from the character strings (words) included in the specified text portion among the search histories registered in association with the selected dictionary "research english-japanese dictionary" are read out, and a list is displayed in the search result area ak as shown in fig. 18B.

At this time, a top entry "typewriter" in the entries displayed in a list in the search result area ak is selectively displayed hs, and the description information thereof is displayed in a preview area ae.

Here, when a check box is added to the top of each entry "typewriter", "experience", "inventory" and "early" displayed in a list in the search result area ak, as shown in fig. 18 (C), for example, when the check key CH is touched by the user as a word already grasped for the entry "typewriter" of the selection display hs, a check mark CH is added to the check box of the corresponding entry "typewriter".

Then, in each entry of the search history registered in the history data area 17d, check data indicating whether or not the check mark ch is added is also registered in association with the entry.

Fig. 19 (a), 19 (B), and 19 (C) show display operations performed when the dictionary terminal 10 registers a designated text portion from the communication device 30 in a text folder.

As shown in fig. 19 a, in a state where the entry "typewriter", "experience", "Inventor", and "early" as the search history from the "research english-japanese dictionary" corresponding to the specified text portion "inventoried" 8230 "and in the early typewriters." are displayed, the [ register ] key RE is touched and operated as shown in fig. 19B (step a21 (yes)) to register the specified text portion.

Then, a save folder designation screen Gr for causing the user to designate a text folder registerable in the text book data area 17e is displayed on the touch-panel-attached display unit 15 (step a 22).

When [ text folder 1] is designated by the user u on the save folder designation screen Gr and hs is selectively displayed, a registration execution message "registration performed" mr is displayed as shown in fig. 19C (step a 22).

When the translation/decision key is operated, the specified text portion "Inventors experienced \8230inthe specified [ text folder 1 ]" is registered in the text book data area 17e in association with the search history (including the check data) (step a 23).

Here, as described in fig. 18 a to 19C, the processing (steps a21 to a 23) of registering the text portion in the history search from the entry search corresponding to the specified text portion is described, but the processing (steps a33 to a 35) of registering the text portion in the history search from the example search corresponding to the specified text portion is similarly performed.

That is, the specified text portion "Inventors experienced \8230"; the early type writers. "is associated with the search history (including the check data) of the example text corresponding to the character string (word) in which the specified display h is performed in the specified text portion in [ text folder n ] specified by the user, and registered in the text book data area 17e.

Fig. 20 (a), 20 (B), and 20 (C) show display operations performed when the dictionary terminal 10 views a designated text portion registered in the text folder.

When an item of the [ view text folder ] of the [ text folder function ] is designated from the menu screen for selecting various operation modes displayed in accordance with the operation of the menu key of the key input unit 14 (yes in step S13), a text folder list screen Gh for allowing the user to designate a text folder desired to be viewed is displayed on the display unit 15 with a touch panel as shown in fig. 20 a (step S14).

When the user u designates the [ text folder 1] desired to be viewed on the text folder list screen Gh (step S15), the text directories [ a ], [ B ], [ D ] (the date and year of registration of each text) registered in the text book data region 17e in association with the designated [ text folder 1] are read out and displayed as a registered text list screen Gha as shown in fig. 20B (step S16). When any of the text directories [ a ], [ B ], [ D ] is selected and the selection display hs is performed on the registered text list screen Gha, a text (the designated text portion) registered in association with the directory [ a ] of the selection display hs is displayed in the text area at.

When the user u selects the text directory [ a ] desired to be viewed on the registered text list screen Gha and selects and displays hs (step S17), the text of the selected text directory [ a ] is displayed in the text area at on the upper screen (the designated text portion "entries excellent \8230; in the early type writers.") as shown in fig. 20C. Then, the entries "typewriter", "appearance", "Inventor", "early", which are the search history of the dictionary (here, "english-japanese dictionary") registered in association with the specified text portion, and the examination data thereof are listed in the search result area ak on the left side of the lower section of the screen. Then, the top entry "typewriter" in the entries of the search history displayed in a list in the search result area ak is selectively displayed hs, and the description information thereof is displayed in a preview in the preview area ae on the lower right side of the screen (step S18).

Further, entries of the search history corresponding to the text (designated text part) registered in the [ text folder n ] are set in advance by the user as [ no-check display ] in which only entries to which check marks ch are not added as the check data are listed in the search result area ak, [ check display ] in which only entries to which check marks ch are added are listed in the search result area ak, and [ full display ] in which all entries are displayed. In the display examples of fig. 20 (a), 20 (B), and 20 (C), the display is set to [ full display ]. Thus, each entry (word) in the search history is registered with or without a check according to the importance, the comprehension, or the like, and thus, highly effective learning can be performed.

After that, when the dictionary selection tags dt1 to dt4 are selected or the retrieval method selection tags st1 to st4 are selected to perform a dictionary retrieval operation (yes in step S19), the respective processes corresponding to the user operation are similarly executed.

Here, as shown in fig. 12 (a), 12 (B), and 12 (C), for example, in the text transfer search screen Gf targeted for the designated text portion "inventers.. Typewriters" transferred from the communication device 30, entry search is performed for an arbitrary word "typewriters" designated by the user in a state where the dictionary selection tag [ english-japanese ] dt2 is selected, and then the entry search is registered in the text folder.

That is, the specified text portion "inventers.. Typewriters" registered in the text folder is selected from the registered text list screen Gha (see fig. 20 (B)), and the word "typewriters" of the specified text portion displayed in the text area at is specified by the user u on the text transfer search screen Gf displayed as shown in fig. 21. Then, when registering in the text folder, the search result in the dictionary [ english-japanese-large ] dt2 in which the specified word "typewriters" has been entry searched can be displayed in the search result area ak and the preview area ae.

Fig. 22 a and 22B show an example of display (2) when a designated text part registered in the text folder is designated from the list and displayed in the dictionary terminal 10.

Here, as shown in fig. 22 (a), a display example in the following state is shown: in the text transfer search screen Gf on which the specified text portion "inventers.. Typewriters" transferred from the communication device 30 is targeted, when an entry search is performed for an arbitrary word "basic", and an examination mark ch is added to [ a ] "basic" from each entry [ a ], [ B ], [ C ] listed in the search result area ak, and then the entry is registered in the text folder, as described with reference to fig. 19 (a), 19 (B), 19 (C), 20 (a), 20 (B), and 20 (C), entries of the search history registered in the text folder are set such that only entries to which the examination mark ch is added are listed in the search result area ak [ there is an examination display ].

That is, the specified text portion "inventers.. Typewriters" registered in the text folder is selected from the registered text list screen Gha (see fig. 20B), and the word "basic" of the specified text portion displayed in the text area at is specified by the user u on the text transfer search screen Gf displayed as shown in fig. 22B. Therefore, when registering in the text folder, the search result of the entry [ a ] "basic" to which only the check mark ch is added, out of the entries searched for by the entries, can be displayed in the search result area ak and the preview area ae.

Therefore, in the dictionary terminal 10 of the communication dictionary system configured as described above, when the dictionary terminal 10 receives the designated text portion in the range designated by the user u in the text data acquired and displayed by the communication device 30 such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, and when the dictionary terminal 10 is in the non-cooperation processing mode for turning off the power or performing another job, the text data of the designated text portion received as described above is temporarily stored in the communication device cooperation text portion data area 17c and is stored therein. When the user switches to the cooperation processing mode by operating the cooperation processing key 14a in the power-on state, the designated text portion stored in the communication device cooperation text portion data area 17c is read and displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf, the designated display h is automatically designated for the top word in the designated text portion displayed, or the user u designates a character string including any 1 or more words to perform the designation display h, and the entry corresponding to the 1 or more words on which the designation display h is performed is searched from the dictionary selected by the user and explanatory information thereof is displayed.

This makes it possible to surely search and display information related to the content transmitted from the communication device in the dictionary without forcibly shifting to a mode of wireless cooperation with an external communication device.

In the dictionary terminal 10 of the communication dictionary system configured as described above, the text data of the designated text portion received from the communication device 30 and displayed in the text area at can be registered in the text book data area 17e in association with the search history of the entry after performing the entry search for 1 or more words designating the designated text portion in the text folder designated by the user u.

Then, the user u can register the entry in the search history by adding a check mark ch corresponding to the importance, understanding, or the like of the entry.

This makes it possible to read and display the specified text portion registered in the text folder of the text book data region 17e and the entry of the search history corresponding to the specified text portion as required by the user u, and to perform learning. In this case, since the entries of the search history can be selectively read and displayed based on the presence or absence of the check mark ch, the entries of the search history can be learned more efficiently.

In the case where the dictionary terminal 10 of the communication dictionary system configured as described above has text data of a designated text portion temporarily stored and held in the dictionary terminal-cooperation text portion data area 33c of the communication device 30 when the communication connection is made to the communication device 30, the stored text data of the designated text portion is received. Then, when the dictionary terminal 10 is in the non-cooperation processing mode for power-off or other work being performed, it is temporarily stored in the communication device cooperation text portion data area 17c and when it is in the cooperation processing mode, the received designated text portion is displayed in the text area at of the text transfer search screen Gf, and the dictionary search similar to that described above is performed.

Thus, even if the user u designates the text data of the designated text portion of the display h in the communication device 30 in a state where the communication device is not in communication connection with the dictionary terminal 10, the user u can receive the designated text portion of the designated display h in the communication device 30 and perform dictionary retrieval when the communication device 30 is in communication connection with the dictionary terminal 10.

In the above embodiment, the case where the information display terminal according to the present invention is implemented by the dictionary terminal 10 has been described, but the dictionary database 17b does not need to be built in as long as the information display terminal can access the server device on the communication network (internet) N, and the following configuration is possible: the dictionary server device which authenticates the information display terminal is accessed at a timing when dictionary search is required, and a dictionary search result corresponding to the dictionary selected by the dictionary selection tag dtn and the search method selection tag stn and the search method is acquired and displayed.

The processing methods of the communication dictionary system described in the above embodiments, that is, the dictionary terminal cooperation process of the communication device 30 shown in the flowchart of fig. 4, the communication interruption process of the dictionary terminal 10 and the communication device 30 shown in the flowchart of fig. 5, the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10 shown in the flowchart of fig. 6, and the communication device cooperation process accompanying the information display control process of the dictionary terminal 10 shown in the flowcharts of fig. 7 to 9, may be all distributed by being stored as a computer-executable program in a recording medium such as a memory card (ROM card, RAM card, or the like), a magnetic disk (floppy disk (registered trademark), hard disk, or the like), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVD, or the like), a semiconductor memory, or the like.

In addition, data of a program for realizing each of the above-described methods can be transmitted as a program code on the communication network N, and the program data can be acquired by the communication unit in a computer of an electronic device connected to the communication network N, whereby the above-described function of cooperation between the communication device 30 and the dictionary terminal 10 and the dictionary search function in the dictionary terminal 10 based on the cooperation with the communication device 30 can be realized.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made in the implementation stage without departing from the spirit thereof. The embodiments described above include inventions at various stages, and the inventions can be extracted by appropriate combinations of a plurality of disclosed structural elements. For example, even if several components are deleted from all the components shown in the embodiments or several components are combined in different forms, the problem to be solved by the present invention can be solved, and when the above-described effects are obtained, a configuration in which the components are deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the control unit that performs various controls is configured such that a CPU (general-purpose processor) executes a program stored in a ROM (memory), but a plurality of controls may be configured by being divided into dedicated processors. In this case, each dedicated processor may be configured by a general-purpose processor (circuit) capable of executing an arbitrary program, a memory storing a control program for dedicating each control, or a dedicated circuit for dedicating each control.

The control and functions of the apparatus and system required to produce the various effects described above are not limited to the above-described configurations, and may be, for example, the following configurations.

(structural example 1)

An information retrieval device is provided with:

a first retrieval control unit that, when text data is received from an external device and no processing unrelated to the text data is being executed, retrieves information corresponding to the received text data from a storage unit and outputs the retrieved information without storing the received text data in a storage area;

a save control unit that, when the certain process is being executed when text data is received from an external device, saves the received text data in the save area without interrupting execution of the certain process; and

and a second retrieval control unit that, when the certain processing is not being executed and text data is stored in the storage area, retrieves information corresponding to the stored text data from the storage unit and outputs the retrieved information.

(structural example 2)

In the information retrieval device described in configuration example 1,

the specific save area is capable of storing a plurality of texts,

in a case where the specific processing is being executed when a text is received from an external apparatus, the save control unit additionally saves the received text in the specific save area,

the second retrieval control unit retrieves information corresponding to the plurality of saved texts from the storage unit to output.

(structural example 3)

In the information retrieval device described in configuration example 2,

deleting the text on which the retrieval is performed by the second retrieval controlling unit from the save area.

(structural example 4)

In the information retrieval device described in configuration example 1,

the first retrieval control means does not save the received text in a specific saving area when the specific processing is not being executed and the display section is opened when the text is received from the external device, retrieves information corresponding to the received text from the storage means and outputs the retrieved information to the display section,

the saving control unit does not interrupt execution of the specific process in a case where the specific process is being executed when a text is received from an external apparatus or the display section is not opened, saves the received text in the specific saving area,

in a case where the specific processing is not being executed, and the display section is already opened, and a text is saved in the specific saving area, the second retrieval control unit retrieves information corresponding to the saved text from the storage unit to output to the display section.

(structural example 5)

In the information retrieval device according to any one of configuration examples 1 to 4,

a cooperation mode in which processing in cooperation with an external apparatus is enabled and a non-cooperation mode other than the cooperation mode can be selectively set,

setting the cooperation mode if the specific process is not being executed and the display section is already open,

setting the non-cooperation mode when the specific process is being executed or the display section is not on,

when a text is received from an external device, the first search control means does not store the received text in a specific storage area when the cooperation mode is set, searches for information corresponding to the received text from a storage means, and outputs the information,

the saving control unit does not interrupt execution of the specific processing when a text is received from an external apparatus, saves the received text in the specific saving area in a case where the non-cooperative mode is set,

when the cooperation mode is set and a text is stored in the specific storage area, the second search control means searches the storage means for information corresponding to the stored text and outputs the information.

(structural example 6)

In the information retrieval device described in configuration example 5,

is provided with an operation part which is provided with an operation part,

corresponding to the user operation performed by the operation part, to shift from the non-cooperation mode to the cooperation mode,

the operating unit is configured to switch from the non-cooperation mode to the cooperation mode when a signal related to a cooperation operation is received from an external device even if a user operation is not performed, and the display unit is turned on while the power is off.

(structural example 7)

In the information retrieval device described in configuration example 5,

is provided with an operation part which is provided with an operation part,

shifting from the cooperation mode to the non-cooperation mode in response to a user operation performed through the operation section,

the specific process is any one of a dictionary search process, a learning function process, and a book display process that are executed in accordance with a user operation performed by the operation unit.

(construction example 8)

In the information retrieval device described in configuration example 5,

the storage means is dictionary storage means for storing dictionary data in which entries and explanatory information of the entries are associated in a plurality of sets,

the first retrieval control means and the second retrieval control means retrieve a vocabulary entry corresponding to the received or stored text from the dictionary storage means and output explanatory information of the retrieved vocabulary entry.

(structural example 9)

the disclosed device is provided with:

a registration unit that registers the received text and the retrieved information in association with each other; and

a display control unit that causes a display portion to display the text registered by the registration unit and the retrieved information in correspondence with a user operation.

(construction example 10)

In the information retrieval device described in configuration example 5,

the disclosed device is provided with:

a text part registration unit that registers the received text in correspondence with the retrieved entry; and

a display control unit that causes a display portion to display the text registered by the registration unit and the retrieved vocabulary entry in response to a user operation.

(structural example 11)

In the information retrieval device according to configuration example 10,

the registration means has a check-attached entry registration means for adding a check flag added in accordance with a user operation to the retrieved entry and registering the entry,

the display control means includes display object setting means for setting whether or not the entry registered by the entry registration means with examination adding an examination mark is to be displayed, and the display control means causes the display unit to display the text registered by the registration means and the retrieved entry in accordance with the setting of the display object by the display object setting means.

(construction example 12)

A retrieval system comprising an external device, the information retrieval apparatus according to any one of configuration examples 1 to 4,

the external device, when designating a part of the displayed text as a retrieval target, transmits the designated part of the text as a text portion to the information retrieval apparatus,

the information retrieval means performs retrieval with the text portion received from the external device as an object.

(structural example 13)

In the search system according to structural example 12,

when the external device specifies a part of the displayed text as a search target, the external device stores the specified part of the text in the storage unit of the external device when the external device is not in communication connection with the information search apparatus, and transmits the part of the text stored in the storage unit of the external device to the information search apparatus when the external device is in communication connection with the information search apparatus.

(structural example 14)

A method for retrieving information from a computer system,

in the case where a specific process is not being executed when a text is received from an external device, the received text is not saved in a specific saving area, information corresponding to the received text is retrieved from a storage unit and output,

in a case where the specific process is being executed when a text is received from an external apparatus, without interrupting execution of the specific process, the received text is saved in the specific saving area,

in a case where the specific processing is not being executed and a text is saved in the specific saving area, information corresponding to the saved text is retrieved from the storage unit and output.

(construction example 15)

A computer-readable storage medium that causes an apparatus that executes a program recorded in the storage medium to function as:

a first retrieval control unit that, when a specific process is not being executed when a text is received from an external device, does not save the received text in a specific save area, and retrieves and outputs information corresponding to the received text from a storage unit;

a save control unit that, when the specific process is being executed when a text is received from an external device, saves the received text in the specific save area without interrupting execution of the specific process; and

and a second retrieval control unit that, when the specific processing is not being executed and a text is stored in the specific storage area, retrieves information corresponding to the stored text from the storage unit and outputs the retrieved information.

Claims

1. An information retrieval device is characterized by comprising:

a first search control unit that, when a plurality of text data to be subjected to search processing for cooperation are sequentially received from an external device, does not execute non-cooperative processing other than the search processing for cooperation, and when a display unit of the information search device is opened, searches for information corresponding to arbitrarily specified text data among the plurality of received text data from a storage unit without storing the plurality of received text data in a cooperative storage area, and outputs the information;

a storage control unit configured to store the received text data in the cooperative storage area without interrupting execution of the non-cooperative search processing when the non-cooperative search processing other than the cooperative search processing is executed when receiving text data to be a target of the cooperative search processing from an external device; and

and a second search control unit that searches the storage unit for information corresponding to the text data stored in the storage area for cooperation and outputs the information, when the display unit is opened and the text data is stored in the storage area for cooperation while no process other than the search process related to the received text data is being executed.

2. The information retrieval device according to claim 1,

the cooperative save area is capable of storing a plurality of text data,

the storage control means additionally stores the received text data in the storage area for cooperation when non-cooperative processing other than the search processing for cooperation is being executed when the text data to be a target of the search processing for cooperation is received from an external device,

the second retrieval control means retrieves and outputs information corresponding to the plurality of text data stored in the storage area in cooperation from the storage means.

3. The information retrieval device according to claim 2,

deleting the text data on which the retrieval is performed by the second retrieval controlling unit from the cooperative save area.

4. The information retrieval device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

a cooperation mode capable of performing a search process in cooperation with an external device and a non-cooperation mode other than the cooperation mode can be selectively set,

setting the cooperation mode when the display unit is opened while non-cooperative processing other than search processing for cooperation with the received text data is not being executed,

the non-cooperation mode is set when a non-cooperation process other than a search process of cooperation related to the received text data is being executed,

when text data to be subjected to search processing for cooperation is received from an external device, the first search control means does not store the received text data in the storage area for cooperation when the cooperation mode is set, searches the storage means for information corresponding to the received text data, and outputs the information,

when text data to be subjected to search processing for cooperation is received from an external device, the storage control means stores the received text data in the cooperative storage area without interrupting execution of the non-cooperative processing when the non-cooperative mode is set,

when the display unit is not opened and the non-cooperation mode is set, and text data to be subjected to search processing for cooperation is received from an external device, the received text data is stored in the storage area for cooperation,

when the cooperation mode is set and the text data to be subjected to the search processing of the cooperation is stored in the storage area for cooperation, the second search control means searches the storage means for information corresponding to the stored text data and outputs the information.

5. The information retrieval device according to claim 4,

is provided with an operation part which is provided with an operation part,

6. The information retrieval device according to claim 4,

the device is provided with an operation part which is provided with an operation part,

the non-cooperative processing is any one of dictionary search processing, learning function processing, and book display processing executed in accordance with a user operation performed by the operation unit.

7. The information retrieval device according to claim 4,

the first retrieval control means and the second retrieval control means retrieve a vocabulary entry corresponding to the received or stored text data from the dictionary storage means and output explanatory information of the retrieved vocabulary entry.

8. The information retrieval device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising:

a registration unit that registers the received text data in association with the retrieved information; and

a display control unit that causes a display portion to display the text data registered by the registration unit and the retrieved information in correspondence with a user operation.

9. The information retrieval device according to claim 4, comprising:

a text portion registration unit that registers the received text data in association with the retrieved entry; and

a display control unit that causes a display portion to display the text data registered by the text portion registration unit and the retrieved vocabulary entry in correspondence with a user operation.

10. The information retrieval device according to claim 9,

the text part registration unit has a check-attached entry registration unit that registers the retrieved entry with a check mark attached in accordance with a user operation,

the display control means includes display object setting means for setting whether or not the entry registered by the entry registration means with examination adding an examination mark is to be displayed, and the display control means causes the display unit to display the text data registered by the text portion registration means and the retrieved entry in accordance with the setting of the display object by the display object setting means.

11. A retrieval system comprising an external device, the information retrieval apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the external device, when designating a part of the displayed text data as a retrieval target, transmits the designated part of the text data as text part data to the information retrieval apparatus,

the information retrieval means performs retrieval of the text portion data received from the external device as an object of the collaborative retrieval processing.

12. Retrieval system according to claim 11,

when the external device specifies a part of the displayed text data as a search target, the external device stores the specified part of the text data in the storage unit of the external device when the external device is not in communication connection with the information search apparatus, and transmits the part of the text data stored in the storage unit of the external device to the information search apparatus when the external device is in communication connection with the information search apparatus.

13. An information retrieval method is characterized in that,

when a plurality of text data to be subjected to search processing for cooperation are sequentially received from an external device, non-cooperative processing other than the search processing for cooperation is not being executed and a display unit of an information search device is opened, the received plurality of text data are not stored in a storage area for cooperation, information corresponding to arbitrarily specified text data among the received plurality of text data is retrieved from a storage means and output,

when a non-cooperative process other than the cooperative search process is executed when text data to be subjected to the cooperative search process is received from an external device, the received text data is stored in the cooperative storage area without interrupting the execution of the non-cooperative process,

when a process other than the search process related to the received text data is not being executed, the display unit is opened, and the text data is stored in the cooperative storage area, information corresponding to the text data stored in the cooperative storage area is searched for from the storage unit and output.

14. A computer-readable storage medium comprising, in combination,

causing a device that executes the program recorded in the storage medium to function as:

a first search control unit that, when a plurality of text data to be subjected to search processing in cooperation are sequentially received from an external device, does not execute non-cooperative processing other than the search processing in cooperation, and when a display unit of an information search device is opened, searches for information corresponding to arbitrarily specified text data among the plurality of received text data from a storage unit without storing the plurality of received text data in a storage area in cooperation, and outputs the information;