JP2001134570A - Electronic dictionary - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic dictionary which can easily redisplay a specific screen. SOLUTION: The electronic dictionary 10 which has dictionary data 30 having information corresponding to index words, retrieves index words corresponding to an inputted character string, and displays information corresponding to an index word specified among the retrieved candidates, has a storage means 23 which stores screen information on the retrieval result corresponding to the index word and stored information display means 24 which displays the screen information stored in the storage means 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to English-Japanese
It relates to electronic dictionaries represented by Japanese, English, Japanese, English and English.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic dictionary that displays dictionary data such as a translation of a word, for example, when a word is input, a list of headwords corresponding to the word is displayed on a screen, and a desired word is selected from the list. By selecting a headword, the screen is switched and a translation of the selected headword is displayed.

When displaying related information such as synonyms, phrases, example sentences, and the like of an input word, a specific operation is performed while a list of headwords and its translation are displayed on the screen, so that Similarly, the screen is switched and predetermined related information is displayed.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional electronic dictionary, when it is desired to redisplay a screen displayed in the past, a target screen must be input and searched for each time. Cannot be displayed, and the operation becomes complicated. In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic dictionary capable of easily displaying a predetermined screen again.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided dictionary data having information corresponding to a headword, and searching for a headword corresponding to an input character string. In an electronic dictionary that displays information corresponding to a specified headword from the searched candidates,
An electronic dictionary includes a storage unit that stores screen information of a search result corresponding to the headword, and a storage information display unit that displays screen information stored in the storage unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the screen information comprises various condition information such as various setting conditions, a search mode, and a display state. An electronic dictionary characterized by reproducing a screen from information. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, further comprising a plurality of search means, wherein the plurality of search means stores the screen information of the search result in the storage means and reproduces the search result. The electronic dictionary is characterized in that another search is validated while the sign is displayed on the screen, and the saved information display means reproduces the search result corresponding to the sign by selecting the sign.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, it is possible to perform a predetermined number of searches repeatedly by the plurality of search means, and when the predetermined number is exceeded, the oldest search results are deleted sequentially. Features in the electronic dictionary. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the electronic dictionary according to the third or fourth aspect, wherein the marker is a tab having a character capable of determining a search content.

According to the present invention, the screen information displayed by the storage means can be stored, and the stored information display means can reproduce the image information and display the stored screen as it is.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on embodiments. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic dictionary according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the electronic dictionary.

As shown in the figure, an electronic dictionary 10 includes a control unit 20 for controlling each unit, dictionary data 30 stored in a memory such as a ROM, and an input device 40 for inputting characters and operating the electronic dictionary. , Display device 5 for displaying various information
0. The control unit 20 generally controls the electronic dictionary 10 by operating a control program or the like stored in a memory such as a ROM by a CPU. The control unit 20 mainly includes a search unit 21, a display unit 22, a storage unit 23, It has storage information display means 24.

In the present embodiment, the dictionary data 30 is composed of English-Japanese, Japanese-English, English-English and thesaurus. For example, each of the English-Japanese, Japanese-English, and English-English dictionary data 30 includes a headword and its translation, and the translation includes, as sub-information, a phrase and an example sentence using the headword, a description of the headword, and the like. Have been. The data structure of the dictionary data 30 is not particularly limited, and may be a structure in which sub-information is included in the translation and stored as it is, or only the sub-information is extracted from the dictionary body and data is separately stored. You may.

The input device 40 includes a character key 41 for inputting characters and a selection for selecting a dictionary type, selecting a headword, a phrase, and displaying a translation or an example sentence, and performing selection and confirmation. A key 42 and a power switch 49 for turning on / off the power are provided. The selection key 42 is, for example,
It has a dictionary selection key 43 for selecting a dictionary, a cursor key 44 for moving a cursor, a translation key 45 for displaying and fixing a translation, a function key 46 for performing special screen settings, and the like.

The display device 50 is a liquid crystal display device, and can display various information. The search means 21 searches for a headword corresponding to the character input by the character key 41 or the like. Specifically, “English-Japanese” of the dictionary selection key 43,
In the translation mode in which one of “Japanese English”, “English English”, and “synonyms” is pressed, a headword including the input character string is searched from the selected dictionary data 30, and the “spelling” of the dictionary selection key 43 is selected. In the spell check mode in which "" is pressed, a headword similar to the input character string is selected from a dictionary (this may be selected in advance or may be, for example, both English and Japanese and English). Search for.

The display means 22 outputs to the display device 50 information necessary for guiding various operations, information indicating the result of the search by the search means 21, and the like. The storage unit 23 stores screen information of a search result corresponding to the headword. Here, the screen information is, for example, various condition information such as various setting conditions, a search mode and a display state, and the storage unit 23 stores these various condition information in a RAM or the like. In any case, since the image information of the screen is not stored,
The storage capacity can be reduced.

The stored information display means 24 reproduces the stored display state from the various condition information stored by the storage means 23 and redisplays the screen in the stored state. For example, in the case of a predetermined translation screen, it is directly extracted from the dictionary data 30, and in the case of a screen of a special search result such as an example sentence search, the search is performed again to reproduce the predetermined screen.

In such an electronic dictionary 10, character keys 4
When a character is input by the user 1, the input character is temporarily stored by the control unit 20 as a character string in a storage unit such as a RAM. Then, the search means 21 of the control unit 20
Character string stored in RAM and stored dictionary data 3
A candidate headword and a translation are detected from comparison with the headword 0, and the searched headword and the translation are temporarily stored in the RAM. The headwords and translations stored in the RAM are displayed on the screen of the display device 50 by the display unit 22.

In the displayed translated sentence, sub-information such as a phrase, an example sentence, and a comment is displayed as a sign. By selecting this sign, the sub-information is displayed on the screen. In addition, phrases and example sentences that are sub information can be directly searched by entering a keyword,
It can be displayed on the screen even if it is not in the translation.

Further, in the electronic dictionary 10 of the present invention, the screen on which the information such as the translation and the sub information such as the phrase are displayed can be stored as it is. That is, by performing a predetermined operation, various condition information such as various setting conditions, a search mode, and a display state, which are displayed screen information, are stored in the RAM or the like by the storage unit 23. Then, when the user wants to display the saved screen again, a predetermined operation is performed, so that R
A desired screen stored from the various condition information stored in the AM is reproduced by the stored information display unit 24.

Here, the display operation of the electronic dictionary according to the present embodiment will be described. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing an example of the operation of the electronic dictionary of the present invention.
7 are diagrams each showing an example of a screen displayed in each step. First, in step S1, the power of the electronic dictionary 10 is turned on by the power switch 49. In step S2, a target dictionary is selected by the dictionary selection key 43 (in this case, Japanese and English are selected). A character input screen corresponding to the selected dictionary is displayed at 50. While looking at the character input screen, a predetermined character is input by the character keys 41 in step S3. The input character is temporarily stored in the RAM as a character string. The screen at this time is shown in FIG. FIG. 5A shows an example in which a Japanese-English dictionary is selected and “Tokkyo” is input.

Next, in step S4, it is determined whether or not the translation key 45 has been pressed.
Then, the search means 21 searches the dictionary data 30 to search for a headword including the input character string, and temporarily stores it in a predetermined area of the RAM. Then, a display unit 22 displays a candidate list of headwords including the input character string. A cursor is displayed at the headword of the displayed candidate list, and it is determined in step S6 whether or not the cursor has been moved by the cursor key 44. If the cursor has been moved, the cursor is moved in step S7. indicate.
Next, if the translation key 45 is pressed in step S8, the display means 22 displays the translation of the target headword on the entire screen as shown in FIG. 5B in step S9. In addition,
If there is only one candidate entry in step S5, the translation of the entry is displayed on the entire screen without displaying the candidate list.

In the electronic dictionary 10 of the present invention, as described above, the information of the screen on which the translation of the displayed headword is displayed is stored, and the same screen can be easily displayed again. Hereinafter, the operation will be described. Step S9
When the function key 46 is pressed in step S10 in the state where the translation of the headword is displayed in step S11, in FIG.
As shown in (a), a "function menu" for selecting a function from a plurality of items is displayed. Then, in step S12, the cursor is moved to a predetermined item by the cursor key 44, in this embodiment, the item of "bookmark setting". When the translation key 45 is pressed in step S13, the storage means 23 is displayed in step S14. Screen information stored in a RAM or the like.

Here, the storage means 23 stores screen information instead of a character string (so-called path) input in the past. That is, various condition information such as various setting conditions, a search mode, and a display state are stored. Therefore,
As shown in FIG. 5 (c), for example, as shown in FIG. 5C, the screen displaying the translation of "Tokkyo" was scrolled to a desired area as well as the screen at the head of the search result of the character string "Tokkyo". Even on a screen, the display state can be saved and reproduced as it is.

When the screen information is saved, a message such as "Bookmark set" is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 5B, for example. Thereby, it can be visually confirmed that the screen information has been reliably stored.
If the screen to be saved has already been saved, a message to that effect is displayed so that the same screen is not redundantly saved.

The screen saved in this way can be displayed again after the power is turned on in step S1. More specifically, as shown in FIG.
When the function key 46 is pressed at step S32, at step S32,
As shown in (a), a "function menu" is displayed.
Next, when the cursor is moved to a predetermined item in step S33, for example, in this embodiment, “call bookmark”, and the translation key 45 is pressed in step S34,
In step S35, as shown in FIG. 7, a "bookmark list", that is, a list of titles of the saved screens is displayed. Then, in step S36, the cursor is moved to a predetermined title, and in step S37, the translation key 45 is pressed.
Redisplay the saved screen. That is, the storage unit 23
And reproduces the desired screen by reproducing the various setting conditions stored by the user.

After that, if another word is to be checked in step S15, the process returns to step S2. If no other word is to be checked, the power switch 49 is checked in step S16.
Is turned off to end a series of operations. in this way,
In the present embodiment, the storage unit 23 and the storage information display unit 24
The screen information as various setting conditions is stored by the storage means 23, and the various setting conditions stored by the storage information display means 24 are reproduced to display the screen again. Therefore, the saved screen state can be re-displayed as it is, and a frequently referred screen or the like can be easily displayed without searching each time.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the translation of a headword is searched in the word translation mode and the translated screen is stored has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the search result of a phrase or an example sentence, or Of course, even a screen displaying a commentary or the like can be saved. (Embodiment 2) FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic dictionary according to Embodiment 2, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the screen.

In this embodiment, when a plurality of pieces of screen information are stored, these pieces of screen information are superimposed and displayed on one screen. As shown in FIG. It is the same as the first embodiment except that is provided. The plurality of search units 25 search for other stored screen information while the storage unit 23 stores a plurality of screen information, and the stored information display unit 24 displays one of the screens. The screen is displayed on the storage information display means 24 based on the result.

For example, the screen shown in FIG. 9A reproduces and displays one of the screen information stored by the storage means 23, and displays the stored screen information on an upper portion thereof. In this embodiment, a tab 61 having characters whose contents can be determined is displayed. Here, as shown in FIG. 9B, when another tab 62 is selected by moving the cursor with the cursor key 44, for example, the screen information of the tab is searched by the multiple search means 25 and saved. The screen of the tab selected by the information display means 24 is reproduced and displayed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 23
When a plurality of pieces of screen information are stored, a sign that allows the content of each piece of screen information to be determined is displayed on the screen, and each screen is redisplayed by selecting this sign. Therefore, a plurality of saved results can be easily switched and compared without requiring complicated operations for a plurality of search results.

In this embodiment, a tab is displayed as a sign. However, the present invention is not particularly limited. For example, an icon or the like may be used as long as the contents can be determined.
In the electronic dictionary of this embodiment, the paths searched in the past are stored, and the search can be reproduced without re-inputting. However, according to the multiple search means 25, only the first screen searched is used. There is an advantage that a desired necessary screen or a special search screen such as an example sentence search can be easily reproduced and compared.

(Others) The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the configuration of the electronic dictionary is not limited to the above. For example, in the above embodiment, the predetermined number,
For example, about 10 pieces of screen information can be stored, but when storing more than a predetermined number of pieces of screen information, unnecessary image information may be deleted by a predetermined operation. They may be automatically deleted in order.

[0032]

As described above, in the electronic dictionary of the present invention, the screen information as various setting conditions is stored by the storage means, and the screen is reproduced by reproducing the various setting conditions stored by the storage information display means. Displayed. As a result, the saved screen state can be re-displayed as it is, and frequently referenced screens and the like can be easily displayed without searching each time, thereby improving the operability. Play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic dictionary according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an electronic dictionary according to each embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a use state of the electronic dictionary according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a use state of the electronic dictionary according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the electronic dictionary according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of the electronic dictionary according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of the electronic dictionary according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic dictionary according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of the electronic dictionary according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Electronic dictionary 20 Control part 21 Search means 22 Display means 23 Storage means 24 Storage information display means 25 Multiple search means 30 Dictionary data 40 Input device 50 Display device

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A system comprising dictionary data having information corresponding to a headword, searching for a headword corresponding to an input character string, and information corresponding to a specified headword from the searched candidates. An electronic dictionary that displays: a storage unit that stores screen information of a search result corresponding to the headword, and a storage information display unit that displays the screen information stored in the storage unit. dictionary. 2. The screen information according to claim 1, wherein the screen information comprises various condition information such as various setting conditions, a search mode and a display state, and the storage information display means reproduces a screen from the various condition information. Electronic dictionary featuring. 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of search units, wherein the plurality of search units store screen information of the search result in the storage unit, and display a sign for reproducing the search result on the screen. An electronic dictionary wherein another search is enabled in a displayed state, and the stored information display means reproduces a search result corresponding to the sign by selecting the sign. 4. The electronic dictionary according to claim 3, wherein a predetermined number of searches can be repeated by the plurality of search means, and when the predetermined number is exceeded, old search results are sequentially deleted. 5. The electronic dictionary according to claim 3, wherein the sign is a tab having a character capable of determining a search content.